junco

Even a wounded world is feeding us.

Even a wounded world holds us,

giving us moments of wonder and joy.

I choose joy over despair, not because 

I have my head in the sand, but because

joy is what the earth gives me daily

and I must return the gift.

- Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

reflections of light

columbine

azalea

a different azalea

a third azalea

last season's crimson clover beginning to bloom

five days later

trumpet honeysuckle i trained to the fence

daisy fleabane

crimson clover

tiny trumpet honeysuckle

male (chipping?) sparrow is the new squatter in the wren house

american goldfinches

 

house finch (via bird buddy)

 

common starling (via bird buddy)

 

black-capped chickadee (via bird buddy)

 

blue jay (via bird buddy)

 

northern flicker (via bird buddy)

 

red-bellied woodpecker (via bird buddy)