As if to spare the birds at the feeder
any more competition than they already have
a snowflake drops right past the perches
crowded with finches, nuthatches, sparrows,
and without even thinking to open its wings
settles quietly onto the ground.
~ Ted Kooser. December 23, Cold. Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison
Credits: Snowflake photograph – Snowflakes and Snow Crystals by Alexey Kljatov. (45° F this morning. Cold is coming.)
Noooooooooooooooooo!
🙂 It is early. It is. I get it.
I love the serenity of this image, but I’m not quite ready to relinquish my grip on fall. It is GORGEOUS here today. Winter can wait….
It can wait Lori. It can.
i do love the beauty of gentle snowflakes, and this one was only offering the feeding birds a reminder of their imminent arrival.
beautiful Beth. I sat outside. Didn’t find any birds at the feeders but did hear a woodpecker working the tree…
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