Saturday, December 30, 2023

Things that made me happy in 2023, Part 2

The springs that come and the summers that go,
Autumn dew on bracken and heather,
The drip of the Forest beneath the snow....
All the things they have seen,
All the things they have heard:
An April sky swept clean and the song of a bird....

Sea and sky and forest floors ...

Again, in no particular order.

A beach, sky, beachgrass in the sunlight. Today, Black Creek estuary.

Silvery bark. February.

A sparrow taking a bath. December.

Poor photo, but still... Teeny-tiny white flowers. No, I don't know what they are. June, airport trail.

An old boat propeller on a friend's board fence. June, again.

A hard, dry fungus on a short stump, black and orange. November, at the museum.

Looking into an alternate universe.

There's a large glass vase on the shelf above my desk, just where it catches the earliest rays of the morning sun and splits them into rainbows up and down my wall. The rest of the time, it shows a reflection of a fictional room, certainly not mine. It gives me two extra doors and a view of the water. I don't know where it gets them from.

The tiniest fly visible with the naked eye. Just a speck on my wall. September.

A cormorant, heading up-river. December, Tyee Spit.

More anon.

A Skywatch post.

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Cosas que me hicieron feliz en 2023, #2.
Las primaveras que vienen, los veranos que se van,
Rocío otoñal sobre los helechos y el brezo,
El goteo del bosque bajo la nieve ...
Todas las cosas que han visto,
Todas las cosas que han oído:
Un cielo limpio de abril, y el canto de un ave ...
Fotos:
  1. Una playa, el cielo, hierbas halófilas bajo el sol. Hoy, Black Creek.
  2. Una corteza de árbol color plata. Febrero.
  3. Un gorrión bañándose. Diciembre.
  4. Pobre foto, pero me gustó. Flores pequeñísimas, no sé de que especie. Junio, cerca del aeropuerto.
  5. Un hélice de barco viejo colgado en la barda de una amiga. Junio.
  6. Un hongo duro y seco que crece en un topón cortito en el césped del museo. Noviembre.
  7. Una vista de un universo alternativo. Se trata de un vaso de vidrio que permanece en el estante arriba de mi escritorio, justo donde le llegan los primeros rayos del sol en la mañana, y que el vidrio transforma en arco iris y lo pinta en mis paredes. En otros momentos, me muestra lo que parece un reflejo, pero por cierto no es un reflejo de mi cuarto; me da unas dos puertas imaginarias, y una vista al mar.
  8. La mosca más pequeña que se puede observar a simple vista. Un puntito en mi pared. Septiembre.
  9. Un cormorán cruzando Tyee Spit, volando rio arriba. Diciembre.


4 comments:

  1. Your blog with excellent photos and descriptions are one of the things that make me happy, Susannah. Thank you for sharing your discoveries. Wishing you a very Happy New Year.

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  2. You have a great eye for photography. Wishing you a great 2024!!

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  3. Beautiful photographs, I especially loved the bird bathing.

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