August 20: Berry-picking

ripe blackberries falling

into my stained fingers

words from your lips

 

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August 23: On the mountain

We took the chairlift most of the way up Sugarloaf Mountain today, then hiked the rest of the way to the summit on ski trails blanketed with stones, bunchberries, crowberries, cranberries, and flowering alpine cinquefoil. Just below the summit we were surprised to see a Whimbrel, a largish shorebird, fly past us. 

At the summit, out of breath,

sustained by berries

and flights of birds.

July 17: Eagle Hill Institute, Shadbush berries

Tromping around a sunny field looking for skippers and other butterflies this afternoon, we came across several fruit-laden shadbushes. I had never before tried this ambrosial fruit. Now I'll be fighting off the waxwings whenever I see one.

Our instructor Bryan Pfeiffer shows us how it's done

The world offers this up:

sun-ripened shad berries,

azures blue as sky.

Cherry Gall Azure

 

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