Winter Solstice

Cold, dark, grey and damp

The shortest day of the year

so it won't last long

Winter Trail Run View

Illuminating

spotlight on the high hilltops

Low winter sunshine.

Go Away

Counting down the days

until the guest invasion.

Dreading their presence

Testing, testing

A tentative run

just a few short miles, but hey

Feels good to be back

Mully Sniffer

Face into the wind

Nose tipped up, focused, twitching

Smelling mysteries

Warm

Warm wind in my face

damp, springlike, no sharp edges.

Must be from the south.

Mindful Swimming

Counting, not thinking

Just feeling the water with

No thoughts in my head

Still Barking

The trash truck drives by

Mully lunges, goes berserk.

Calm down, silly boy.

Birdfeeder

Chickadees, titmice,

woodpeckers, nuthatches, jays - 

Birdfeeder par-tay!

Porcupine

Soft squish scrabbling

brown prickly tail disappears

into the tunnel.

Tasty Dusk

Cotton candy clouds

of the pink variety

soft luscious sunset

Unseasonable

Weirdly warmish day

for early in December.

Doesn't feel quite right. 

Homemade

Wreath on the front door

made from backyard pine branches - 

looks better than bought.

Diesel Engine

Fed Ex truck driver:

It's not that Mully hates you, 

but he hates your truck.

Working on it

Glute activation

happens fine on my right side...

left side is weak ass.

Shotgun Season

Back into the woods

Waited all week for today - 

no hunting Sunday.

Fairy Signs

Acorns everywhere - 

Roly balls -  and those caps - 

little fairy hats!

Sea Field

Crunchy meadow frost

tall clumps of grass look like waves

on a white ocean

Raw

A wide flat grey sky

Rainy December morning

Muddy road, cold walk.

Snowglobe

Light snowflakes falling

like someone's shaking the sky

gently, from above

My brain hurts

Composing haiku

while I'm swimming is too hard

because I can't count.