Shine on, Shine on . . . .
When I got up
    very early this morning
the moon was still up,
    still round and full and orange!
As I drove towards Corinth
    the moon "bounced" as if it were
         a dot bouncing to music in
an old cartoon.

No Indication
The grayness that
     pervades
the hours before dawn
    is often no indication
of the day to come.

Time to set mousetraps, since the cat isn't doing her job. Freeloader.

Picky Eater
While her fellows
     seemingly eat every available seed
           one goldfinch
reaches in, pulls out
     and throws to the ground
           every seed she finds.
If she was looking for the
     'perfect' seed,
it was apparently not to be found
     in our feeder
for she flew off, even as I watched.

Lady Bugs
crawling up the shower curtain
flitting window pane to window pane
(in every room of the house)
in winter's waning days
are as much a nuisance in the house
as they are a delight
to find outside,
          later in the year.

Wasp Nests
Orange flames
     lick at the edges of the papers
         turning them black
             and unreadable.
Meanwhile, the wasp nests
     settled in the midst of the papers
remain unblackened and unburned.

Extra Innings?
Rain all day today
    amid falling temperatures
means snow tonight.
Eight days from spring
     it feels as though
         winter will go into
extra innings.