Thursday, November 15, 2018

as the season darkens

into winter,
 there is still light
 a flash of white in sunlit grasses
 and tess appears!
 not far from the place where i spotted a kingfisher 
several times, but
didn't see this day, probably gone south.
 we see ducks here, too.
 which tess ignores. 
i mean, there could be grouse close by so--off she goes.
 in the corner closest to my little garden between the granite ledges
 paper wasps were practicing their craft.
this is BIG.
 raccoon activity along the road
 and i've taken to talking back to these ravens
who gather nearby and quark loudly, 
as teenagers do.
there were seven yesterday.
i'd rather embarrass myself by quarking,
 trying out conversation
than take photos, 
so i didn't get all seven.
 popple/aspen and a trace.
 and it's gotten very very cold. 
in the single digits yesterday morning.

 neighborhood barn
 in front of which 
a plenty of high bush cranberries.
quite a crop.
but they're my neighbor's, 
not mine.
before the snow
it was clear and very cold.
and then it came
freezing everyone right up into little balls or broken pieces
but i love the cold
love how it makes me attend to its demands.
even though i do whine about it from time to time.
snow is expected again.
and the last of the sumac leaves here are gone. 
one branch broke completely
showing sumac's fragile heart.
stay warm and well and creative.
and the sumac?
it was in the pot today and the prints are drying.

5 comments:

  1. that beautiful cold clear light of winter in the NE

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  2. Love the hornets' nest! Wonderful papermakers!

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  3. Beautiful photos Velma. Thankyou for sharing. I love the turning of the seasons and the contrast of your chill as we head towards Summer and are entertained by nest building birds and Spring flowers.

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  4. mo, we're finally seeing some change from the eternal gloomy rainy gray.
    gin, it's big one, and i wish all my paper was as wonderful. i think i know a papermaker who makes paper wasps...
    barb, it always blows my mind thinking about the absolute opposite of your world right now. our birds' nests are appearing since the leaves have fallen. and we can see those big birds, just the other day we flushed a bald eagle.

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  5. Hi V - such a delight to wander in your winterly landscape. The icicles made me shiver a little - that is getting cold. Pity you couldn't get the ok from your neighbour to harvest some of those cranberries. Stay safe and warm. B

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