Shenanigans
Rinsing my coffee cup in the sink,
I see a painted bunting alight on the feeder.
A brief snack before departing south- creating a rainbow
reflected against the cool blue sky.
A rustling in the ferns,
gray tail pops up waving with the green fronds.
Suddenly the cat leaps out,
and lands among the red and yellow blossoms in the garden.
Sunday morning shenanigans-
birds and beasts frolicking in the warm Spring sunlight.
Keywords:
I'm digesting the changes in my life, and sometimes it gives me heartburn.”
About Annette
I grew up with five siblings in a working class neighborhood outside Washington, D.C. I have been writing or telling stories in some form or another for many years. As my old life was dismantled, I found journal writing and later blogging to be the release I...
Connections
Causes Annette Talbert Supports
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, RIF (Reading is Fundamental),
Hands On Foundation, Dignity U Wear, Girls, Inc.
Annette’s Favorite Books
To Kill a Mockingbird, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Jane Eyre, The Story of Seabiscuit, The Diaries of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Among Schoolchildren, Narnia Series...
Animalia
Yesterday, a moose at the far end of the driveway. Today, a pair of hawks hover overhead, then dive down into the open field just outside my office window. One comes up with a mouse or a mole. Suddenly I realize I haven't had breakfast yet.