Monthly Archives: December 2014

Snow Fall

Posted on December 29, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

29 Dec 14 After a green Christmas with temperatures in the high fifties, it’s snowing, the slow peaceful kind. Large, lazy flakes silently, steadily, gather. A quiet congregation has begun to accumulate on the mulched raised gardens, on the brown … Continue reading →

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Christmas Dinner

Posted on December 24, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

24 Dec 14 Christmas Dinner The food preparation’s begun. All is calm. Shane’s favorite, rutabaga, or “rootamoose” as my mother-in-law used to called it, simmers in chicken broth and diced potatoes. The twice-baked mashed potatoes, dark skins greased butter shiny, … Continue reading →

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The Hawk

Posted on December 23, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

23 Dec 14 The hawk, a feathered drone, swooped in a banked arc from behind the evergreen, a low swift glide dark against the side lawn, to once again drive a bird into the trees’ reflection. The small flock of … Continue reading →

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The Pin Oak Leaf

Posted on December 22, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

22 Dec 14 A single tan pin oak leaf hangs on the tree. It twists and turns in the sun, shivers in the chilly breeze, the rain, and has weathered two heavy snow storms. I wonder, if like me, it … Continue reading →

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Dawn

Posted on December 4, 2014 by fragmentsandthoughts

5 December 14 I searched the Internet and Naturalist field guides to find names for the colors dawn paints the morning, the shades of deep orange and pink that shade the sky behind the bare tree branches, hues that turn … Continue reading →

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