March 6, 2025

Full day, lots of pictures, lots of writing


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It was 47 degrees at the Rookery this morning and the sun was trying so hard to poke out of charcoal grey clouds.



Definitely a good day to shoot in black and white.  There was not a lot of action up in the hills.  I saw no wild life at all.  I thought maybe I'd catch some woodpeckers, but nothing.



Even the farm was kind of silent.  Two goats stood outside.  

Block ice float

in silent earth brown water.

White, translucent squares.

 

Pewter water lies

still in quiet air tunnels.

A place birds land.

 

Twelve swans glide

in tranquil groupings, alone

ducks and geese alert.

 

Mergansers play fair

gulls swarm away from eagle

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