Cock a Doodle Doo!

Cock a doodle doo!

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Rooster Crowing

Rooster in leaf compost

Frosty Foggy Morning

Where the Oaks Meet the Pines

Where the Oaks Meet the Pines

Oak trees shoot pointed acorns speedily to the ground
Ping ping ping
Squirrels and Blue Jays gather and bury them
Each spying on the other.

Farmer in the Dell lives next door:
Horse named Sierra, Pony named Cupcake
Hog and pigs, Roosters and chickens,
Dogs and cats & children.

The dogs and chickens chase each other
Back and forth.

Canadian Geese honk constantly as they fly in small bands
like Pelicans along the shoreline, as they skim the treetops.
Honk honk honk

The trees drop lichen and branches with moss.
Broken oak leaves are everywhere
Especially on the bottom of my shoe soles
Which I track into the house.

The roadkill is larger and somewhat sadder;
contorted deer still lithe in form.
The roads are windy
Barns are all about
The forest thickens as you travel up.

I used to sprinkle felt and tinsel leaves
for Fall ambiance
Now it's the real deal.
Season's will turn and it will
All be so awesome!

First day with long sleeves
First night with closed windows
Heavy bedspread on the bed.

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Monarch Caterpillar

The flower petals of my lonely Milkweed plant slowly disappeared (much to my consternation as I had wanted the plant to go to seed).  Now this, a caterpillar that has eaten all the leaves.  It must be a Monarch caterpillar.  What will it do now?

Underneath the Eucalyptus Tree

36" x 24" Acrylic on canvas

This is a painting of a tree that grew beside my entryway until it lost a limb which hit the roof.  Sadly, it was cut to the ground.  The tree had stood at least 75 feet tall and housed a screech owl and many hummingbirds.   I promised my tree that I would dedicate an art project to it and here it is.  Also, it's babies appeared later in many of my potted plants.