"Love: as though the stars

rushed in upon a void, and in extinction

left a flower."

from Disintegration in a Dream of Love

by D.G. Jones

After a couple days of rain, note to self an uninsulated cabin

4 ft of the ground has no thermal mass and thus retains no 

heat, we are planning to add a wood stove, soon. 

Each year the environment around the cabin 

and the species present change. This year a pair of 

Yellow Warblers have decided to nest 3 ft. off the ground 

in a rose bush next to the porch. ( I just looked it up 

a nest is typically 10 ft. off the ground ) All photos were

taken thru the living room to avoid disrupting the

family, and my plans for a garter snake rock garden

there, put on hold.

First the male fed the female while she brooded.

Then the male took a break to do some brooding 

himself on his upcoming responsibilities.

Or maybe just enjoy the sunshine.

But soon the kids showed up. Hopefully they can

go undetected by the many Red Squirrels and 

Chipmunks in the area.

"But then I saw his luminous plumed Wings

prepared for flight,

and then I heard him singing glory

in a green tree,

and the I caught the vest he'd laid aside

all blest with fire."

from Marvell's Garden

by Phyllis Webb