Overcast. The softly glowing reds and yellows, the hum of crickets, even the normally annoying call of a towhee all inspire nostalgia.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Tag Archives: crickets
Even on such a cold morning, a faint...
Even on such a cold morning, a faint hush of crickets. A cicada starts up: less a whine than a loud whisper. The slow chant of a vireo.
Also tagged blue-headed vireo, cicadas
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The storm just past, a bald-faced hornet...
The storm just past, a bald-faced hornet flies back and forth over the flattened stiltgrass. The crickets pick up where they left off.
Also tagged bald-faced hornet, Japanese stiltgrass, thunderstorm
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A honeybee conducts a slow inspection...
A honeybee conducts a slow inspection of the porch railing, including my boots. I’m pondering the secret cousinship of wrens and crickets.
Also tagged Carolina wren, honeybees
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Another cool morning. Autumn’...
Another cool morning. Autumn’s in the air, I say to myself, but it’s really just a cricket chirping in the corner of the garden.
At 8:47, the sun puts in its first...
At 8:47, the sun puts in its first appearance. The cricket in my garden—the only weather forecast I follow—doesn’t miss a beat.
At 42 degrees Fahrenheit, only one...
At 42 degrees Fahrenheit, only one cricket calls from the vicinity of the springhouse, a low, hollow creaking like a prolonged death rattle.
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Orion gets one leg above the trees...
Orion gets one leg above the trees before fading into the dawn. Inside, I rescue the cricket from a spider, put him out for the fourth time.
As the plane fades in the distance,...
As the plane fades in the distance, they return: a towhee, two lethargic vireos, a chipmunk’s water-drip-steady clucks, the garden cricket.
Also tagged chipmunks, garden, plane, red-eyed vireo, towhee
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Would morning glories keep blooming...
Would morning glories keep blooming all summer as the wild bindweed does? This morning, four new horns fill with tree-cricket trills.
Also tagged bindweed
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