i like to go out the morning after a snow
to see what animals tracked across.
mostly, it's rabbits
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| hoppity-hop |
and birds,
though the evidence for those
is almost entirely
beneath the feeders.
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| sideways, so you can't see the terrible gash caused by a squirrel |
ready to help sustain
the cardinals, finches, sparrows,
wrens, tit mice, chickadees,
& random strangers.
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| my two awesome squirrel-buster birdfeeders ready for customers! |
everyone else in the house was banished from their school/work duties,
but it was a teacher workday for me.
i am perfectly fine with that.
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| gaining sustenance before seeing about road conditions |
the snow was dry and crystalline.
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| nandina berries capture some snow |
i love the sheltered path
along the west side of our house.
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| exactly how snowy branches should look |
like i said,
we have rabbits!
it became very clear
which were active
den entrances/exits!
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| one was by the old tree stump |
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| the others were side-by-side near the maple tree |
this particular snow accumulated in nooks and crannies,
which made the dried seedpods from the Rose of Sharons
perfect repositories.
to me, they resembled
each little cupful of snow
artfully collected
to await the sun.
i have been nurturing
a blue spruce sapling,
which looked particularly fetching
under its dollop of snow.
a bit like a porcupine,
with its quills on high alert.
it's not bad, this north carolina life.
snow one weekend; sixty-degrees and sunny the next.
i'll take it.
now, where did i put my sweet tea?
y'all.
