Sunday May 30, 2010

Dave Bonta May 30, 2010

A rose-breasted grosbeak flutters up from the creek singing clear, cool notes. A cranefly drifts through a sunbeam, carrying its legs.

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On this date

November 12, 2017
Cold and quiet but for the stream's gurgle. Bare limbs are pale in the half-strength sun, as if they'd all been barked clean by a porcupine. …
November 12, 2016
Hoarfrost costumes the yard, sparkling in the sun for a few minutes of glory. Oaks that looked brown under clouds glow orange and red again. …
November 12, 2015
More rain. From the treetops, the thin whistles of cedar waxwings. A squirrel digs up a walnut in the yard and buries it a foot away. …
November 12, 2014
Overcast and cold. On the south side of the house, an aster is still in bloom, its small constellation trembling in the wind. …
November 12, 2013
The first half-inch of snow. A mink appears along the creek, looping over and under the snow-laden grass like a dark needle and thread. …
November 12, 2012
Unseasonably warm. A raucous flock of juncos courses back and forth behind the house. Squirrels chase at top speed on the forest floor. …
November 12, 2011
A grown fawn nuzzles her mother's flank as if to nurse. The mother whirls around, head lowered, threatening with invisible antlers. …
November 12, 2010
When I turn to go in, I'm struck by the cherry tree's shadow, how the sun divided by the forest canopy multiplies each branch by three. …
November 12, 2009
Wind out of the east, and with it the noise of cars and trucks and trains funneled up the hollow's half a horn. A smudge of sun. …
November 12, 2008
Two white-tailed deer leap through the dried goldenrod and asters beyond the springhouse, surfacing, diving—dolphins in a brown sea. …
November 12, 2007
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! …

The Morning Porch/Patio

The view from my front porch (in Pennsylvania) or back patio (in London) every morning, in 140 or fewer characters

Sunday May 30, 2010