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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
By Easter Saturday, roadside grasses are already green even though snow streaks across the white sky. Five weather-rough pine crosses lean as winter wind pushes them south toward summer. A plastic American flag, stripes made from red and white flowers, has only 23 plastic snap-on stars remaining in place.
Interstate 27
Swisher County, Texas
