Past, Present, and Pondering
Blossoms and buds
Awaken
Brilliant red rhodie
Perfect pink peony
Bright blue rock seed
Orange and yellow with purple splashes fill out spring’s palette
Trills and tweets
Twitters and sweet whistles
Carrying tunes of joyful birds on wafts of morning breezes
As they gather pieces of nesting treasures
Coolness ahead of summer-like days
Saltwater fragrances fill the sky covered in a thick marine layer
Awaiting the big reveal of sunshine blue skies
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Finch plays her piccolo
Flicker on percussion
Robins join in soprano trills
Hummingbird with her metronome
Bees buzz in perfect harmony
Sparrows round out the symphony in melodious notes
Tones and tunes in perfect pitch
Notes and measures played on queue
All in praise of their maestro, conductor, creator
The music of spring returns
Pulling on heartstrings
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Clock radio sings me into consciousness
I slowly peel my eyes open and leave my dreams upon my pillow
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Coffee maker brews hot Italian roasted coffee
I inhale its rich aroma and pour its elixir in a swirl of just enough cream
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Little robin red breast breaks the silence of my morning quiet time
Reminding me there is work to do
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off I go
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Cool morning breeze lifts the wings of a solitary hawk. On the hunt he flies and suddenly rolls to his left then upright again then rolls left once more as he calls out to his prey and disappears into the horizon never to return.
Hummingbird flits from branch to branch calling out to his friends who return his chortling, suddenly taking flight to race across the morning sky together and disappear into the horizon only to return.
Blue jay takes flight from unseen places and appears upon the fence post in complete silence. He hops along the fence until he disappears never to return.
Beneath a pure blue sky he sits and sings his morning melody upon a leafless branch
Some notes high soprano and other notes staccato alto while those in the nearby green canopy add their own harmony
He moves from branch to branch stopping between for another verse then suddenly takes silent flight up and around and back again to trill and warble and click his morning song
Hummingbirds waltz in a dizzying series of whirls and twirls — up and over and down and around the pair stays in perfect synchrony. Apart they glide then hover then back together for another frantic dance.
Red breasted robin marches and hesitates across the dried grass. Watching, waiting, filling her beak with breakfast then chirping her praise.
Rising sun casts long shadows highlighting tree tops and moss and rooftops with early rays. A perfect cerulean sky covering the new day. Still, cool air and heavy moistness of morning dew coats the earth in refreshment. A new day.
Creation breathes life into a new morning with gentle breezes. Tree tops sway lifting arms of praise stretching toward the sky.
A flock of ducks form various shapes in their synchronized flight toward a new day of ever changing scenes. High above the ground they fly in formation performing their perfected routine.
Hummingbird announces his arrival at the feeder as he begins his rituals of flight and feeding.
Lone crow steaks across the sky calling all things to order in his loud cackle –
Morning calls another day with pink stretching into blue. An array of random clouds shaped and textured highlight the pale blue sky.
Darkness fades into the brightened eastern sky as sunlight returns to bring another cloudless day. First chirps break Stillness of morning and hummingbird dancers begin their warmup. Stretching and twirling in the coolness then resting again in anticipation of another day spent flitting and racing through the trees, between the houses and up over roofs in their frantic ballet.
The edges of yellow pink sunrise fade into the deep blues of heavens canvas.
Evening
Creamed streaks spread high and thin coating the evening sky awaiting sunlight’s final dip into the sea.
Hummingbird clicks and chirps a final melody chasing his beloved across the sky and through branches anticipating restful nesting. Finding one last taste of lavender and roses and Hydrangeas wearing lacy blue caps and purple Pom Pom buds.
Daisies await closing time covering their round brown faces in petals of gold.
Sun bursts into flaming clouds streaking the sky with gray smoke-like wisps and bids another day adieu.
Dappled light of sunrise changes shadows to shimmers on the gently swaying leaves. A hummingbird flits from branch to branch playing his staccato notes of joy like a percussion instrument in natures symphony. The flutes of the songbirds join in with soprano and the crow plays baritone. A red breasted robin suddenly appears on stage from her hiding place under the elderberry bush. Worm in beak she quickly jitterbugs across the garden taking refuge amongst the hydrangeas to enjoy her wiggling feast. A lone honeybee adds his hum to the procession of natures musicians as he feeds on the nectar and fragrance of fully bloomed lavender and roses and daisies with a twist of raspberry.
Shadows receding over dew drenched fields. Thick coolness of the morning filled with loud chatter of sparrows. Pristine blue cloudless sky welcomes the brightness of the sunrise. Honeybees tasting lavender flavored nectar and daisies complete their grand opening for a first taste of sunshine.
The sparrow takes leave of his elderberry tower, quickly replaced by a chirping hummingbird, wings resting from her incessant fluttering. Stillness falls over everything then suddenly she takes flight once again to investigate flowers and buds and feeders in her day long cycle of rest and flight.