An incorrigible hagengages my loneliness –like an assassin sniffing outany scent of vulnerability I am lowering standardsthis history of imprisonmentenabling inappropriate openings I cry for new perspectiveponder after boundariesintending to defend Like an unwanted bullseyeI am pursued on repeatmalice considering mea problem to be solved Who is this old womanwhose thoughts are daggerswho calls upon […]
I know that abyss –swallowed up as I waspunch-drunk on darkness Bled as I emerged,each reach a scrape –there was release too Revived now, I honourthat passage, recognizethe making of a woman. (Making of a Woman first appeared here, December 2021. Image: self portrait in ink)
Wow it’s beautiful 🤩
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Thank you!
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We have been fortunate that the hawks in the neighborhood seem to avoid our feeders. But most of my cost for feed goes to provide the squirrels, and soon again the chip punks with food.
I don’t know if you plant sunflowers for your birds, but we rim the garden with them, and in August enjoy seeing the gold finches go crazy pulling seeds out of the large seedheads.
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Oh, yes, the squirrels, chipmunks, and other critters share in the wealth too. We planted sunflowers last year, but I think the deer got them first.
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I know they also need to eat, but I hate watching a hawk capture one of our feeder birds. 😦
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I know what you mean.
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They are so majestic!
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They really are
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Wonderful bird 🙂
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Thanks Hammad
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Those hawks are very handsome.
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Aren’t they? I wonder if they know, lol
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I’d expect that they know it. 🙂
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Wow – stunning photos!
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Thanks Wynne
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That is one handsome hawk there VJ! We have hawks in this area as well. I like seeing them, but not in our yard. They seem to like our rabbits and chipmunks a little too much.
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I know what you mean. Poor prey. But they are stunning
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Gorgeous! 🙂 ❤
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Thank you Deborah
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