The catnip’s in bloom beside the porch: clusters of tiny white blossoms dotted in purple, each with a front stoop to tempt passing bees.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Rain like a drunk at a broken piano...
Rain like a drunk at a broken piano whose green keys all play the same note. The hornets still hide their hoard in a gray paper sack.
Tagged bald-faced hornet, rain
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A woodchuck waddles down the road,...
A woodchuck waddles down the road, pausing every few feet to poke its head into the weeds. A fawn bleats up in the laurel. The sun goes in.
Tagged deer, groundhog, mountain laurel
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A tiger swallowtail is laying eggs...
A tiger swallowtail is laying eggs on the lilac and black cherry, dabbing each leaf with the tip of her abdomen, wings fighting the breeze.
Tagged black cherry, lilac, tiger swallowtail butterfly
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The dawn chorus is quieter now, and...
The dawn chorus is quieter now, and at least half-catbird. A squirrel carries a leafy twig through the treetops at sunrise like a flag.
Tagged catbird, gray squirrel
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A little wood satyr—brown butterfly...
A little wood satyr—brown butterfly with yellow-rimmed eyespots—lands on the glass door and pivots at the center of its reflection.
Tagged little wood satyr
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Fresh buds have appeared on one of...
Fresh buds have appeared on one of the two wild grape sprigs I planted at the base of the dead cherry. A nuthatch calls in the growing heat.
Tagged cherry tree, nuthatch, wild grape
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With the power out, my house seems...
With the power out, my house seems unnaturally quiet compared to the warble and hum of a humid summer morning. A cicada’s buzzer goes off.
Tagged cicadas
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Tansy blooms beside the porch. Black...
Tansy blooms beside the porch. Black ants and harvestmen wander the allegedly insecticidal leaves; only the yellow flowers remain untouched.
Tagged ants, harvestmen, tansy
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Cloudy and cool. Up to its snout in...
Cloudy and cool. Up to its snout in grass, a deer sneezes. The quiet squeaks of a hummingbird circling the beebalm.
Tagged beebalm, deer, hummingbird
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