6 December 2020 (pumpkin)

discarded pumpkin

only the tail

of the squirrel

5 December 2020 (chickadee)

rain turning to snow

a chickadee slips

through the cedars

4 December 2020 (hiker)

late fall . . .

a hiker in blaze orange

way up the mountain

3 December 2020 (turkeys)

holiday season

a flock of turkeys

parades through the yard

2 December 2020 (pumpkin)

advent calendar

the crow pecks off another chunk

of pumpkin

1 December 2020 (moon)

dark and stormy—

the beaver moon

lodged behind clouds

30 November 2020 (fungus)

turkey tail fungus

we can’t help but speak

in metaphors

29 November 2020 (moss)

microcosms

moss-covered rocks

cobble the stream bed

28 November 2020 (pumpkin)

fog then rain

the tossed pumpkin

slowly softens

27 November 2020 (ice)

the lake making ice

we slide

into winter

26 November 2020 (Thanksgiving)

Thanksgiving sky

the pale potbelly

of the gibbous moon