sun-warmed clouds
darken and bloom
hail pummels the rooftop

#haiku #weather #hail #nikonD7200

a fox squirrel
nibbles an apple
I threw out a week ago

#haiku #easternfoxsquirrel #fujiXT20

a shield bug wakes
from a long winter sleep
ready for spring

#haiku #insects #brownmarmorated #shieldbug (Halyimorpha halys) #iphoneography

poking through the snow
leaves pivot toward light
between the shadows

#haiku #salal #nativeplants #fujiXT20

off the beaten path
tires spin, digging trenches
in deep snow

#haiku #weather #snow #fujiXT20

in the coldest
snowiest weather
the graceful curves of a pine

#haiku #trees #pine #cultivar #weather #fujiXT20

a day of sunshine
too cold to melt
a foot of snow

#haiku #weather #snow #fujiXT20

a radiant sunset
deep shadows of mauve snow
between storms

#haiku #weather #snow #sunset #fujiXT20

out on a limb
a thrush bathes
in dappled sunlight

#haiku #birds #variedthrush #fujiXT20

in the warmth of a sunbeam
a jay uncovers seeds
in the snow

#haiku #birds #Stellersjay #fujiXT20

stamped in snow
the frequent path
of towhee tracks

#haiku #birdtracks #spottedtowhee #weatherarchive #fujiXT20

in a frozen land
a snowbird rests
between wind gusts

#haiku #birds #darkeyedjunco #weatherarchive #fujiXT20

a repurposed birdhouse
where deer mice snuggle
to weather the storm

#haiku #mousehouse #snow #weatherarchive #fujiXT20

in a patch of blue sky
wispy clouds unveil
a waxing moon

#haiku #sky #waxinggibbousmoon #iphoneography

one of the gnomes
shelters in place
in the deepening snow

#haiku #weather #snow #gnome #fujiXT20

a frozen fern blade
bends gracefully
across the snow

#haiku #weather #snow #swordfern #nativeplants #fujiXT20

a storm branch
the rousing spice of evergreen
infused in my teacup

#haiku #trees #westernhemlock #medicineplant #snow #weatherarchive #fujiXT20

holding on for dear life
a woodpecker waits
for a lull in the wind

#haiku #hairywoodpecker #winter #blizzard #weatherarchive #fujiXT20

traipsing across town
in need of supplies
in the midst of a blizzard

#haiku #blizzard #7degreesF . #winter #weatherarchive #iphoneography

winter awakened
a deep freeze
and layers of swirling snow

#haiku #winter #weatherarchive #iphoneography