Apologia

Dear small hummingbird,
Exploring the red balloon.
Sorry to deceive.

~dkm 20/365

Beauty Enough

Cannas searching sun,
Overgrew the hydrangeas.
Yet can't bloom in shade.

Variegated leaves,
Compensate for lack of bloom.
From a friend's garden.
                         
~dkm 19/365

Whaaat?

How did THIS happen,
Without human tampering?
No one here but us.

Tube from new feeder,
Found on railing this morning.
Night time prowler?
               
~dkm 18/365

Yesterday. Tube still in globe.

This morning. Tube on banister.

Mystery!

Could an animal have put it here?

Red Shouldered

Hawk on a mission
Targeting birds at feeder
He whirs past my ear

Easy to ID
Horizontal stripes on tail
Birds take sudden flight
                               
~dkm 17/365

Trickster

High in the oak tree
A gray catbird cries as if
A pet were stuck there.
                                   
~dkm 16/365

At the Feeders

Fierce competition.
New birds: bluebirds, finches, cards.
Last fledglings of year.
                             
~dkm 15/365

Invitation Accepted

Hanging log feeder,
Peanut butter and cornmeal,
Downy woodpecker.
                                 
~dkm 14/365

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

New red syrup globe. 

Found within sixty seconds.

Female, not red throat. 

                                    

~dkm 13/365

                            

Unafraid

English house sparrows,
Foraging at coffee shop,
For Dancing Goat crumbs.
                         
 ~dkm 12/365 

Return to Home

Farewell to half moon

writing desk in Zinlerweald.

Warm Vermont summer...

Hello to Pinetree,

Backyard swing, and Georgia heat.

Familiar goodness...

                                   

~dkm 11/365