Thursday's Nature Notes

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Michelle of Rambling Woods has started a new meme called Nature Notes. In her words Michelle states "I’d really like to know how my blogger friends observe about nature. Post a photo..a poem..artwork or a few words about what you see, how you felt and maybe something you hadn’t paid any attention to before."

It was a beautiful day in my world Tuesday morning. The sun was shining brightly through the sliding glass doors in my sunroom where I do my blogging. I decided to open them up and let the fresh air blow in through the screen door. I could hear the wind whistle through the trees in the nearby woods.
As I sat visiting my favorite bloggers I heard the distinctive sound of nature calling - singing actually. It was a cardinal and the first I had heard this year. I had been watching them all winter but with the house closed up to the cold I hadn't heard them sing. I wondered where he was and glanced first out my sunroom window toward the bird feeder. There above it in the oak tree sat a cardinal. I grabbed my camera and started focusing through the glass. I wasn't sure if he was the one until I watched him singing away and I snapped the photo. I tried to get his mouth open but by the time I snapped each time he had stopped.

Not minutes later I was at Michelle's blog and read of her new endeavor and decided this would be my first post in her new meme. Later still while waiting for Hubs at the hardware store I started thinking about what to write and was hoping a poem might come to mind. The following is my attempt written on an old envelope I found in Hubs truck as I waited. It was a quick write and isn't Emily Dickinson but it's what I got.

The Cardinal Sings

He sat stately in the tree.

His voice I heard

Filtering down to me.

All winter I had watched him

Feeding on the seeds

There beneath the oak.

Here now he greeted me.

How did he know my needs?

I listened as he spoke.

Spring is here.

Oh, the joy

Oh, the hope.

Go by and check out others who are participating. Click the badge in my post and it will take you to Michelle's where you can find the rules. I'm sure you'll want to join in. Tell Michelle I sent you.