nature haiku

still along spines a green baby monster waits for dinner

dVerse Quadrille 179 — No Better Than Now

One copacetic afternoon two sleeping cats three glass fish wind chime four cardinals call five pink roses six inches of coffee seven warm strawberries eight tiny sun arnica nine fingerling zucchini ten green marble tomatoes eleven pages of Bono read twelve hours to bedtime I am today’s host of dVerse.  I say: Write a quadrille…

Tanka Tuesday 322 and dVerse OLN 340 — Turtle Spirit

Turtle collage I did a few years ago The turtle totem wisdom teaches us about walking our path in peace and sticking to it with determination and serenity. Slow moving on earth, yet also incredibly fast and agile in water, those who have the turtle as totem or spirit animal may be encouraged to take…

Doodads yard and queen bee

Another stroll around the yard and also an adventure with a queen bumblebee.  Click on most captions for larger images.