Friday, April 15, 2016

The Flameback at our window

I miss the barbets outside my window
coppersmithing all day on the Millingtonia.

The Millingtonia came crashing down one windy monsoon day,
and the Badam has flourished instead, in the sun.

A woodpecker has been calling these last few days
and today we saw it, knocking wood.

Surprise, pleasure and delight.
A beautiful start to the day.

1 comment:

  1. "surprise, pleasure and delight" - what a lovely expression of what we feel during our "encounters" with nature everyday. The smallest of wild flowers and creatures inspires so much positive emotion - surprise, delight, wonder and enchantment!

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