Dripdripdrip — rain on the roof. Off in the darkness, the explosive snorting of a deer: coyote? Bear? Human? Something with the wrong odor.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Under a low cloud cover, the mountain...
Under a low cloud cover, the mountain still white with snow, dawn grows from the ground up. My growling stomach is the loudest thing.
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Puffs of white smoke where squirrels...
Puffs of white smoke where squirrels forage in snow-covered birches. One squirrel falls twenty feet to the ground and lands with a soft FLUMP.
Tagged gray squirrel
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An hour before dawn, I sit motionless...
An hour before dawn, I sit motionless, watching Venus climb slowly through the leaves of an oak, dazzling first my right eye, then my left.
Tagged Venus
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A strong gust of wind brings a red...
A strong gust of wind brings a red oak leaf into my lap. I watch high-flying leaves cross paths with a flock of waxwings.
Tagged cedar waxwing, oaks
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Wind and rain. On the ornamental cherry...
Wind and rain. On the ornamental cherry tree beside the porch, fat drops dangle from the bare spots between yellow-orange leaves.
Tagged cherry tree
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White sky, white noise from the highway...
White sky, white noise from the highway over the ridge. The goldfinches wake all at once, a querulous babble of squeaky wheels.
Tagged goldfinches, I-99
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Rain drumming on the roof. A single...
Rain drumming on the roof. A single bar of white-throated sparrow song, and then the factory whistle dividing the dawn from the day.
Tagged factory whistle, rain, white-throated sparrow
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A pair of ravens fly low over the house...
A pair of ravens fly low over the house, invisible in the fog. I’m lost in thought about trickster gods, and right on cue: Arrk! Arrk! Arrk!
My left thumb itches, but nothing wickeder...
My left thumb itches, but nothing wickeder than a nuthatch materializes. The sun comes up.
Tagged nuthatch
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