Lunch at Laura's

Oven-warm, homemade bread
Spicy peach jam, taste of summer
Feed body and soul.

Snow Day

Host of cardinal

Feast with nuthatch and titmouse.

Proclaim the season!

At my feeders and trees today:

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Cardinal - male and female

Tufted Titmouse

Nuthatch

Carolina Chickadee

Chipping Sparrow

Junco

Eastern Bluebird

Rufous-sided Towhee

Mourning Dove

Song Sparrow

Crow

December's breath

 

December arrived

With frozen breath, darkened days,

Too much cold for me.

Majesty, November 25

Royal purple gold
Celebration majesty
Sunset for the gods.

False Promise, November 24

Brightly dawn arrives
With false promise for late fall.
Winter is looming.

Goldenrod

Spashed with purple hue

Tended but by nature's hand

Golden fields of fall.

October At the Beach

Saturday
Rolling crashing waves
Threatening colors stain the sky
Beach before the storm

Sunday
Amanda runs fast
Eyes sparkling and arms pumping
Racing the waves

Claire shoveling sand,
Collecting shells, jumping waves,
Always on the move

Monday
Like a graceful gull
Spirit soars upon the wind.
Sea and self converge.

Tuesday
Early morning calm
Holding promise for the day.
Promises fulfilled.

Wednesday
We're dolphin hunting
Cruising down Cotton Bayou
Hoping for a glimpse.

Thursday
Still the heron waits,
Watching, anticipating movement.
The sea will provide

Friday
The redfish are running,
Glinting gold in deep blue-green,
Darting, turning, dive.