Seeing Anew
From the sketchbook of Judy Birmingham...
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Friday, March 13, 2020
first spring crocuses
paint sharp shadows on a rock
and bask in the sun
--jmb
Monday, January 20, 2020
winter fungi cling
drawing out the last of life
from the yellow birch
-jmb
Sunday, January 19, 2020
ancient lichened snake
slithering up the bare oak
oh...just a grapevine
--jmb
Saturday, January 18, 2020
two male cardinals
hunkered down against the wind
too cold to squabble
--jmb
Friday, January 17, 2020
house finches feeding
glad to find sunflower seed
on an icy day
--jmb
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
not a northern flicker,
this red-bellied woodpecker
has no belly spots.
--jmb
Monday, January 13, 2020
downy woodpeckers
out for an afternoon treat
mmmm...peanut butter
--jmb
Sunday, January 12, 2020
the plant kingdom too
has its prickly porcupines:
spiny sweetgum balls
--jmb
Saturday, January 11, 2020
still decorated
for Christmas long after Twelfth Night:
holly's red berries
--jmb
Friday, January 10, 2020
chick-a-dee-dee-dee
chattering, chirping, chiding:
Dan!!! More bird seed please!
--jmb
Thursday, January 09, 2020
where a limb once was
now an elegant front door
perhaps for a bug
--jmb
Wednesday, January 08, 2020
a fur-covered bud
wrapped tight against winter winds
spring's magnolia
--jmb
Tuesday, January 07, 2020
wild distant seas
mysterious continents
mapped on sycamores
--jmb
Monday, January 06, 2020
leaves cling steadfastly
to the great white oak branches
always last to fall
--jmb
bright-eyed and wary
a nervous tufted titmouse
wants to eat alone
--jmb
Saturday, January 04, 2020
cozy home for rent
a bit windblown but well-made
by Mother Robin
--jmb
Friday, January 03, 2020
sodden sweetgum leaves
rain drops cling to wet branches
See! the world in each!
--jmb
Thursday, January 02, 2020
five purple petals
waxy green leaves--this year's
first periwinkle
--jmb
Wednesday, January 01, 2020
sturdy points of green
freshly chilled in icy snow
worshipping the sun
--jmb
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