Friday, March 11, 2011

rock book minus ermine

this gift was mine
after leaving sea level
more or less to here, 700 feet.
wild clouds split bright the sky
i steer up my drive
spot the rocks waiting for their pages. 
 a flash of long white muscle and 
 black paintbrush disappears under this foundation
one moment
out it ran into the garage, 
i waited with camera
you never know when grace appears, 
and if you're waiting, well, it just vaporizes.
rock book five
minus ermine.

10 comments:

  1. magical!!!!!!!

    (I'm sure we are made from the same star dust velma...)

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  2. cool... I'll keep a lookout for ermine, to keep up our mirrored north-world tradition.

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  3. we are stardust we are golden...do do do
    totally gifted
    this baby was bold, strong, mighty, and small.

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  4. I am loving the exoticness of your wildlife - for me they are all unknown and unusual! A nice rockbook waiting to begin...

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  5. fiona, this one is the cover for the largest rock book from november's exhibition. so the pages are done (thank god). it was way too heavy for me to manage through the high drifts, so it sat outside after i removed it from the back of my car in february!

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  6. oh, and work is at 250 altitude, not sea level...

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  7. oh wow, you have the most exotic wildlife, what a beautiful little creature.

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  8. So lovely! Molly and I saw a mink on the way home from Play practice the other night. It was only a brief glimpse but still felt like a gift.

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  9. i saw my first (alive) mink next to lake huron. it was amazing, beautiful. this is my second ermine.

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