Thin fog. A spiderweb spread like a handkerchief a few inches above the ground has a large collection of raindrops, each of them perfect.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
Tag Archives: fog
Fog in the treetops, lit up by the...
Fog in the treetops, lit up by the sun. Wingbeats of a large bird. The distant chirping of quarry trucks in reverse, one high, one low.
Thanks to insomnia, I have two mornings...
Thanks to insomnia, I have two mornings: one with ground fog lit by the waning moon at dawn, the other hot and abuzz with carpenter bees.
Also tagged carpenter bees, moon
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Where the moon had glowed through ground...
Where the moon had glowed through ground fog at 4:00, now the sun glimmers. Four ruby-crowned kinglets flutter in and out of the lilac.
Also tagged moon, ruby-crowned kinglet
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Fog and the sound of water rushing...
Fog and the sound of water rushing in the ditches, woodpeckers of every caliber. The thermometer says cold, but somehow the air feels warm.
Also tagged stream
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Cold and dawn-dark at 8:30. The ridge...
Cold and dawn-dark at 8:30. The ridge disappears into cloud, allowing me to imagine real mountains—a fastness far from anything but rain.
Also tagged rain
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Hard rain falling into slush, and the...
Hard rain falling into slush, and the fog thickening: cloud into cloud. Buds glow yellow on the lilac where two titmice flit.
Also tagged lilac, rain, snow, tufted titmouse
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After all-night rain, snow cover persists...
After all-night rain, snow cover persists in the woods, but it must be thin. The trees loom and fade as the fog shifts. The stream roars.
Also tagged rain, snow, stream
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Freezing rain and fog. Snowbirds crowd...
Freezing rain and fog. Snowbirds crowd the melted tire tracks in the gravel driveway, filling their gizzards wth grit while they can.
A true November day, cold and gray...
A true November day, cold and gray and wet. Patches of pale lichen on tree trunks glow like dim headlights in the fog. A distant chickadee.
