Category Archives: Deck View

Cold windy morning,

After yesterday’s warmth

Does she sense the coming storm?

Thickening clouds trudge against leaden skies,

Blustery winds tumble the final leaves from the trees

It looks like winter,

Until I step outside,

Where today it’s 70 degrees.

They are getting ridiculously fat,

And almost completely fearless.

He did skitter from one side of the railing to the other,

As I eased open the door with camera in hand.

But barely paused in nibbling at the scattered bird seed,

Tossing me a contemptuous glance as I stepped outside.

A twinge of cold,

A late breaking fall,

Barely swirling a swath of yellow,

A dab of red,

Across the sea of green.

I’d given up on them …

They grew long and scraggly all summer,

But gave not the slightest hint,

They intended to bloom

A mid morning gift,

An unexpected,

Fall splash.

September Harvest Moon,

Climbing through the trees

Teasing my struggle to correct my settings

Before it slides above the roof

Silent curtain of rain,

So still I didn’t even know when it started,

The wildlife scattered,

That should have been the first clue,

Then slowly drifted back through the mist as it cleared.

My soggy little buddy,

Determined and brave in the drizzly day.

Unfazed by my hulking camera,

Ominously sighting her perch.

She chitters her morning greeting,

And darts in and out for her treat.

Clouds thicken by the hour

Threatening my evening Muny plans,

And dimming most of my birdfeeder frenzy photos,

To fuzzy silhouettes.

Cool enough that I go inside to find my jacket,

It’s still too warm to keep it on for any length of time

It puddles on the swing,

While I fiddle with the tripod searching for light.

The cardinal,

In lengthy pose on the powerline,

Cheeps his irritation at the constant flutter of sparrows,

Swarming the food supply.