Searching on the Wild Side

n the Wild Side

Posted on March 17, 2013by apronheadlilly

We have none yet on this side of the mountain, but hubby and I found green hills and wildflower color on the other side. Probably because that side hogs the rain and snow.

The happy climbers = hubby and collie

Finches with Coffee--No Cream

Yesterday I posted a picture of finches–one yellow. The post was done with a touch of headache, sans cafe! So it was not as clear as some of the others I had. So I thought I’d show you my little yellow friend with coffee. I had the coffee. He had the seed.

Before the Dark Call

Dare I raise my young, taut head
when winter still slinks round, pounce-ready—sneaky like that?
There is sun and wind and water and will,
and my face yearns to breathe it all in.
Dare I expose my defenseless self
when life is short-lived, petals weary—fragile like that?
There is wood and sap and strength and stretch,
and I can’t help but drink it in before the dark call—
the long fall that cuts my splendor short.

Fingering Eternity

Fingering the heavens,
fingering the eternal,
reaching,
reaching for the knowing part of this God-friendship,
needing not just instruction, but communion,
needing not just a job description, but a guiding
with your eye upon me.
Presence—intelligible.
Presence—concrete.
And never alone: I would be
friend of, collaborator with,
fingering eternity now.

Ah, Humans!

Ah, humans . . . the other white meat!

Photographs by Lilly
Caption by hubby
Menacing look by Night Heron (even in the day!)

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Mountain chickadee

Small but Mighty

Posted on March 3, 2013by apronheadlilly

This Rufous Hummingbird has lungs! For the longest time, I couldn’t see what bird was making such a loud chirp. It was not one of my regular visitors; at least, I didn’t think so. The loud one-at-a-time cheep was loud and obviously meant to warn.

One day last week, when hubby was hanging clothes (and yes he does laundry!), he was standing 2 feet from the feeeder when this little guy cut loose! So the mystery is solved. Talent scouts should be arriving soon.