wordless wednesday

~ wordless wednesday ~

reassuring, isn’t it?

[This is a re-post. The original post was from last year, but the pictures are from two years ago.]

photographed 5/14/19

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wordless wednesday

~ wordless wednesday ~

airy

Sitting at my desk this morning, trying to come up with a title for these pictures, I detected movement outside the window, up in the trees. Some sort of impressive bird. It was large, though not as big as the bigger hawks. The bird was mostly black, but as it flew higher I could see white underneath the wings. Such a beautiful wing span. It landed on a tree in my neighbor’s yard, and I thought it was some kind of woodpecker. My eyes drifted to the left, and halfway up a tree in my backyard was another bird, this one close enough for me to identify as a pileated woodpecker. This is only the fourth time I’ve seen pileated woodpeckers, and they never, ever fail to impress me … immensely. A great reminder, first thing in the morning, however weighty the problems of the world seem, there’s still so much that’s wonderful.

leaf

leaves

Sunday afternoon, just a couple of days before the start of December,
and most of the branches were leafless. But a few spots had leaves this pink color, almost translucent in the bright sun.

wordless wednesday

~ wordless wednesday ~

october

leaf

photographed 9/27/20

leaves

dogwood leaves (I think)
photographed 9/14/20