Mr. Toad

Funny landing place 

for a small gray spotted toad 

The deck table brace 

 ~dkm 6/52

Moe vs. Shrub

Prickly holly hedge

stood guard for 63 years

at basement windows

Discouraged burglers

as well as home maintenance guy

from painting windows

Old bushes, deep roots

Cut down, dug up, carried out

Good bye sticker bush

~dkm 5/52

 

Tomato Man

Who built a cairn of 

tomatoes on the counter? 

Not me. Him? And why? 

 ~dkm 4/52

Young Hawk Shots

Cooper's Hawk youngster

long staring at the fellow 

he spies in the truck

Sibling hawk takes flight

Upturned tail, powerful legs,

Wings at the ready

~dkm 3/52

Perspective

To see the same leaf

from opposite sides is to

understand some things.  

~dkm 2/52

Bigleaf Magnolia, Anderson Farm, Marietta, GA

Same leaf viewed against lake reflection

Gratitide 1

Thoughts after one year
of daily haiku challenge
What I've learned and loved

That nature changes
by the hour, day, week, month,
season, and second

That the plain act of
slowing down enough to see
what there is to see

in my own backyard
has forever changed the way
I walk down a path

The way I practice
the fair art of longsitting
The way I listen

That things viewed close up
have beauty, grace, and intrigue
otherwise unseen

That nature never
fails to serve up something new
for each day's notice

That you don't have to
travel far and wide to be
dazzled by new things

That waiting, watching
is daily rewarded with
exhilaration

at the wonder, the
awe, the expectedness of
the unexpected

~dkm 1/52

Bird Friends

Haiku self-challenge

Day three hundred sixty-five

Hard to choose topic

Long walk around yard

Saint Francis of Assisi

hints from behind fern

You've met your challenge

A haiku a day all year

Now try one per week

Thank you, St Francis

Mary Nevil said the same

Challenge accepted

~dkm 365/365

Gardening in the Time of Covid 2

Planted in the rain
Full bloom in just a few weeks
Simple impatiens

Perhaps Sir Cooper

who comes here often to bathe

enjoys their beauty

May the hawk's presence

be a good omen not bad

And may he move on

~dkm 364/365

June 5, 2020

July 14, 2020

Gardening in the Time of Covid 1

"Seaside petunias" (Calibrachoa)
from seedlings to grand full bloom
Awe and wonderment

~dkm 363/365

March 21

June 19

July 18

Coleus Gift

Cut from mother plant
rooted in water, returned
to earth for new growth

~dkm 362/365