A mid-winter amble through the wonders of nature as I yearn for spring.
Three Trips to the Moon and Back: Outlasting Winter
January 9th, 2012 No Comments
Tags: birds · butterflies · dragonflies · flight · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration
When I Grow Old and Wear the Bottom of My Trousers Rolled: Point Pelee
December 17th, 2011 No Comments
Revisiting the magic of Point Pelee in mid-May and storing up memories for the days when I wear my trousers rolled.
Tags: birds · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · Point Pelee · Prufrock · T.S. Eliot
ON THE EVE OF SEPTMBER: Bittersweet She Beckons
August 27th, 2011 No Comments
Giving in to the bittersweet beckoning of September and the graces she bestows.
Tags: birds · butterflies · harvest · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · September
RANDOM ACT OF METAPHOR: A SUNBURST OF BIRDS
August 29th, 2010 11 Comments
How a sudden sunburst of birds brightened an otherwise dreary bird-watching day and the lesson that came with it.
Tags: bird-watching · birding · fallout · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration
RANDOM ACT OF METAPHOR: An American Bittern in the Weeds
May 16th, 2010 59 Comments
An American Bittern showed up in a most unusual place. Migrations, be they measured in miles or in heart beats or in days, take us to strange places and we are the stronger for it.
Tags: American Bittern · Leslie Street Spit · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration
Texas Postcards and the Heart’s Desire
May 2nd, 2010 5 Comments
Memory postcards from my Texas bird watching tour and a lesson learned from “The Drip” in Boy Scout Woods, High Island.
Tags: birdwatching · High Island · Kentucky Warbler · metaphor · Michael Robert Dyet · migration · Painted Bunting · Red-cockaded Woodpecker · Texas