Rain. An earwig perches on a tansy flower with its head thrust into one of the yellow buttons, motionless as a toker, empty calipers aloft.
The view from my front porch every morning, in 140 or fewer characters
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Too humid for clothes, too buggy for...
Too humid for clothes, too buggy for bare skin. An enormous yellow bee-fly circles the tansies once, then zooms over to investigate my ear.
Also tagged syrphid fly
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The incremental opening of the tansy...
The incremental opening of the tansy flowers seems nearly complete. Two of the yellow heads are dotted with small brown shield bugs.
Also tagged shield bugs
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Snowflakes sail past like far-flung...
Snowflakes sail past like far-flung voyagers. On the otherwise lifeless tansy stalks, a green sprig harbors a single, yolk-colored bloom.
Also tagged snowflakes
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Rain and fog. A squirrel strips water...
Rain and fog. A squirrel strips water from its head with a lightning-quick motion of its front paws. The dark dead eyestalks of the tansy.
Also tagged fog, gray squirrel, rain
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A gray squirrel nibbles on tansy leaves...
A gray squirrel nibbles on tansy leaves—how odd!—then comes onto the porch and stares at me from two feet away with dark unreadable eyes.
Also tagged gray squirrel
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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.
Also tagged ants, harvestmen
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Two years later, the branch still dangles...
Two years later, the branch still dangles upside-down above the forest floor. A hummingbird pauses over a tansy and taps it with her bill.
Also tagged hummingbird
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The tansy heads beside the porch have...
The tansy heads beside the porch have grown eyes: clear beads at the center of each dense sun. A faint haze of rain thickens into pelt.
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