I GOOFED...THIS POST SHOULD BE ON MY GARDEN POST..BUT I'M RACING OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING AND DON'T HAVE TIME TO FIX IT..SO ENJOY MY RAMBLINGS!
My white pines
My husband and I had a disagreement about planting them. He would have preferred a hardy sticky needle pine or Blue spruce.
Me..I wanted softness and breeze indicaters...waving branches like ballerinas.
I won. We did plant too many and three have since died. I tried everything to save them. But that is life. And so in the garden.
Green...lovely green
Last year, the end of January, three Long eared owls roosted in them for two weeks.
Can you believe my shock...owls! and three?
My white pines
My husband and I had a disagreement about planting them. He would have preferred a hardy sticky needle pine or Blue spruce.
Me..I wanted softness and breeze indicaters...waving branches like ballerinas.
I won. We did plant too many and three have since died. I tried everything to save them. But that is life. And so in the garden.
Green...lovely green
Last year, the end of January, three Long eared owls roosted in them for two weeks.
Can you believe my shock...owls! and three?
A wee poem from that day;A Cold January Morning
Warm water over my hands
rushing to do the morning dishes
...only the beginning of gifts
Outside on a branch I thought I saw
ears sticking through pine needles
I flew to the patio door, from there,
I observed on the lowest branch, an owl
Who
will believe me, I thought,
a long earred owl roosting
in my suburaban yard?
His eyes were closed,his beak tucked
A breeze stirred him and that's when I caught sight
of another pair of "ears"just above him..
a smaller version of the first owl, fast asleep
Fearful to make any movement
lest they unwrap and fly away
I, too,remained still on my perch
I love the pine branches with snow. How lucky for you to have owls! We have a huge owl house in the tall pine tree in the very back corner of our yard. No owls yet but I do hear than whoing at night.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the post very much and, especially, the "who" right in the middle of your poem and your ending of remaining on your perch. Marvelous!
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful. I love the snow, we never get snow in San Antonio . Three owls, oh my!
ReplyDeleteDogwood..I have always been on the ookout for owls..in the woods..but in my backyard! fingers crossed they return
ReplyDeleteOh Lesa,you must be a poet
only one who (hehe) would notice that!
lots of I's to cut though and plenty of -ing words to change... but it's not bad...oh the perch..haha
noticed that too? Thanks for joining me..stop by again
Hi Diane..welcome back...oh snow on the pines....yes delicious...yes three
one by itself and two always together a branch apart...it was thrilling!
Hey Suz! I hope you don't mind my replying this way. I tried to send a message via friend connect, but that didn't work. My lack of knowledge, I'm sure. Wanted to tell you that your friend might be right if he's staying at the beach or near the river. The temps are much higher there due to the protection of the water. We live north of the river, much closer to the county line. If your friend would like to see sandhill cranes, he should check a huge cow pasture on the south side of Rich Road in NFM. He might want to bring his binoculars, and come early in the day. Most days he could find a group of cranes, say three, but if he's really lucky, he might see populations up to seventy!
ReplyDeleteIt's me again! Just noticed your comment about poetry above. Visiting a poetry group that met at a local coffee shop was one of my favorite things until gas prices became too expensive. Yes, I drove 50 miles to hear poetry...it was bliss! LOL!
ReplyDeleteBirdwatcher,poet...do you wear an ankle bracelet? just wondering! so happy you came back,Lesa
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