As Twenty-thirteen comes to a close, I happily begin my annual series of sharing precious highlighted encounters with wondrous wildlife here on my farm . . . from the days, months, pages and frames of this last year, pixels will emerge revealing a shared wildness reaching inwards as it dances in the breezes gently floating through fields and forest. Plant, flower and tree memories will also resurface in the upcoming weeks . . . a lovely way to nurture the imagination and keep its rich soil … [Read more...] about The Closing of 2013 ~ Gathering Moments Past Pixels and Pages of Wildlife
A Winter Focus ~ Cedar Waxwing Ornaments and Long Nights Moon
The nakedness of winter's landscape can sometimes seem cold and lonely, when suddenly, whoosh, all together in flight, a flash of fluttering life lifts the spirit high towards outermost tips of a beloved Black Cherry tree. Offering light and enchantment to the lucky viewer, a flock, an 'ear-full', a 'museum' of over sixty Cedar Waxwings alight, sprinkled along the top of the skeletal cherry canopy, resembling delicate ornaments bedecking leafless limbs. A closer focus reveals hints of … [Read more...] about A Winter Focus ~ Cedar Waxwing Ornaments and Long Nights Moon
A Bouquet of Warblers Continues In Plumule Expanse
December sighs and drops whiteness about the land. The last few weeks of 2013 are at hand.Another month unfolds and now a landscape covered in downy snow and ice lies across these hills of Western Massachusetts.I have a new installment of my 'A Bestiary . . . Tales from a Wildlife Garden' up over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens.The Black-and-white Warbler joins the lively bouquet of warblers . . . offering its striking plumage to the arrangement of songbirds. I hope you might click … [Read more...] about A Bouquet of Warblers Continues In Plumule Expanse
A Bouquet of Warblers Continues In Plumule Expanse
December sighs and drops whiteness about the land. The last few weeks of 2013 are at hand. Another month unfolds and now a landscape covered in downy snow and ice lies across these hills of Western Massachusetts. I have a new installment of my 'A Bestiary . . . Tales from a Wildlife Garden' up over at Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens. The Black-and-white Warbler joins the lively bouquet of warblers . . . offering its striking plumage to the arrangement of songbirds. I hope you might … [Read more...] about A Bouquet of Warblers Continues In Plumule Expanse
Last Autumnal Breaths of Cadmium and Aureolin Yellow with Palm Warbler Only Passing Through
Last breaths of cadmium and aureolin yellow falling through another season of autumn . . . as it falls through us . . . only passing through it all . . . Rock Maples stand mighty and tall.Miscanthus yellow blazes sigh with tassels reaching upwards ten feet high. Standing nearby, soft rustling songs become more an undertone as lengthy, waving blades . . . yellow . . . then fade, and float towards the leafy floor. A brighter, fleeting yellow reflecting … [Read more...] about Last Autumnal Breaths of Cadmium and Aureolin Yellow with Palm Warbler Only Passing Through
