Virginia Dillon Venus before supper Sean listening, laughing Jpegisation Today's visitor Thistles three months ago Not far from here Christmas Eve morning, three years ago Yesterday's moon from the back door Old friend retiring Snowbirds at the feeder Goldfinch on the clothesline Chickadee Our Christmas amaryllis Painting in progress Sharpie's lunch Tree on the back deck The tree in the living room Political microcosm Christmas socks New Year's Eve, looking east for fifteen seconds Cat in the sun Hairy Woodpecker Double exposure, or triple Now that the cold weather is coming . . . Chickadee extricating his breakfast Junipers "Quelle belle brume!" Jump Mid-November Ten minutes' walk from home Greedy-Guts Out for a walk before supper A hundredth of a second in a lucky blue jay's life Blue jay Pacing Looking the other direction Murmuration Two crows Easy Nutting Back for peanuts Catches tuna apparently Hallowe'ened co-workers If we're lucky, we go to seed, too. Hanging out in our yard