Great Grey Owl for Halloween

walking through the woods
feeling the soft give to the forest floor
even though it snowed 4 inches last night

looked up to watch snow plopping from trees above

there you were
a great grey owl
looking into my eyes

a calm majestic being
sitting at the meadow's edge
listening
watching
waiting

so perfect for Halloween
and
Samhain

lovely celebrations to one and all  

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Colors of a Season

this autumn has filled it's days

with a brilliant show of colors

light and shadow dance

a delight for our eyes

gals getting their gobble on:

Tamaracks don their golds

ankles of trees

cloaked in leaves

the storm could not veil all the sun's light

forest walks delight

wee fungi kin

but today

is another facet of autumn:

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Frosty Beauties

morning light

reveals

our mundane world 

overflows with magical life

frost it grows

in endless expression

texture color

light

ice that grows over night

 temporal magnificence

my heart will never be the same

 your presence has changed me

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An Autumn Blessing

may your path be bright and clear

may your heart always hear
the singing of the leaves
dancing of the trees
whispers of the wind
telling who are kin
may peace also abound
joy and laughter be your friend
let all journeys fill your life with beauty love and light

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Sunset

Polebridge Montana

October 2012

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The Voices of the Day

the voices of the day
call to me
call to me
first the rivers song
rolling over rocks
whispers to my ear

the more i listen
the more i hear

the swell of the breeze
mingling with the trees

and their dry leaves
music in the air

autumn grass quite dry

bending in the breeze
crisp sounds they do make

the more i listen 

the more i hear

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I went camping up the North Fork, Polebridge area last week

Autumn is entirely beautiful this year...

 

Frostly Morning

woke to 18F

morning light soft and bright

snow berries and leaves dressed in crystalline ice

forest strawberries still green

others cloaked in pinks salmon and dusty rose

autumns colors beauty be

was on my way to yoga.....

never made it there

for beauty everywhere

stopped me in my tracks

adore

is a light word

for the feelings i have in the midst of ice crystals

and their mystical light

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This Morning ~

last night

rain fell, on and on

our dusty roads no longer dusty

today's air

crisp clean invigorating

I am reminded of the first time I visited Montana

it was this time of year

I fell in love 

we woke to our first snow of the season

mountains cloaked in white

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photos:

1. Whitefish Range

2.Whitefish Lake & Big Mountain

3. Whitefish Lake, Whitefish, Columbia Falls and
Gateway to Glacier National Park

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Colors Abound

colors abound

autumn is all around

light seems so pure

color that makes one purrrrrr

the flight of seeds

a carnival of movement

promises of life to come

autumn

a season of exquisite light

texture

colors

gone to seed

romance of future life
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