Daylight softens
and my lens twitches
to follow the birds
into the brush
to a pond
where green water
ripples, exposes
the presence
of beaver,
slicing through algae.
I click. Success!
Later revel
in images,
red welts
raising on arms,
legs afire with itch.
(dVerse is back and celebrating 7 years with a quadrille, focus: itch)
Reflections on Canadian Culture From Below the Border
the side of me most people never see
Poetry, haiku, tanka, and micropoetry
How I see the world
beauty is subversive in the distemper of these times
Blue Fences
Wake Up!
No Camera Needed
Protection and Education for Wild Horses
A journal dedicated to celebrating the beauty of birds
Candid cultural comments from the Isles of Wonder
Sea, sand and space, And all Calliope's grace...
photography, poetry and ponderings of life
Sharing Poetry and Hugs
Our small family living in a 5th wheel following Dads work as a rock fall technician... what could go wrong?
Nature lures us into pretty but buggy placed..got it!😋
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beaver’s beautiful!
No image of the bites? (I totally understand – I declined to post my chigger bites!) Guessing your bites are mosquitos or flies … Some things are worth being chewed on.
LikeLiked by 1 person
too many to document. Some mosquito – not sure what the rest are. Pretty sure something got up my pant leg and tried to bite its way out. The beaver was a bonus though.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I hope mosquitoes and not poison ivy!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ha! Just reread the title, not poison ivy!!
LikeLiked by 1 person
No poison ivy – thank goodness.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That’s for sure!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I hope its not all that bad but great photo ~ Sometimes we go to such length to take a great shot and forget our pain and aches ~
LikeLiked by 1 person
If the pictures were good it might be worth all that itching pain later.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Gives me something else to think about, lol.
LikeLike
“beaver,
slicing through algae.”
cool image
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you.
LikeLike
Wonderful picture and poem. I empathize with the bites!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Sascha.
LikeLiked by 1 person
You’re welcome! 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
It’s okay. I just won’t approve it. All good.
LikeLike
We often have to suffer for that elusive image!
LikeLiked by 1 person
A good capture!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. We were both surprised, I think, but I managed to snap before he disappeared.
LikeLike
Yikes! I hope mosquitoes and not poison ivy!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Mosquitos and something else, but not poison ivy, thank goodness
LikeLike
oh yes….the joys of hiking in the woods, camping, enjoying nature……and then the swatting, itching, and marks of that joyful time that frustratingly, can stay with us for days! 🙂 Good one!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Lillian. Still itching, lol.
LikeLiked by 1 person
When younger & more agile, I loved forest & stream, but it always seemed ironic that natural beauty came infested with biting insects.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ironic and a nuisance!
LikeLike
A beautiful capture and quadrille, hope the itch soon went away :o)
LikeLiked by 1 person
It was well worth it for the pics I gained.
LikeLiked by 1 person
what a most wonderful image of the beaver! holy smokes!
but for the bites, and the inevitable itching, the never-ending scratching …. it would be worth it! follow the lens, scratch the itch, pay the price (oh those damn bugs) …
wonderful piece here … and I hope the itching and inflammation has calmed itself ….
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Pat. I guess nothing ventured, nothing gained applies here. Still itching, lol.
LikeLiked by 1 person
LOL – oh, I can totally relate …. I scratch beyond reason, and well, ’tis the season ….
may you find relief soon 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wonderful photo and poem. Hope the itch stops soon!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you. It’s getting there.
LikeLike
Amazing shot of a beaver…enjoyed your quadrille too!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Lynn – it was such a prize catch.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Sneaky buggers. It’s funny how we don’t always feel the bite when we’re distracted with life. A good thing though…the itch is bad enough. Enjoyed your quadrille and your photo was a nice reward!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thank you – they are sneaky.
LikeLike
Very nice. Bzzz slap! Scratch
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ha ha, thanks.
LikeLiked by 1 person