20 December 2021 (doe)

afternoon snow

the piebald doe fades

into the shadows

19 December 2021 (guillemot)

sun through flurries

a glimpse of the guillemot’s

little red feet

18 December 2021 (bathroom)

bathroom floor

bare feet step on

moonlight

17 December 2021 (moonrise)

moonrise

the Christmas tree lot

almost empty

16 December 2021 (crow)

crows poke around

a snowless lawn . . .

year’s end

15 December 2021 (spider)

afternoon shadows . . .

a small spider skitters

across December

14 December 2021 (lichen)

foliose lichen . . .

reading the life signs

of the winter woods

13 December 2021 (soup)

soup on simmer . . .

our neighbor has added more

Christmas lights

12 December 2021 (jetty)

winter walk on the jetty

a rogue wave

wets my legs

11 December 2021 (rain)

December rain . . .

a house finch lingering

in the feeder

10 December 2021 (early dusk)

early dusk

dark shapes of ducks

shift among rocks