Color photo of a snow-covered meadow on a gloomy day. In the foreground are stalks of Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota), their bird’s-nest-shaped seedheads filled with snow. In the background, a tangle of other meadow plants rises from the snowy meadow. Photo by M.D. Bird, 24 December 2024, Orono Maine

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For 3 December 2025:

A cold bridal veil
drapes over sleeping meadow:
softly fallen snow

Color photo taken on a gloomy morning. Bare maple and birch trees and a few conifers rise from a hedgerow. They are silhouetted against heavy gray cloud cover. Photo by M.D. Bird, 2 December 2025, Orono, Maine

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For 2 December 2025:

December morning
skies leaden with coming snow
a single crow calls

Color photo of a cluster of Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan) seedheads, lightly touched by frost. The spherical seedheads are dark brown — almost black — and each wears a sprinkling of frost particles, many of which are in the shape of tiny white stars. In the blurred background is the pale dull green and brown of an autumn meadow. Photo by M.D. Bird, 20 November 2025, Orono, Maine

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For 1 December 2025:

Small stars of silver
gleam where petals once were gold:
early morning frost

Color photo of a tree stump in a forest. The top is coated with pale green lichen, and more lichens, mosses, and small green woodland plants adorn the sides of the stump. This little green world is surrounded by dead leaves, twigs, and dried pine needles. Photo by M.D. Bird, 9 November 2025, Orono Bog Boardwalk, Maine.

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For 1 December 2025:

Deep into autumn
when forests wear shrouds of gray,
small worlds keep faith