Hawk at River

March 11, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Caught this fellow, on a blustery winter’s day, sheltered in the brush at the river’s edge. (Linking up with Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: birds)

Cooper’s Hawk

December 28, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

A flurry of scurrying birds draws my attention outside. The feeders are empty meaning someone or something has invaded our sanctuary. A bird of prey. I catch it landing on a neighbour’s tree but it’s too far away to identify. I return to my task, half watching for the return of the many birds that […]

In The Moment

Euphoric, wrappedin silent aftermath,love’s vibrationstill aglow Push asidethe fearthe effortit tookto get here Bask in the moment –tomorrow, I’ll cry. (In The Moment first appeared here in December, 2019. Image my own.)

Winged

Heron’s wings span six-feet widegreat grey appendages in rhythmic flight Dragonfly wings are camouflaged, propel elongated bodies who hover in sight Monarch’s wings are stained-glass delicatewith each flutter, sprinkle fantasies of delight My wings, imaginary, give me faith and hopemechanisms of spirituality, my soul’s fire ignite. (Image mine)

If

If we could see the soulcomprehend the constructoutline each contoursip the sacredness –Would there then be peace? (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. Image my own)