Are you going to fill the bird feeder today, or not?

Ohio Dusk

Triple Trunk Tree Sketch

 

Triple trunk tree at Quail Hollow, Hartville Ohio

The Exquisite Hour

L'Heure exquise

Composed by R. Hahn. Sung by Susan Graham.

L’Heure exquise 

Paul Verlaine 1870

The white moon

Glows in the woods;

From each branch

Comes a voice

Beneath the mist...

O my beloved...

The pond reflects,

A deep mirror,

The silhouette

Of the black willow

Where the wind weeps...

It is time to dream.

A vast and tender

Peacefulness

Seems to descend

From the heavens

Irisdescent starlight...

This is the exquisite hour.