100 Word Challenge: Bird

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 ~ Tara R. ~ 7 Comments

It must be spring… my songbirds are back. I recently rehung all my bird feeders and hummingbird jars, and my little feathered friends have returned. There are goldfinches, purple finches, wrens, chickadees, titmouses (titmice?), a pair of cardinals, and some I have no name for. Yesterday, I set out a few flowering plants in the … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Bird

Spring is coming

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 ~ Tara R. ~ Leave a comment

Under cold, grey skies Delicate, green buds taunt me Eight weeks until spring

Pretty birds ring

December 4, 2014December 4, 2014 ~ Tara R. ~ 4 Comments

Morning sunlight flooded the room through the open door. Raeanne hummed along with the robin’s birdsong, a haunting melody of loss and dying. "Come, gentle death, and end my grief; Ye pretty birds ring forth my knell; Let robin redbreast be the chief To bury me, and so farewell."* It was a glorious day. The … Continue reading Pretty birds ring