31 July 2025 (cloying heat)

cloying heat

the first caterpillar tents

appear on the cherry

15 March 2025 (fingerless gloves)

fingerless gloves . . .

the first woolly bear

inches out of last year’s leaves

15 August 2024 (rain in the night)

rain in the night beading on the tent caterpillars

10 August 2024 (shreds of a hurricane)

shreds of a hurricane . . .

webworm tents shrouding

the chokecherries

29 July 2024 (a cluster)

a cluster

of caterpillar tents

morning fog

6 October 2023 (taking stock)

taking stock

of the woodpile

woolly bear

10 April 2021 (raking)

spring yard work

leaving a few dead leaves

atop the woolly bear

23 August 2020 (caterpillar)

the caterpillar at least

knows where it’s going

pandemic summer

26 March 2020 (caterpillar)

pandemic

asking the caterpillar

what’s normal life

21 October 2019 (caterpillar)

surrender

also an option

woolly bear

26 September 2019 (vireo)

news brief

the vireo’s violence

to the caterpillar