5 May 2022 (niece)

my niece

blooming in her own way . . .

birch catkins

13 February 2021 (masks)

masked walk

I mistake my niece’s eyes

for my sister’s

8 October 2020 (rainbow)

family phone call

my niece interrupted

by a rainbow

1 August 2020 (damselflies)

mating damselflies

the teenager can’t resist

a wisecrack

July 5: Birthday

twelfth birthday
damselflies shifting
from one reed to another

July 9: Fairy houses

My niece informs me

fairies are attracted to

blue forget-me-nots.

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July 5: Eleven

Eleventh birthday.

Three boxes of sparklers

then, fireflies.

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November 27: Beech Hill

Along the trail up--

sharing fragrant bayberries

with an amazed child.

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November 26: Thanksgiving Day

Before the family feast

I beat a nine-year-old

at the Game of Life.

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October 31: Halloween walk at Merryspring

The child carries around

the chestnut husk

as if it were a new pet.

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August 7: Herring Gut Learning Center

My nine-year-old niece attended marine biology day camp at the Herring Gut Learning Center in Port Clyde this week, and today the kids shared with their families what they'd been up to. This included showing off their art works as well as various creatures in the classroom aquarium and a touch tank.

 

My niece and her friends

show us scallop's fifty eyes,

hold stars in their hands.

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