Enjoying Autumn

as the sun began to set last night

a parting in the clouds

and sunlight kissed the top of the mountain

I have been studying our forest mushrooms

and tossed some old ones into my bushes

this young deer found them delightful

the other day I walked among golden giants

 

spied treasures on the forest floor

hiked along a creek

seemed we were in a fairytale

full of lichen, moss and fungi

through an opening in the trees

we saw winter kissing autumn

perhaps one of the tiniest mushrooms i have ever seen

strong enough to hold a raindrop

a week or more ago

autumn snow cloaked our world

for a few hours

now we are back to rain

and 

golden forests galore

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Snow Geese and Glimpses of Life

I heard their wings overhead

they flew in circles amongst the clouds of the sky

then flew off 

and

returned again

beautiful Snow Geese

people are saying: 

this is the first year I have seen them here

a snow capped glimspe

while on a hike

a more intimate glimpse

(arrowroot balsam)

busy bee nesting on my friends log cabin

spring flowers

be still my heart

(smile)

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The Soft Blues of Deep Cold

cold days

cold nights

mists rise

 glimpses

touch imagination

as they cloak some bits

and not others

frost shimmers

grows thick as cold days carry on

i delight

in the blues and whites

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