6 October 2019 (dahlias)

autumn garden

amid the dahlias

an air of surprise

5 October 2019 (moon)

moon in the water

ordering a bourbon

on the rocks

4 October 2019 (Acadia)

Hiked within sight of the U-shaped valleys of Acadia National Park, at the south end of Eagle Lake, today.

a bowl of sky

between the mountains

feeding the soul

3 October 2019 (granite)

pink granite

only recently sprouting

with ferns

2 October 2019 (spray)

autumn wind

the pattern of salt spray

on my rain pants

1 October 2019 (trail)

the trail back

paying close attention

to the roots

30 September 2019 (warblers)

flickering

of warblers among spruces

my grounded self

29 September 2019 (strawberries)

fall strawberries

the solid comfort

of sunlight

28 September 2019 (egret)

enough talk

egret slowly flapping past

at sunrise

27 September 2019 (chickens)

first days of fall

red chickens foraging

among the asters

26 September 2019 (vireo)

news brief

the vireo’s violence

to the caterpillar