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essence of bird

gentle eye and beak

symbol of searching souls

rigid metallic guardians

lifeless feathers stripped for fashion

     power

          freedom

               wisdom

essence of bird

movement

stilled

by

 human

 hands

 .

Brancusi - Bird in Space

"Birding at the Met" online exhibit

Earthbound

 

my

daily

walks

h  a v  e         b  e  e  n        g  r  a  c  e  d        b  y

s  o  a  r  i  n  g

e  a  g  l  e  s

high

so

high

above

my

below

Edge

even though

    it's about to snow again

right now rain

   pattering

and scattered crows

   calling

so I open the window 

   peer past red maple buds swelling

      watch black forms swooping

feel the edge

  of cold spring's beginning

Hawk

a shadow ripples over my shape

but this darkness is not mine

today it is for a mouse

Half a month until

National (Global) Poetry Writing Month.

Nature waits for spring:

a hungry owl

perched on a blunt limb

head down

for mouse

Before October is gone - Today first real snow - almost 4 inches.

 

Warmer Days:

After light frost still many insects around!

 

Under Rocks and Logs - warmer places for insect to hide now

 

Weaving Studio Organized and recent projects

 

  

 

Studio with bookcase for warps, Kromski rigid heddle loom corner with roll around milk crate heddle holder, fancy yarn stash in totes, current scarf project on Ashford Samplet 10" loom.

Woven bands, 1/2" - 1" wide done with back strap and tape heddles.

 

Spiders and Daddy Longlegs

Green orb weaver - a large, soft bodied spider: hiding in fern and wrapping prey:

Two elongated spiders: one on outdoor umbrella, one on boat in water:

A smaller spider with prey, in our lettuce garden:

Two days, two Daddy Longlegs; the one on the left is eating prey:

Spider with egg case, on our house:

A jumping spider that 'posed' for me:

 

Northern Walking Sticks: Female (Green) Male (Brown) - last 2 images of male alone next day.