Mind the Rain
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
Langston Hughes
10/26/22 - Rain clinging to a limb, reflecting the trees.
The tree in autumn
I feel
cold water
sliding
over my bare skin,
clinging briefly
to my outstretched limbs,
then falling -
soaking the earth
beneath me.
Nourishing
my roots.
I drink
deeply,
drunkenly,
falling asleep.
10/26/22 - Bare trees held by a raindrop.
All winter long
I rest,
naked and cold -
dreaming
of beautiful green garments
i will wear
in spring.
10/26/22 Clinging
The evergreen clings to the raindrops in its needles.
10/17/22 - Rain falling in the stream
Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
John Updike
10/26/22 - Acorn Cap
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.
Loren Eiseley
I stopped for the sky this morning. It was raining but the sun was shining in the east and the light was golden. Parked my car on the shoulder. to look and get a picture. The wet pavement reflected the whole sky - doubling the magic.
When I turned back to get in my truck - to the west - this is what I saw:
Unpredictable October
Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
- E. B. White
October 10, 2022 - Reaching out to the Hunter’s Moon
in the dark before sunrise,
in the cool october morning,
the hunter's moon is lowering.
i try to catch it in my hand-
but it falls into the lake
as first light breaks
and the hunters’ rifles rise
October 11, 2022 - Dusk
Sunsets are earlier and dusk light is softer. The dried, wispy grass brushes the sky … sigh…
October 13, 2022 - Lake Michigan is roaring
In just a few days, the weather has turned cold, and the lake is roaring.
October 17, 2022 - storm blown leaf
October 18, 2022 - Came home to a wild storm after a weekend away. Wind whistling. Trees creaking and bending. Lake Roaring. Terrifying and Exhilarating at the same time.
The power went out around 9 and I woke up at three a.m. worrying. Found a single leaf clinging to the front glass door. A sassafras leaf: like a three fingered hand pressed against the pane.
October 14, 2022 - The wild spread of leaves after the storm.
October 20, 2022 - Trees down and deer worried on the Pier Cove Trail.
October 20, 2022 - The colors of Pier Cove
In the aftermath of the storm, some things are so much more beautiful, like the trees and fallen leaves darkened by rainfall along the dark dirt road to the Pier Cove Ravine Trail. And here, away from the open air - the wind is a little quieter…
October 20, 2022- Morning Moon
The moon is just a sliver now, and in a few days it will disappear completely, but today i got to see it early in the morning. I remembered why i love mornings outdoors. Darkness. Just me and the trees and the moon, and all the wild animals i can’t see.