the garden

Forecast: Sunny this morning. Clouds moving in.

a New Year and still here

October 7th

walking along
this oak leaf on the bluestone patio
stole my attention
the curve of its dry tips traced elegantly by the
long rays of the autumn sun
into crisp shadows

March 19th

for several weeks
i've heard the wrens in our
garden and neighborhood
and
on occasion
catch a glimpse of them
at the feeder
i am not quick enough with the camera
and certainly not good enough with
memory and pencils
to capture them.
but soon
hopefully
a male will begin building his courting nests
in one of the four houses
we put out and
and his mating songs will persuade
his intended to select one
to finish with feathers and bits
of fluff and finally begin laying her eggs.

hopefully, with four houses
in our garden this year
the chickadees will have a chance to
nest here too...once those brash, sometimes
bullying little wrens decide which
house they will occupy.