May 31: End of day

Almost dark

Out back flock of crows

loudly mobs an eagle

 

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May 30: Home again

Home from vacation

Refilling the vases

with what's blooming now.

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May 29: Memorial Day

From the lighthouse

flags on the graves

in the island cemetery.

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May 28: Island retail

On the island--

boy sells shells for a quarter,

beach glass for a nickel.

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May 27: Monhegan Light

On the island--

mesmerized by the sweep

of lighthouse's beam.

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May 26: Sora

Out on the island

car alarm cries

of a rail in the marsh.

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May 25: Singing in the rain

spring rain

catbird singing loudly

through the open window

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May 24: Framing

Trying to get the mountain

in the same shot

as the apple tree.

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May 23: Bounty

Warblers singing.

The crabapple has never

bloomed so well.

 

 

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May 22: Lawn

Lawn full of violets.

I won't mow you

today.

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May 21: Last night on the island

Tolling of the bell buoy,

night cries of gulls.

Waiting to fall asleep.

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May 20: Scene

daylit crescent moon

cherry blossoms in sunlight

could I be happier?

 

 

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May 19: Offshore breeze

On the island

blown by the wind--

leaf or a hummingbird?

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May 18: Spring fever

First hot day--

office door wide open

to birdsong (and one wasp)

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May 17: Anniversary

Anniversary--

on our walk in the woods

he finds a garter snake.

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May 16: Water view

Up on the mountain

glimpse of the lake

through screen of new leaves.

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May 15: Reid State Park

Tracks in the sand--

following two deer

into the dunes.

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May 14: Mother's Day

Budding forget-me-nots

I worry about them

under all this rain

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May 13: Vesper Hill

Visiting the outdoor chapel

where we were married.

Glimpse of the sea.

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May 12: Ruffed Grouse

"Everybody knows that the autumn landscape in the northwoods is the land, plus a red maple, plus a ruffled grouse. In terms of conventional physics, the grouse represents only a millionth of either the mass or the energy of an acre. Yet, subtract the grouse and the whole thing is dead."

--Aldo Leopold, from SAND COUNTY ALMANAC

Spring landscape--

male grouse drumming

its heartbeat.

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May 11: Spring leaves

Forget flowers.

Vivid beech leaves unfurl

along the riverbank.

 

 

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May 10: Surprise Moon

After nights of rain

suddenly--the moon!

much fuller than expected.

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May 9: That point

Grass high enough

to mow now.

Daydreaming of islands.

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May 8: Seasonal

Rainy day diet:

one dozen raw oysters,

steamed fiddleheads.

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May 7: Going home

Monotony of rain,

the windshield wipers.

Talk of second chances.

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May 6: Derby Day

Derby Day--

he crushes the ice

for our mint juleps.

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May 5: A hard rain falling

Wipers beat the windshield,

war drums of a hard rain.

We hunker down.

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May 4: Bulbs

Backyard greening--

planted before we lived here

tulips bloom once more.

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May 3: Happy hour

Walking to the pub

with stops

for magnolias.

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May 2: At the doctor

Still early enough

to hear birdsong in the woods.

Blood work.

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May 1: May Day

Seasonal house--

Christmas wreath by the door,

cherry tree blooming.

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