Monday, December 29

old and new









Truly an old end and a new beginning :-)
A ram of a self-shearing breed on our farm,
last summer, halfway through the shedding process.









self-shearing sheep
summer’s moonspun dreams,
soon ended.

fleece even to the end
new growth replaces old
floating garment











blackbird turns over
each and every unraked leaf
laboriously

but not in vain
fresh growth beneath spent life
promise and hope






























Written for a prompt at CarpeDiem

5 comments:

B i r g i t t a said...

Perfect picture :)

Unknown said...

A beautiful look at the old and the new.
Glad you shared the 12 days of Christmas...

brudberg said...

Oh I like that half-way ewe

Gillena Cox said...

I didn't know about self shearing sheep.
Best Wishes for the coming year

jazzytower said...

A shaggy bottom:)- Never heard of this before.