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A Joyful Noise

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In the heat of summer

July 7, 2018 by Melodye Shore

110 record-breaking degrees here today, whew!

Our backyard critters were unusually quiet, save for the Monarch butterflies that drifted through the milkweed, laying eggs, and the honeybees that swarmed the birdbath.

Hummingbirds performed aerial feats against a backdrop of shimmering palm fronds.  But they eventually called it quits, and retreated to the leafy shade of our Brazilian Skyflower.

A lizard skittered across the blistering concrete, looking for a dark, cool place to nap. 

It was unseasonably warm, and the afternoon breezes did little to cool things down. But the blazing sun is fading now, ever so slowly. A warm glow has fallen over the neighboring hillside, and temperatures are dropping. 

Ahhhh, time for a long, cool drink of water!!

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Posted in: backyard, birds, garden, hummingbird fountain, hummingbirds, Lizard, monarch butterfly, writing Tagged: hummingbird, hummingbird fountain, lizard, milkweed, monarch butterfly, summer

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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Posted in: birds, fountain, hummingbird fountain, hummingbirds, National Poetry Month, Poetry, Psalms, Tangerine Tree, writing Tagged: contentment, hummingbird, hummingbird fountain, National Poetry Month, poem, psalms

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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