interdependence day

sometimes

the sky teaches you things.

i was walking 

looking and taking some photos

and i wasn't seeing very well, 

you know,

it's hard without a viewfinder...

and i took the sky pictures

because they were amazing and THEN

THEN i saw that pink.

news:

in the last few days a gray fox 

showed her face as she whisked behind the garage

paused before stepping into the overgrown 

low meadow, 

she looked at me measuring.

and then moved on.
i've seen her across the road,
moving through,
she's big and healthy.

a few days before there was a doe

standing directly in front of the back stoop. she 

she looked and looked

and then walked on.

and the day before i found coyote scat in my front yard.

the wild things are convening.

 in my bathtub

 another chipmunk relocation
this makes
 maybe 10 this year-

someone who flew too low over my road.

exuberant lushness of midsummer

reminds me

that in january

i won't believe that it exists.
one of my friends can't bear these dead ones,
but i celebrate their short lives.

this small one above is 

so beautiful.
~~~
in the doings of people

the door is open and soon 
maybe
will be a place to live 

one half sheet of osamu mino heavy
manipulated and walnut treated 

then folded and joomchi-ed (sort of) 

looks like i need a few more
rounds of hand work.
therese inspired me to push this paper
today, 
the experiment will continue.
independence day
celebrating our interdependence.