Scene: Shooting Star

  [Begin scene] A cool night, a dark moonless sky… Lying on a blanket with the heavens in view, each point of light a new world far far away… An orchestra of crickets and frogs fill the air with music, an occasional accent from a night bird… Then it happens! A bright streak across theContinue reading “Scene: Shooting Star”

Scene: Autumn Ablaze

  [Begin scene] Across a small pond stands a pair of trees… A matching green in summer, they now reveal their differences, adorned in fresh autumn colors… One tree now dazzles in vibrant reds, the other, not to be outdone, shines bright in golden hues… Both set ablaze by the orange rays of the nowContinue reading “Scene: Autumn Ablaze”

Scene: Woollybear Wednesday

  [Begin scene] A warm fall day, nary a cloud in the blue sky… Inching along a broad green leaf is a fuzzy little critter… Black on both ends with a length of brown to connect them… The woollybear stops here and there to munch on a crumb of the leaf as he makes hisContinue reading “Scene: Woollybear Wednesday”

Scene: Leaving the Nest

We all must do it at some point. [Begin scene] Nestled deep in the branches of a pine tree, surrounded by dark green needles, sits a little bird nest… Just outside the nest hopping from branch to branch tentatively is a young blue jay in near full plumage… His familiar blue feathers ruffling as he hops branchContinue reading “Scene: Leaving the Nest”