Goldfinch Drinks

 A female goldfinch thought the ant trap on the hummingbird feeder was the perfect place to grab a drink!

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Saturday Haiku: Summer Feast

when blossoms wither

the goldfinch will be feasting

on nature's bounty

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Photo by Charles Kinnaird

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Saturday Haiku: Waterways

waters softly call

and rivers swiftly beckon

life will find the way

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Photo by Matt Hunter

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Distant Hope

 As part of National Poetry Month, I am re-posting an old poem, except now I have new photos taken from the same window where the old poem first emerged

Distant Hope

There are some days

When one is drained.

Curiosity is flat.

Mental strength is strained

And spiritual energy is depleted.

Today

Watching a goldfinch

At the thistle feeder

Outside the kitchen window

Is the only intellectual inquiry I can make

And the only prayer I can offer.

Yet today

It is all I need

To see hope on the wing.

                                    ~ CK

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"Hope is the thing with feathers"

Distant Hope

There are some days

When one is drained.

Curiosity is flat.

Mental strength is strained

And spiritual energy is depleted.

Today

Watching a goldfinch

At the thistle feeder

Outside the kitchen window

Is the only intellectual inquiry I can make

And the only prayer I can offer.

Yet today

It is all I need

To see hope on the wing.

                           Charles Kinnaird

Hope is the thing with feathers 
That perches in the soul, 
And sings the tune--without the words, 
And never stops at all.
                               – Emily Dickinson