I got out the little 4"x6" notebook that my Beeg Seester gave me last year to prepare it to receive my notes about birding this year. It seems to be just the right size for my jottings.
In the back of the book I put a little calendar. Then I place a list of all the birds ever seen in Indiana by anyone and I check them off as I see them through out the year.
This morning I was inspired by my little notebook to write a series of haikus.
Here is my contribution to the Garden Bloggers Muse Day which you can see more of at Carolyn Gail's blog Sweet Home and Garden Chicago.
When morning dawns
and the birds burst forth with songI want to be there
For the first chorus
bring the day into focus
warmer than the sun
The feathered breast,
crescendo of energy
excitment abounds
Seeking new species
feathers appear unbidden
natural treasures
Oh so many wonderful things in this post, Lisa! The book, the descriptive narrative of early mornings, my favorite time. Beeg seester and the poem, in your own artful hand. Marvelous was to start the year. The bird list is perfect too. Hooray! :-)
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What a way to begin the new year, Lisa! Love the notebook given to you by Big Sister; how many of these species did you see this past year?
ReplyDeleteThe haiku are delightful--no better way to start the day than by listening to the music of the birds. Wishing you a very happy New Year!
What lovely thoughts and poetry! I'm ding the backyard bird count in Feb., but I'm not a birder int he real sense, keeping track of all I see. And thanks for typing the poems out... I thought the one with chorus was "cheese"!!! :)
ReplyDeleteFrances, Thank you. I love the first part of the day too.
ReplyDeleteRose, I saw 210 species last year in Indiana. Not a bad year but people that really pursue what they call a big year like to get over 300. We don't chase sightings as much as we used to.
Monica, my birds aren't 'cheesy'. ;)
beautiful poetry and photos!!! I love your calendar and the list for bird sitings -- birds are so much fun to watch!
ReplyDeleteNice Haiku, Lisa!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Mary
Sweetness!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this firstday of a new decade with us!
Lisa....such beautiful writings....I must say I was moved.....
ReplyDeleteI love the new journal....your artsy world is an inspiration......and the moon is wonderful. I have never quite managed to capture the moon with my camera.......
Happy New Year Lisa.....
Lovely. Inspiring and - for me - nostalgic. Thank you so much. Have a really great 2010.
ReplyDeleteI am totally in love with that moon picture Lisa ! .. Keeping a notebook like that is a wonderful past time too. I wish I was as organized as you are girl : )
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ReplyDeleteWonderful beginnings for the New Year, Lisa. Thanks for the lovely haiku on our first garden bloggers' muse day of 2010.
ReplyDeleteHow DID we get into a new year already, I wonder? Hmmm...getting older seems to make the years flip by so quickly, at least for me. I love the haikus and the notebook your Beeg Seester gave you, and look forward to another year of wonderful posts. Happy New Year, Lisa!
ReplyDeleteChipper is what you are, and what I'm not! Normally, I'm up in time for the dawn chorus at this time of year, but my school vacation/partying ways have caught up with me.
ReplyDeleteThe birds are a delight in the winter, when they pretty much provide the only color. Your poem makes me wish I had gotten up early.
I like your notebook very much. I like the idea that birdsong can be warmer than the sun. The birds seem to sing the sun into rising on so many days. They promise the warmth to come.
ReplyDeleteI think the birds here are too cold to make any noise! I keep trying to learn to identify birds but I am not making much progress; I can hardly imagine recognizing 210 species!
ReplyDeleteApparently cold weather doesn't hinder your thought processes but instead has crystallized your creativity, Lisa!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you, with many, many bird sightings ;-]
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
How funny, I call my older sister "Seester". She doesn't give me pretty notebooks though.
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ReplyDeleteSeeing the Blue moon rise was a joy indeed. Your photograph is wonderful.
I have ajournal just like the one you are keeping your bird count in.
It is so nice to once again see the birds. Do you keep track of the butterflies too.
Your Haikus are great!
January is Haiku month at my house too. So far all I have done is a read a few. I feel inspired to write a couple after reading yours. Thank you
May you have the happiest of New Year's.
Sherry
Happy New Year Lisa ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat notebook looks like the perfect thing for you! What a great gift. You should keep phenology notes in it too!
Nice Haiku too--love that last one!
stay warm...bundle up when you venture outdoors!
Beeg Seester gives you such lovely gifts. What a sweet sister she is :)
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of a special journal for keeping notes on your birdy friends.
Delightful poems! I too love mornings....hearing and watching the early birds. No better way to start the day.
Your talents amaze me! Lovely little book, and it was fun to see your handwriting. Real writing! I can't write anymore and can barely read it. I've printed for decades. Oh, cardinals! Lucky, lucky you. It is just too cold on this hill for them. Chickadees, finches, sparrows, nuthatches, woodpeckers are the standard patrons at our feeders these days.
ReplyDeleteI love your poem! I hope you see all those birds on your list. That's a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI am reading back through your Greenbow blog and what a treasure it is, LIsa! I have to find some Florida birds for you! Love your haikus here. You are a nature girl, for sure! I am wondering if you can grow Cleomes there? I had some seeds and don't know where they disappeared to, but I never planted them. If I find them, I would send them to you! They look like fireworks...so pretty!
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