this is the best my phone camera could do with zoom on the hawk in the tree.
Category: nature
dVerse — Quadrille Monday #143 — Breathe
Rising, skeleton grey against white winter weak bulb, appetites spring. Memory’s green sprouting raiment soon-kept promise – songs on birdwing. To blue drowns, tickles toes and sands as tired bellies flop jumbo towels. Then orange, now brown clowns skip; seasonal powders circled; muse’ fragrant palettes. top image: “Four Seasons,” by Yvonne You De Jackson (aka…
Winter Snow Haibun
We’re in the middle of a winter weather advisory that is supposed to end tomorrow morning. The video was taken yesterday. Temp in the 20’s F, wind blowing the snow horizontally, but not much accumulation. When I woke up and looked out this morning, I was both surprised and relieved to see how much snow…
Doodads — Nature Walk on Christmas Eve
The Land Conservancy of West MI is having a Bow Walk Challenge, where you walk certain trails that have bows placed in them. The challenge is to find the bow, take a selfie with it, submit it, which enters your name into a contest for prizes. I decided to check out a new trail today,…
Mourning Dove Solstice (tanka)
Mourning doves snugglein boughs of soft pine needles —bedtime comes early.Solstice soft moonlight gleams onfluffed feathers and diamond white. top image linkbottom image link
Doodads — campground walk 121221
I’m trying to keep going with fitness even as the weather gets chillier (even if no snowier!) There has been a mighty wind blowing here for days. At Lake MI the wind becomes king. I decided to walk where I could enjoy the lake environment but not get frozen by the winds. What better place…
Ghost flowers (tanka)
“Blue Moon Lotus,” by Kate Hungerford Ghost flowers twinkle in my silvered wake; luna’s reign gleams soft yet bright; almost home, I pause and raise a jug, toasting her tethered stars. I learned today that some white water lilies bloom at night and are called ghost flowers.
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