Double the Pleasure

Double trunk sweet gum.
Two for one in Sheila's yard.
Double the hazard.

~dkm 134/365

Sheila's Evergreen Elegance

Like the long slender
East Indian holly fern,
her beauty endures.

~dkm 133/365

Thanksgiving Day

Trio of oak leaves.
Grateful for family of trees.
Pin oak, white oak, red.
~dkm 132/365

Evergreen Screen

Late day sunlight falls
on colorful oaks behind
glossy magnolias.

~dkm 131/365

Light and Dark

Long thin finger clouds
arrest me at the market,
shopping for Sheila.

~dkm 130/365

Bull Calf

Growths on cherry bark,
Disease or natural aging?
Fighting for tree life.

dkm 129/365

Outside Reading

Good start to a day.
Rilke, Oliver, Knowlton,
at Fripp, Paris, home.

~dkm 128/365

Letting Go

Regal oaktree friend
changes color, drops her leaves
slowly across time.

~dkm 127/365

Too Soon

Out of season bloom
November pink perfection
Brave and elegant

~dkm 126/365

One Tree

Smooth, mossy, or split.
Southern magnolia tree bark
in the deep Wayback.

~dkm 125/365

Homecoming Day

"Welcome home, Sheila."
Red oak at your front sidewalk.
"I dressed up for you."

~dkm 124/365

Unlikely Pair

Sapling water oak
sprouts in knothole of the great
southern magnolia.

~dkm 123/365

Green Algae

Worm, or snail, or who?
Who's been crawling on my bench,
leaving curly tracks?

~dkm 122/365

Blue on Blue

Outside my window,
Bluebirds on blueberry branch.
Courage for Sheila.

~dkm 121/365

The Daily Ordinary

Unremarkable
things become remarkable
through a lens of slow.

-dkm 120/365

Raindrop on deck

Home After Trip

Feeders all refilled. 

High-fat food for cold weather.

Stay warm, small small hearts.

~dkm 119/365

Hearts of bluebird and downy woodpecker immediately warmed 

Dear Birds,

How do you manage
to quench your thirst in a freeze,
and find enough warmth?

~dkm 118/365

Ice in birdbath recalls old rhyme:

The north wind doth blow,

And we shall have snow,

And what will poor robin do then?

Poor thing.

He'll sit in a barn,

And keep himself warm,

And hide his head under his wing.

Poor thing. 

                                ~Anonymous

Early Freeze

Bluebird feathers fluffed
to insulate against the
cold November day.

~dkm 117/365

X Marks the Spot

Clouds drifting across
peephole to the universe.
Jet trails, not cirrus.

~dkm 116/365

In Search of Seeds

Chipmunk or squirrel
spent some time with this pinecone
since I last sat here.

~dkm 115/365

Teddy Bear

Tile of pinetree bark
fell to the grass at my feet,
tossed by a squirrel.

~dkm 114/365

Unflappable

Three forty-five p.

The sun cares nothing of our

tampering with time. 

~dkm 113/345

Daylight savings change

Lovers At Bar

Two card'nals, red, brown,
dipping into red bird bath.
Side by side, life mates.

Perfect color match.
Muddy bird bath, red/brown birds.
Fled before photo.

~dkm 112/365

Drapery

Pine needles caught in
camellias, hanging like hair,
after wind and rain.

~dkm 111/365

The Nature of Friendship with Sheila

To be with you, friend,
is to be nourished as if
by warm bread and wine.

~dkm 110/365

Photo credit: Barbara Koontz

An Autumn Question

Tulip poplar tree.
most leaves similar sizes,
but for one giant.

~dkm 109/365

Bluebird Wings

Blue on the outside,
pink underneath. "Excuse me,
your feeder's empty."

~dkm 108/365

Blue Birdbath

Model universe.
Fall leaves floating in water.
Mirror to blue sky.

~dkm 107/365

Backyard, 710 Pinetree

Good Omen X 4

For Sheila with love.
Four bluebirds of happiness.
November second.

~dkm 106/365

Four at once, on banister, feeder, and pole. A rarity. 

Happy Day After Halloween

Grandson suggests I
broaden my scope to include
human nature, so...

~dkm 105/365

11-yr-old Nickolas David Miller Nathaniel