Happy - northbound

The wind is unrelenting, bawling at the advent of spring, pushing away, winning – at least for a few more days – the war of approaching warm days.

Three feet from the lightly-ridged concrete shoulder, two crosses sway against the onslaught. The one with a rebar backbone and a brick foundation is more stable than the other. Orange flowers don’t have a chance, and are peeled away one at a time, bouncing along the ground until snagged by tenacious spikes of last year’s weeds, where they’ll be the next time the mower comes along.

Interstate 27
Swisher County, Texas