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A Joyful Noise

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#WordlessWednesday: Joy in the morning

August 28, 2018 by Melodye Shore

hummingbird fountain at sunrise

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Contentment

May 1, 2018 by Melodye Shore

When the sun angles low in the late-spring sky, and a hummingbird is resting on a tangerine tree branch, after bathing in the backyard fountain…

We’re nearing the end of National Poetry Month; and while this isn’t a poem in the strictest sense, it’s the joyful stuff of psalms.

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Celebrating Earth Day, 2018

April 23, 2018 by Melodye Shore

It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” —David Attenborough

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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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