There is plenty of spinning, tilting and turning in our vast universe . . . as our world wobbles its way around the sun and our moon waxes and wanes . . . mirroring that center fiery sphere . . . while it sails along its own path marking our monthly ways. Luminosity of a celestial entity casting softness and shadows over a mostly sleeping landscape is quite calming though connected to lunacy. I am puzzled at how wildlife sleeps through all the brightness and it seems those that are preyed upon … [Read more...] about Waxing and Waning ~ The World Around Us ~ Bluebird Broods
First Days of Summer Walkabout
Summer greets Western Massachusetts with a hot soup of humid heat. The rising sun casts a net of sweltering, swelling, sanguine rays piercing skin and leaf alike. Spreading landscape's spring green evaporates into a darker coating . . . void of its former verdant glow. It is a great time for butterflies, except for all the many round eyes and beaks hunting and tearing at their lovely gowns. Catbirds and Phoebes especially are relentless in their pursuit of the many Tiger Swallowtails … [Read more...] about First Days of Summer Walkabout
First Days of Summer Walkabout
Summer greets Western Massachusetts with a hot soup of humid heat. The rising sun casts a net of sweltering, swelling, sanguine rays piercing skin and leaf alike. Spreading landscape's spring green evaporates into a darker coating . . . void of its former verdant glow. It is a great time for butterflies, except for all the many round eyes and beaks hunting and tearing at their lovely gowns. Catbirds and Phoebes especially are relentless in their pursuit of the many Tiger … [Read more...] about First Days of Summer Walkabout
Focusing on Old Apple Trees ‘Giving Sculptures’ of the Land
Older Apple trees, not unlike humans in their dotage, seem to tire more with time and are not quite up to producing all the plump blooms . . . that with the prodigious participation of pollinators . . . will bear fruit every year or in some cases every other year. There is a sizable silence of florescence in five of my six senior Apples this spring. Apple on the Edge of North Garden and Field April 2012 Apple on the Edge of North Garden and Field April 2012 Pruning is a rather … [Read more...] about Focusing on Old Apple Trees ‘Giving Sculptures’ of the Land
Focusing on Old Apple Trees ‘Giving Sculptures’ of the Land
Older Apple trees, not unlike humans in their dotage, seem to tire more with time and are not quite up to producing all the plump blooms . . . that with the prodigious participation of pollinators . . . will bear fruit every year or in some cases every other year. There is a sizable silence of florescence in five of my six senior Apples this spring. Apple on the Edge of North Garden and Field April 2012Apple on the Edge of North Garden and Field April 2012Pruning is a rather large … [Read more...] about Focusing on Old Apple Trees ‘Giving Sculptures’ of the Land
