7 February 2025 (deep cold)

deep cold

a helix of squirrel tracks

winds between oaks

22 January 2025 (sun on fresh snow)

sun on fresh snow

three squirrels spiral

a riverbank oak

17 March 2024 (ides of March)

ides of March

a widowmaker creaks

in the oak grove

16 March 2024 (falling)

falling into

the swollen river

an old oak’s shadow

18 February 2024 (fleeing)

fleeing

across the ice

oak leaf

21 December 2023 (solstice dawn)

solstice dawn

a holly bush catches

the windblown oak leaf

26 December 2021 (branches)

snow whitens branches . . .

a hole in the old oak

where something might hide

11 November 2020 (oak)

memory work

only the oak tree

retains its leaves

22 March 2020 (acorns)

social distancing

empty acorn caps

cling to the branch

12 March 2020 (Live oak)

southern rain

live oaks dropping

last year’s leaves

24 November 2019 (oak leaves)

early sunset

the old oak’s last leaves

trembling