Haiku My Heart - Amazing Nature

Bare of last year's brood

Strong winds blew and twisted fronds

But nest clung tightly

In a line of Areca palms in my back yard 

is one frond that hangs just above my head.

Mid way, a cardinal built a nest last year.

I found it, with two tiny babies, as I was trimming.

It was not long before the nest was empty

since cardinal babies grow and fledge quickly.

All the rest of Summer and Fall I left the nest alone.

Thinking the cardinals might return.

This winter brought strong winds shaking and twisting the fronds,

hard, driving storm rains blasting the nest...

Still... it remains. 

It isn't like the one above (an internet photo)

but rather made of grey twigs and Spanish moss.

Strong, sturdy, as if attached with super glue.

Perhaps this Spring.....?

Spanish Moss .. Internet Photo

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