Ruby Crowned Kinglet
A gnat, a gnat, a gnat is what I want. Zip up, zip down, zip all around. The little Ruby crowned kinglet filled with intent.
Little Sweeties in the Trees
It’s been a rather busy week once again for me, and the calendar is actually full through December. Work seems to keep getting in the way of me being able to go out and bird during fall migration. I’ve been watching a plant in my garden known as […]
A Reason to Tern
Mixed in with all of the gulls at Sandy Point Park this week were a few terns. It was as if I was looking for a needle in the haystack between the huge flock of gulls. Surely one of these is not like the other. Indeed, this caspian […]
The Gull Ballet
It was a beach ballet at Sandy Point Park with the Laughing gulls. They expressed their inner ballerina and posed and jumped into the wind feeling free. ———————————- He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and […]
The Gulls of Sandy Point Park
The Chesapeake Bay has had some difficult weather this past week, and in tough times, the gulls of the bay rest along the beach of Sandy Point Park. Not just a few gulls, but thousands of gulls. It’s a mesmerizing sight to see so many birds at one […]
Peacocks
Peacocks By Rose Fyleman (1877-1957) PEACOCKS sweep the fairies’ rooms; They use their folded tails for brooms; But fairy dust is brighter far Than any mortal colours are; And all about their tails it clings In strange designs of rounds and rings; And that is why they strut […]
Softly Floating
Softly floating along the water, something left behind. Gentle like the wind, warming like the sun. A memory that brushes across, ever fleeting. ————————– Spending a little time on the dock this afternoon, the air was fairly quiet with birds. But this delicate feather floated by. It provided […]
Dressed in Green
The Hummingbird by Harry Kemp The sunlight speaks. And it’s voice is a bird: It glitters half-guessed half seen half-heard Above the flower bed. Over the lawn … A flashing dip and it is gone. And all it lends to the eye is this — A sunbeam […]
Try it on for Size
It’s been a busy week for me, and I’ve been spending a lot of time at the horse barn in a five day riding clinic. Playing with the newly added software Topaz Impressions this past week, I’ve found that having the right image to start with is crucial. […]
Flying into Heaven
Song for John On a windy day let’s go flying There may be no trees to rest on There may be no clouds to ride But we’ll have our wings and the wind will be with us That’s enough for me, that’s enough for me. — Yoko Ono […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 