Have I mentioned there’s a nesting robin right outside my window. This morning I see that rabbit has started making a nest in a speedwell plant right below the nest. This is a bit problematic when one has a dog with strong carnivorous instincts. 🤦🏻♀️
Beautiful last line Gail. Thank you so much for sharing and being here with us. :) Oh you did not mention that. HA! I can see that being a bit of a problem. I also have a ground nest or burrow(?) under our rhododendron bush...I'm not sure who made it but keeping my eye out. I wonder if it's a rabbit. How exciting!
One year a rabbit nested outside our front door. The experience was a mixed bag of trauma and triumph. Most of the babies made it to adolescence. It was tons of fun to watch mom nurse and care for them.
I bet! The first year we moved in I found a burrow under the other rhododendron bush and what joy to watch the baby bunnies hop out! I was praying the entire time I wouldn't see any prey.
What a wonderful phrase - 'Yet the longer I ran, the more the poem grew and expanded' - there's so much to be said for moving out of doors - I'm going to remember this, Julie!
Love this, "the red-winged blackbird plumps up"
This is what I hear at 6:13 am CST:
Crickets cricketing
Serenade silent worship
Ushering summer
Beautiful haiku Mary. Thank you so much for sharing. :) It's so fun!
SO much fun! Thanks for the encouraging prompts! I haven't written poetry in forever. Thanks for inspiring me. 😃
YAY!! You made my day Mary. :) Keep going.
Julie’s mind whirring
Like Sounds of a pinball game
Hitting the jackpot
Brilliant! This last line made me smile. Thank you so much Clark. Your poems make my day.
And your poems make “our” day. 🤗
I do hope so! :) Thank you Clark.
Henrietta chews
Rawhide bone her paste and brush
Self-care can be fun
Have I mentioned there’s a nesting robin right outside my window. This morning I see that rabbit has started making a nest in a speedwell plant right below the nest. This is a bit problematic when one has a dog with strong carnivorous instincts. 🤦🏻♀️
Have a super day!
Beautiful last line Gail. Thank you so much for sharing and being here with us. :) Oh you did not mention that. HA! I can see that being a bit of a problem. I also have a ground nest or burrow(?) under our rhododendron bush...I'm not sure who made it but keeping my eye out. I wonder if it's a rabbit. How exciting!
Have a fantastic day!
One year a rabbit nested outside our front door. The experience was a mixed bag of trauma and triumph. Most of the babies made it to adolescence. It was tons of fun to watch mom nurse and care for them.
I bet! The first year we moved in I found a burrow under the other rhododendron bush and what joy to watch the baby bunnies hop out! I was praying the entire time I wouldn't see any prey.
What a wonderful phrase - 'Yet the longer I ran, the more the poem grew and expanded' - there's so much to be said for moving out of doors - I'm going to remember this, Julie!
There sure is! I was so grateful those words and phrases continued as I ran. :) Thank you so much for being here each week day Rebecca. :) xox
I love that this isn’t a haiku! Beautiful!
Thank you Mom! :) Thank you for being here with me.
It's so fun to watch the birds plump at each other! Is that a mating thing? I have watched them do it under the bird feeder
Oh could be? Thank you Claudette for this question. I'm curious so now going to look that up. :)
Cool! Let me know!
what I read and the link below to. Showing off. Instead of battling for
territory, red-winged blackbirds put on
a show. Early in the morning, the male
leaves his sheltered roost to perch atop
cattails or tree branches. These high spots
allow his voice to carry far and wide
across the landscape.
Singing isn’t enough to ensure a male’s
success. He must also show off his size
and beauty. Bird biologists call this performance a song spread. The male fluffs his
body feathers, spreads his tail, and opens
his wings. The brilliant red epaulets flash
at his rival.
https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazine/young_naturalists/young-naturalists-article/redwinged/marapr2020_young_naturalists.pdf?v=2023.10.06-14.24.50