1897. sweet treats

 

apple and pumpkin

some whipped cream and ice cream

thanksgiving day treats 🦊❤️

 

It was pie baking day today. It will be pie eating day tomorrow. Thanksgiving Day is everyday. 🦊❤️

1896. life of a bug

 

clinging to cold bark

a box elder bug moves slow

seems lost and alone 🦊❤️

Box Elder Bugs abound in our area. They seem to come out of nowhere on sunny days. Yesterday while the weather was pretty cold, I stopped and watched one clinging to a tree. It was barely moving. It was alone rather than in the usual big crowd of  bugs. The scene made me ponder the secret life of bugs. 🦊❤️

1895. after the fact

 

a yard full of birds

hunting and pecking for food

a birdbath looks on 🦊❤️

Sometimes the most interesting thing that is in front of our eyes only catches our eye after the fact.  The bystander birdbath in today’s post is the case for me today. I only noticed it long after I was struggling to come up with a haiku about the birds. 🦊❤️ 

1894. raining fish

 

all of a sudden

we were walking in a school

of fish from the sky 🦊❤️

Tree leaves fall in their appointed times. This recent fall reminded me of a school of minnows. 🦊❤️

1893. hand me down dan

 

who’s the mys’try man

in the harris tweed oer coat?

it’s hand me down dan… 🦊❤️

Yulan and I are very lucky to have friends who have really nice wardrobes and have chosen us as targets for some awesome hand me down clothing. I must say I look very cool in this Harris Tweed overcoat. Before receiving it I had no idea what a Harris Tweed overcoat is. 🦊❤️

1892. one with the earth again

 

among black walnuts

a regal red fox did lie

both return to earth 🦊❤️

The overnight claimed the life of a beautiful red fox. It lied on a bed of leaves and black walnuts that had fallen from the tree above it. I picked the regal creature up, he felt quite heavy, and I placed him in the nearby woods. There the earth will reclaim him, and will use him to feed all around him. The circle of life… 🦊❤️

1891. fishing for peace

 

knee deep in silence

cast after cast after cast

peace is in patience 🦊❤️

I stood quietly watching a lone fisherman fly fishing in the creek. He was practicing patience in peace. I was taken by his solitary practice. Then I realized suddenly that my standing quietly watching him fishing was also a practice of patience in peace. He was waiting patiently to catch a fish… and I was patiently waiting for him to catch a fish. It was a peaceful few moments. I hope he caught one…🦊❤️