Rejoining

Crane Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts

Is it the last leaf ?  
 
The distance comes closer on the wings.
  Sea Ducks are back...

Autumnal Living

Estabrook Woods, Concord, Massachusetts
 
Wondrous, glowing...
 
Without much rain for some time.
Tangled ponds,
   in the twilight of colors and motions.
 
 Serene...

Cold Water

 Halibut Point State Park, Cape Ann, Massachusetts

The ocean is dotted with these teeny beings.
 Sea ducks,
  in high spirits,
   and consonant in motion with the blue.

 They come from the frozen North and winter on this spot, day and night in this cold water.
  How can they survive ?
   
 Perfectly adapted, no worries over here...

Here Again

 Crane Beach, Ipswich, Massachusetts    

This is the time of year when sea ducks come to winter in the mouth of Parker River.
  Always in motion,
    and in harmony with the rising and ebbing of tides.

The ocean brings food but also enables them to live in their own skin,
  on this very edge of water and land.

    Out there...