958. helping

way up in the tree

is that a catbird i see?

no! birds don’t meow!! 🦊❤️

 As I was walking to the park yesterday, I encountered two sort of old, lost looking trout fishermen. They were attempting to get to the creek by trekking through thick underbrush where there was no way to get to the creek. I redirected them to the little trail head.  I was then immediately aware of a rustling up a tree next to me. I looked up and there was a cat marooned in the tree seeming to be unable to get down. I thought it would be able to either crawl down or jump down. I got its attention and stood in a spot where there could be a safe landing. I said over and over, “Come on kitty, you can make it!” After lurching forward and then retreating back into the tree a few times,  the cat finally leaped and landed in my selected touch down zone. I was exhausted from a hard morning of helping man and creature. Lol 🦊❤️

957. outside looking in

perched at the counter

a haiku flies from her mind

me and the birds watch 🦊❤️

Once a week we have an early morning coffee date to sit at the front window counter of our new favorite coffee shop. It generally is a time we take pictures for our haiku blogs or to write haiku or to talk about haiku or to watch the people and birds who fly by. Today I was a little birdie who stealthily flew outside to take a shot of Yulan writing her day’s haiku post. 🦊❤️

 

956. overlook(ed)

looking lazily

from my perfect overlook

almost overlooked 🦊❤️

 I am so lucky to live immediately beside the beautiful and sprawling Morris Arboretum. Every day I stand and look down into the arboretum below as my apartment complex is raised nearly 30 feet above its property. Sometimes I look and see no wildlife until I notice a tiny movement of a deer, fox, duck or even a coyote!  Lazy gazing often results in overlooking the wild creatures that abound there.  Developing a diligent eye is important to spotting wildlife. 🦊❤️

955. good company

me and my shadows

the morning sun at our backs

such good company 🦊❤️

Is there any thing more amazing and reassuring as a shadow? Lets you know for sure that you are still here. 🦊❤️

 

954. suddenly a storm

the storm’s suddenness 

lingers in the next day’s dirt

and in my mem’ry  🦊❤️

On Saturday evening the beautiful sunny day was suddenly erased by rapidly invading black clouds, then winds, then rain, then hail, even more rain and more hail.  Even tornados. When it was over the air had turned cold. The next morning I was struck by the rather rugged and somewhat dangerous designs left in the sediment that was washed into the parking lot. It was a perfect image that represented the storm.  🦊❤️

 

953. sex ed

just inside the bloom

stigma, style and ovary

known as the pistil  🦊❤️

 Sex Ed as I remember it. 🦊❤️ 

952. simply life

deep in the red buds

a dove sits, sits, sits and sits

faithful as required 🦊❤️

Another year and the Mourning Dove duo return to nest and do spring things. I love watching them from my balcony as the couple takes turns incubating their eggs. They sit and sit through rain, wind, night and day. They simply do what they are to do to fulfill their duties in life. I feel a sense of calm when I watch them live their lives doing what is required… no agenda… no aspiration… no debate… They simply live. 🦊❤️