Tag: Observation

Garden Notes: Birds

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We began here several years ago, and now the blog is a record of our seasons, which continues now. I thought I would look back and review some posts.

A few petunias
snapdragons, gold and white mums
the robins are gone.

Holding in my heart
as days become cold and dark
robins will return.

PEGASUS 1994 (print journal) and reprinted in a post September 22, 2018.

On Monday, we saw and heard red-winged blackbirds in Oostburg, Wisconsin. March 10, 2021

I heard, but did not see, an owl the other night.
Yesterday, I saw robins.
March 16, 2012

I saw the first robin in the yard today. March 21, 2015

early morning
and wondering
how best to work
Karl calls to me –
first robin in the yard

March 22, 2021

yesterday I saw
my first robin

Karl heard a cardinal
singing in the yard

and we followed the song
to the bird in a tree

April 4, 2022

Photo by Petr Ganaj on Pexels.com

Garden Photo

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Birch tree shadows on new daylilies

Light and shadows

Grateful for our yard, some warmth

New green plants and the daylilies will bloom in summer.

Thought I would try and begin again with the camera. See what photos are given as I simply observe in the yard. Haiku photos.

Ellen Grace Olinger
April 20, 2020

Lake Michigan Notes

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Rain and grey today. The lake levels of Lake Michigan remain high. We have seen a lot of variability over the years.

These photos by Karl show the beach in March 2010.

Creative Notes: Flowers and Time

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morning time
many flowers
in my WordPress
Reader

that will bloom
here too
in time

During the years I drove to Milwaukee to help with my mother’s care, I saw many flowers bloom there, and later here. The drive back and forth was interesting and beautiful.

I am grateful I can observe in so many ways . . .

and I am then more sure as I write about what I see. Nice to be able to look back at posts and remember dates, from year to year.

And here, we will see flowers in town and other nearby places, before by Lake Michigan. Spring takes time, and then stays for a time.

From May 2014:

spring in town
dandelions bloom
by the hardware store

Daane Ace Hardware Store
Oostburg, Wisconsin

Ferns – May 19, 2011
Photo by Karl

Peony – July 2, 2018

This photo of Lake Michigan is from May 12, 2016.

Flowers from a store – February 2019
Very grateful for this beauty all year!
And always the light to observe.

Ellen Grace Olinger

poems seen

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poems seen
that did not
get written
frost painting
on the side door

from my archives
Ellen Grace Olinger