10.18.2014

Glimpses of Autumn


the fae folk have been busy painting the leaves


golden giants
masterly


walking paths cloaked in scattered leaves


a cuddle of trees
 
 
treasures under canopy


doning mauve



vistas beckon
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lakes



what could that be
 

 
wishing you a lovely autumn
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10.07.2014

Enormous School of Tiny Fish


billions of tiny fish

along the shore:


not sure what kind they are


sometimes
they moved as though they were one entity


tiny beings amongst the pretty rocks



and 
there was a chipmunk

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10.02.2014

Threshold between meadow and forest


 as I stepped from the autumn meadow
into the autumn forest


there was a tangible shift in presence
a bit like stepping across a threshold and into another realm


 my instincts kindled to the edge of my being and beyond

sound, light, life was alive with shadows and light

pausing to listen to the leaves falling from the aspen trees
landing on the leaf strewn forest floor

perhaps their final flight

surely in summer this would be a shady spot
refreshing on hot days
a cloak for elk bear and forest kin
 
on this hot autumn day
sunlight baths us all, no cloak

revealing where antlers have rubbed the trees


where grass lays down 
where animals have walked and beds were made

sitting…. long enough that my breathing slows
nearly to the rhythm of a tree
I feel the forest invite me to wander more deeply within
its inner sanctuary


wandering, breathing, noting details

in an 8 foot circle of space
I count 11 piles of berry filled bear scat
an unusual find (that many piles in one space)


I respectfully depart back into the sun drenched meadow
under the beautiful blue sky


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