24 August 2022 (osprey)

an osprey’s cries

pierce the morning fog

late summer blues

23 August 2022 (sunset)

sunset glow . . .

a line of waxwings

fills a bare branch

Cedar Waxwings

22 August 2022 (sun through fog)

sun through fog . . .

picking wild rose hips

for grandma’s jam

21 August 2022 (gulls)

dry well . . .

young gulls squabble over

fallen apples

20 August 2022 (high ozone)

high ozone alert . . .

a dragonfly patrols

the sea cliff’s edge

Wandering Glider at Burnt Head

19 August 2022 (half tide)

half tide . . .

a dragonfly pauses

on a spruce tip

Painted Skimmer at Lobster Cove

18 August 2022 (heat)

afternoon heat

bumblebees crowd

a thistle head

17 August 2022 (dawn)

island dawn

before the rooster

gulls

16 August 2022 (dawn)

island dawn

a passing ship’s foghorn

reaches my dream

15 August 2022 (puppy)

low tide . . .

the puppy’s nose

speckled with sand

14 August 2022 (bergamot)

bergamot

a hummingbird chases off

a hummingbird moth