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The welcome respite of rain

March 12, 2020 by Melodye Shore

Rain’s in the forecast every day this week, spilling over into the next! No big deal in most parts of the country, but it’s a blessing for SoCal residents because it tamps down fears of another drought. Also: Traffic’s lighter, because we sun-lovers don’t venture out as much when it’s wet.

And so it is that I’m curled up in my reading chair, memorized by the percussive sounds of raindrops on our red tile roof. It falls in sheets from the wooly-gray sky, shimmies down my picture window and splashes into my birdbath. My garden is getting a long, deep soaking, and I am filled with a sense of well-being.

It’s as if Mother Nature is sprinkling over all of Creation what we needed most–a quarantine of sorts for world-weary humans, and liquid nourishment for the great outdoors.

Image: “Rain Room” exhibit at LACMA; my silhouette.

Posted in: be still, birdbath, california, weather, writing Tagged: california, coronovirus, drought, LACMA, Rain Room, weather

Happy National Haiku Poetry Day!

April 17, 2018 by Melodye Shore

Little wings flutter
Morning starts with eyes smiling
Birdbath needs filling. ~Ormond

 

I had my doubts, but our burbling fountain is already attracting hummingbirds. Goldfinches, too! I snapped these photos through our backyard slider, so as not to interrupt their private bath. Can you spot the bird behind the lemon tree leaves, patiently waiting her turn?

Red’s not my favorite color, but our backyard fountain draws quite a crowd. And lucky me, I have a front-row seat to sweet moments like these, all day long.

As with haiku poetry, simple pleasures really are the best.

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Posted in: birdbath, birds, fountain, goldfinches, hummingbird fountain, hummingbirds, National Haiku Poetry Day, Nature, Poetry, writing Tagged: birdbath, goldfinch, haiku, hummingbird, national haiku poetry day, red fountain

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