Tracy Abell

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Friday Haiku

Friday Haiku

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 6 Comments

Sweet housing project
hard-working inhabitants
best to let them bee

August 7, 2021

Friday Haiku

July 30, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 4 Comments

July 30, 2021

Goldfinches’ playground
sunflower teeter-totters
seedy equipment

Friday Haiku

July 23, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 4 Comments

July 15, 2021

Delicate balance
rock sculpture and trail marker
pretty practical

Friday Haiku

July 9, 2021July 8, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

Open space. June 24, 2021

Poor little yarrow
a victim of aggression
two fates now entwined

Friday Haiku

July 2, 2021 / Tracy Abell

Dearly beloved
gathered by the household chef
culinary dreams

Friday Haiku

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 4 Comments

Spotted Towhee. June 24, 2021

Music to my ears
drink drink your tea, drink your tea
captive audience

Friday Haiku

June 18, 2021 / Tracy Abell

Zebu’s 12th birthday

 

Thirteen years ago
birthday pie and toothy grins
slice of happiness

Friday Haiku

June 11, 2021 / Tracy Abell

June 10, 2021

Once upon a time
two poppies did bloom fiercely
dead ever after 

Friday Haiku

June 4, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 5 Comments

June 4, 2021

Came for some bird food
discovered feeder missing
final betrayal

Friday Haiku

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 / Tracy Abell

Sawhill Ponds. May 6, 2021

A new perspective
pond scum can be beautiful
watercolor art

 

Friday Haiku

May 14, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

Eurasian Collared-Dove. May 8, 2021

Hectic resting place
instantly becomes tranquil
dove the peace symbol

Friday Haiku

May 7, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

May 7, 2021

Tulip in decline
petals collapsing inward
splendid ’til the end

 

Friday Haiku

April 23, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 5 Comments

December 13, 2020

Hidden in shadow
sunlight betrays tail and eye
bird seed raid failure

Friday Haiku

April 16, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

April 16, 2021

Patio remade
wrought iron cushioned by snow
butts will be cold, though

Friday Haiku

April 9, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 2 Comments

Barr Lake. April 8, 2021

Uprooted by wind
felled by slashing chain saw teeth
final resting place

 

Friday Haiku

April 2, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 3 Comments

August 15, 2019

Happened so quickly
beach ball nephew mutation
it’s all relative

Friday Haiku

March 26, 2021 / Tracy Abell

November 3, 2020

Caught in the moment
very unbirdlike posture
robin by Dalí ?

Friday Haiku

March 19, 2021 / Tracy Abell

Batman, Loki, and Marcel.  March 19, 2021

Still life with Batman
became feline adventure
black and white photo

Friday Haiku

March 12, 2021 / Tracy Abell

July 30, 2019

From parched and cracked soil
a leafy bouquet erupts
now sharing the trail

Friday Haiku

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 3 Comments

Dappled morning light
playing up the scrub jay’s blues
colors and feelings

Out my window.   March 5, 2021

Friday Haiku

February 26, 2021 / Tracy Abell

Out my window, Feb 25, 2021

Footprints zig and zag
each traveler makes a mark
the snow their canvas

Friday Haiku

February 19, 2021February 18, 2021 / Tracy Abell

Silver Jack Reservoir.   July 29, 2019

Eerily quiet
disappearance of water
Poseidon’s portal

Friday Haiku

February 12, 2021 / Tracy Abell

House finch. February 12, 2021

House Finch etiquette
grab seed and sit at table
dining al fresco

For Barry

February 5, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 4 Comments

Sky honors Barry B’s passing on Feb 4, 2021

You loved life, sunsets
flying your plane way up high
made the sky your own

Friday Haiku

January 29, 2021 / Tracy Abell / 5 Comments

January 10, 2021

Meal interrupted
junco not into sharing
feathered dine and dash

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Tracy is . . .

a writer of contemporary middle-grade and young adult fiction & nonfiction who enjoys trail running, hoop dancing, and bird watching. Sometimes, all of the above happen before her first cup of coffee. BLOG KEY: Zippy = spouse. Wildebeest and Zebu = sons. Love and laughter = essential.

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