forsythia by the garage
bright petals and beauty
for all to see along the road
yesterday pink flowers
by the kitchen windows
and the first bee
of the year I see

forsythia by the garage
bright petals and beauty
for all to see along the road
yesterday pink flowers
by the kitchen windows
and the first bee
of the year I see
Old images new again.
As you can see, the basket Karl created with spruce tree branches that were pruned, and decorations from past years, is now outside. The snow today gives the arrangement new life. You can see snow on the wood path Karl built years ago, and gardens where lilies and other plants grow. Our red poinsettia in the house, from Mentink’s Piggly Wiggly in town, is still beautiful. Our Christmas cactus has many buds and is on the table with the poinsettia. I think we will rename the cactus – February cactus? Karl took the photo this afternoon.
A quiet Saturday. Karl is an engineer and is working on a project. I have been reading for hours today in my study.
study window
snowflakes fall all day
on the gardens
What does your ideal day look like?
My ideal day looks like this day.
new flowers
from a store
haiku
From my archives:
peaceful morning
a prayer from childhood
still with me
treasures stored
here and there
homemade chapbooks
books on the shelf
supported by each other
kindness of friends
new day
in my older life
sun on evergreens
“peaceful morning” was published in Bundled Wildflowers, Haiku Society of America 2020 Members’ Anthology. Bryan Rickert, Editor.
And The Daily Haiku: Nov. 10, 2020 at Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog.
Ellen Grace Olinger
January sun
bright through tree branches
reaches the other side
of the room, and I lower
the window shade
to see my screen
and write a poem