Plovers - plus - Moons

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Tracking down the Plover Family

Look who I found...

after circling the street
many times in the car
driving repeatedly through the park
and walking all around
by late yesterday afternoon
I found a parent
but no sign of the other plovers...

This morning at 10am
I walked around the circle
and there on the other side
of the island
at a little park
I spied them
the family of four...

who were entertaining the idea
of crossing the road
at this busier section of the street
where the circle returns
back to it's beginning...










I flagged one car down
to warn of plovers crossing
but couldn't look any more
From a distance I saw
another car enter the island and
oblivious to the chick
drive through the family
from under the car
a sprightly chick emerged
unscathed
a miracle...






Margaret of Margaret's Pan Pipes
suggested that we might like
to shoot the moon on Aug 6th
and post the results
and in that way connect
in a lunar fashion
across the land
and
across the oceans

before dusk
I ventured out to check
on the status of the moon
- not in sight yet...

we don't have much dusk here
it goes from day to night
rather quickly
and here I see
between the branches
over the river
the moon inching it's way
up the gum trees

I set the oven timer
at 10 minutes
and can see
that now we have
a more defined mirror image

another 10 minutes later
she is almost
cresting the trees

and now she emerges
from her foliage nest
to shine
in full
glory

to light up
a little spot

then cast a rippling image
in the river

and a still one
in my pool

the star to her right
appears
the moon has risen
once more
full
and
beautiful



Oh Hallowed days







A cuckoo cries

and through a thicket of bamboo

the late moon shines




Basho






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