After a brown Christmas . . .

One crow

and a dusting of snow

carefully curated to cover

blacktop, olive lawn, shed shingles

enough to say

'Yes, there is snow in winter, Virginia . . .'

Cold Snap

The cold has come again

punctuated by crows and chickadees.

The time has come again

to take down the warming red

Christmas bows on outdoor greens,

and note the absence of red berries

harvested by migrating birds,

and confess that it's well past

the winter solstice . . .

but there is solace in the same.

New Year's Day

Business as usual

unaware of the calendar

a squirrel starts and stops

pokes his nose

between the arms of oak leaves

hoping . . .

December Rains

Raindrops instead of snow:

know I must be getting older

because rain's just fine

even at Christmas time

a bit of warmth to kindle

holiday hopes

for peace

and good will.

November 1

first flurries

predicted  . .  promised 

vaguely showing on the

national weather service radar

declined to show in person

not even a cameo appearance

against the gray

first of November sky

October morning

between the dawn mist

and sun-driven morning fog

doe and buck listen

October

amid the trees and pond

autumn mist rises -

the last breath of summer

Bee Umbrella

 

chilly autumn rain

zinnia pink warms a chilled bee

waiting to nectar

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Moving Companies

eagles bank over the pond for a last look . . .

mallards flock into spinning, clattering fleets . . .

geese conference on every lawn . . .

hawks hover above high-tailed chipmunks . . .

one hummingbird nectars at the last red honeysuckle . . .

. . . time to get ready . . .

      . . . time to move on . . .

            . . . time to whisk away on the whistling wind . . .

May

cream

    honeysuckle

white

    bluets

yellow

    cowslips

rainbow of

    violets

red bleeding to green
    fiddleheads

    bloodroot

twirling

    whirly-birds

papery

    butterflies

troubadour

    robins and wrens

translucent

    honey bees

predaceous

    flies

camouflaged

    treefrogs
chirping

    whirring

trilling

    buzzing

rising and falling 

    dawn and dusk 

falling and rising

    dusk to dawn