EXPOSED! Through the summer night and day spider spins her life away weaving gossamer entrapments for her unsuspecting prey. Threads from clothes upon the line between my beans upon the vine and when I go through my front door I break more threads ticklish and fine. Until one misty day in fall from tiny shrubs… Continue reading Exposed!
Category: nature
Autumn Song
Autumn Song Lettuce has bolted rhubarb has plumed cabbage grown plump the onions have bloomed Apples hide stars tomatoes mandalas green pews hold peas mushrooms umbrellas Beets count their rings like old hickories cauliflowers are albino trees Turnips love purple radishes red carrots, potatoes won’t get out of bed Corn’s teeth are stained peaches and… Continue reading Autumn Song
Savary Island in September
Our weather has turned gorgeous again after a couple of weeks of welcome rain. The last few days remind me of a September holiday we took some years ago. We spent part of it in the area of B.C. called the Sunshine Coast. On that trip we drove the whole highway from Langdale (near Gibsons)… Continue reading Savary Island in September
Canadian Rivers
Our poetry group is part of the Abbotsford Arts Council meet and mingle event at Mill Lake Park on Saturday afternoon. We'll even be giving a short poetry reading. Because Canada Day is just around the corner I was reminded of and have decided to read a couple of Canadian poems that I wrote a… Continue reading Canadian Rivers
Forsythia
Happy First Day of Spring! forsythia sprays grey winter with spring sunshine © 2015 by Violet Nesdoly (All rights reserved)
A rose by any other name
A rose by any other name would be magnolia © 2015 by V. Nesdoly - All rights reserved
fingers interlace
fingers interlace forsythia and pine it must be spring © 2015 by Violet Nesdoly (All rights reserved)
one beady eye
I'm back. I haven't posted here in a long time. But it's spring and the sap has started to flow. I took a walk this afternoon and, with my camera, found haiku all over the place. I'll share them over the next while. (Wouldn't want to flood the place with the spring runoff.) But it… Continue reading one beady eye
January sunrise
Walk in day's first light to a wild chorus of birds sky grows more intense surroundings come alive as we stroll under milkshake clouds © 2015 by V. Nesdoly (All rights reserved) ************** On clear days it's so encouraging to see the sky begin to light up as early as 7:15. Spring is on the… Continue reading January sunrise
Winter blossoms
Winter blossoms In the verdant season under sun’s bright ray in its warm expanding light trees flower by day. In the other season of cold and fading light pines and cedars, trunks and twigs bloom at break of night. © 2014 by V. Nesdoly (All rights reserved)
