Woven Tapestries of Flora and Fauna Overcast and Bright

Apple tree where Robins rear their young.

Empty Catbird nest

Catbird fledgling 

Soft single roses

please most in simplicity 

garden tapestries 

 Robin in earnest

through rain and sun weaving cup

 holding fragile young

Always a mouthful 

detritus and twigs for walls

upon apple branch

Squealing worms for all

clamorous hunger needs met

endless work for mom 

Abandoning nests

looking in the shrubberies 

fledglings stand alert

Catbirds build anew

no empty nest syndrome here

fresh cup add blue eggs

Butterflies take care

near the bottom of food chain

 needed sustenance

There is much ado about the garden with many fledglings here and there. If you would like to read and see the tale of the Catbird's first brood, please visit Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens.

June Wildflowers for 'National Pollinator Week'

Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Through years of labor

fields reclaim flower power

wild and native grow

Pollinators thrive

flying low through drifts of blooms

cups await their probe

All must be on guard

closer examination 

reveals hidden foes

She loves me loves not

camouflage in petals white

daisy death comes quick

Intricate seeds form

taking flight into landscapes

promising return

Beyond blooming life

scattering to 'the four winds'

onward odyssey 

'National Pollinator Week'  

Wildflower Wednesday at Gail's Clay and Limestone

Play of Light in a Garden Landscape

Golden hillside hue

trees bend in the misty light

woodcut into dusk

Illumination

from within lamps glow outward

rose twilight hour

Dawn spreads like a cloth

awakening colors true

flitting butterflies

Gardens capture light

bursting buds into color

lifting spirits bright