Nature Observation | Nature's Guys Thinking and Pondering

Guiding Purpose Of Lightning Bugs: ImproVerse Haiku

ByDavid Kuhns July 2, 2019August 21, 2019

I thought lightning bugs/
don’t guide anyone, but then/
learned their real purpose.

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Volunteer Pumpkins and Compensating Blessings
ByMarnie October 19, 2020October 19, 2020

This random pumpkin showed up in our yard and taught me about compensating blessings and how sowing and reaping can come in unexpected ways. I don’t recall ever tossing any pumpkin out in our front yard. It isn’t a composting area, and we’ve never even planted pumpkin that I know of. Perhaps Dave dropped a…

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Nature Observation | Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Finding Wonderful Hidden Wildflowers: Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns August 22, 2019August 24, 2019

It is often so/ that when we clear dross and junk,/ we find wonderful. Using a loping shears to clear underbrush and non-native privet from around the hardwood trees in my back yard reveals an undergrowth of black-eyed susans and other hidden wildflowers. Sometimes you have to burn the grasses and weeds from large fields,…

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Setting Of October’s Super Moon: Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns October 14, 2019October 16, 2019

I’m cross-posting these poems in my CyranoWriter.com creative writing blog.

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Nature Haibun -- Prose + Haiku | Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Earth + Us Part 2: Weeding Uncovers Treasures Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns January 5, 2021January 6, 2021

Weeding out the bad/ that shouldn’t be there makes room for the good that should. Backstory: My wife wrote Earth + Us about pulling privet. This is an update. I was motivated to pull out a massive clump of several very old and large privet on my NW Georgia property (privet is an invasive, non-native…

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Make A Redneck Birdbath: Haiku
ByDavid Kuhns October 13, 2019October 14, 2019

Old satellite dish,/ turned skyward, filled with water:/ Fine redneck birdbath.

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Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Wildflowers and Butterfly Beauty: Three For The Price Of One
ByDavid Kuhns July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Wildflowers and butterfly beauty is one of the best parts of rural life. As people go back to the woods or the fields, focusing on being self-sustaining and off-the-grid, one of the first questions they ask is: “What should I DO?” One of the most vital things I tell them is what they should NOT…

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