November 19: Cranes

My friend Pat Palmer in Naples, Florida, has friends in Fort Meyers who regularly see sandhill cranes near their home. When she was there for a recent visit, however, she was disappointed to only see some birds flying over, nothing up close. Shortly thereafter her friends sent her this photo:

Pat replied that she didn't want to see another photo of the cranes till they were standing on the lanai.

Solemn grey, red capped,

waiting to be asked inside--

two crane visitors.

(Thank you, Pat, for today's inspiration!)