Earth and Sky

Winter is the time of silver days...

...when earth and sky are one.

Giant Mystery Moth

These photos were taken by a friend last spring in the Garden Center of a Lowes' store. Neither of us have seen anything like this month before and I am hoping one of my readers will be able to identify it for us.

Linked to Macro Monday.

Thank you to Sandy and Farming Mama--This is a Columbia Silkmoth, and yes, it is native to Michigan (as well as many other parts of the US and Canada).

Winter Aster

February Light

All morning in the February light
snowflakes float down
shrouding the ground
and my mind wanders off
in wistful far off dreams

snow covered twists and turns
of unsalted country roads
under my tires jar my mind
back to present and
the cellphone rings and

I wrap the silver February light
protectively around my soul
work to do, people to see
but for the moment I am alone
on country roads in February light.

Linked to Real Toads.

(Today's challenge was to write a poem starting with the first line of someone else's poem. I chose the first line of Telephone Repair Man by Joseph Millar.)

Purple and Orange

Since our skies have been rather undramatic lately, I thought I would dig into my archives for a brighter skywatch photo. This is a sunset from February, 2011.

Linked to skywatch friday.

February Rain

Promises of Spring

The first green buds break

the sandy soil beneath my feet

Overhead the wings of sandhill cranes

beat a rhythm through the clouds

their cry heard long before they are seen,

Returning from the south, two by two,

bringing with them promises of spring.

Linked to Macro Monday.

(Click here for an audio of the cry of the sandhill crane.)