Snow Geese

At the field’s center

the first snow

dusted between corn stubble

suddenly rises, re-falls,

becomes

a white-winged multitude

We saw two big flocks of snow geese in the fields on our way home from Ottawa (not shown in this picture - this is a photo I took at about 6:30 am this morning as we drove away from Montreal - but it was the same kind of landscape.) I was surprised -- they really did look like snow at first -- and the flocks were both considerably larger than the ones we'd seen last year at Cap Tourmente, their migratory gathering point up the St. Lawrence River. At first I thought maybe they were gulls, but as we watched them float up and settle down, their flight was unmistakable. As I've written here before, snow geese are magical for me, and although we also saw countless throngs of Canada geese in the fields and in the air, it was a rare delight to see these flocks of the white birds which always seem so much wilder than their brown cousins.

Today we too are heading south -- to see friends from the far north. Our former neighbors are visiting the U.S. from their homeland of Iceland, and I can't wait to see them again. H. is actually the person who first got me into blogging, years ago, even though my husband had discovered the medium and told me "this would be perfect for you." H. had a blog for a while and explained the rudiments to me...and the rest, as they say, is history!

I'll be looking for more micropoems on the way, and will continue to post daily through November, so don't fly away just yet!

Comments

[Kim]

I love the picture, Beth. It's good to hear from you every day. I hope your trip is enjoyable. Take care of yourself and J. while you're gone.