LOVELY MORNING

"Morning without you is a dwindled dawn....." 

                                                          -Emily Dickinson

"Noting can match the joy of a forest in the morning... -Millie Florence

"Drops spilled as dew,rays filtering in the morning..." -Jyoti Patel

"Listen. Put on morning. waken into falling light..."- W.S. Graham

"God, it is with a smile that you created such a lovely morning...." 

                                                -Irina Gorainoff

                  "Every morning is a gift of life...." -Amit Ray

"New morning. New mercies...." -Lailah Gifty Akita

              "The morning sky is a thought of the stars..." -Will Advise

"In the morning, lift your hands to the heavens and surrender your hart..." - Lailah Gifty Akita

Photographs 2020

ONE RACOON. TWO RACOON

 "This early piece of the morning is mine..."
                                             -Wallace Stegner (Walking to Safety)

 Racoons in early morning.

 Please don't eat the PumpkinWatermelonthingy that grows on the hill. It must look luscious to young racoons.

 Cordelia sees the racoons walk. From the safety of her fence.

 PumpkinWatermelonthingy breathes a sigh of relief.....

 One Racoon.....

 Two Racoon....

 In the early light of day.

 One Racoon....

 Two Racoon..

 A couple of Pumpkinwatermelonthingys shiver under their leaves.

  One Racoon..... 

 Two Racoon......

Digging for grubs. Digging for worms. Yawning as they walk.

 Simon squints his eyes in the sun. They dig. He squints. He stays still.

 One Racoon.....

 Two Racoon...

 The Sun is up. Everything wakes. They toddle off. Yawning as they go. One Racoon.....Two Racoon.....

 "Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at a most inconvenient time of day...." -Glen Cook ( Sweet Silver Blues)

 And out peer Spencer and Rona  from their hiding place. All is well......

photographs 2020