Daily Alarm
The knock outside my window is loud and most insistent—
High up in the palm tree, repeated and persistent.
It’s my daily woodpecker, knocking me awake,
way up on my mountain, far above the lake.
He comes before the sunshine kisses the same tree,
trying to be helpful by stirring lazy me.
This Braille invitation, his daily expression
told with bouncing beak tapping out a impression
in the palm tree’s trunk so high above the crew
far below the palm fronds who greet the day anew
by scraping algae from the pool or making up the bed
as another down below sorts words out in her head.
(Enlarge photos by clicking on them.)
Prompt words today are sunshine, bounce, helpful, crew and expression.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Lovely, and an apt set of photos picturing the world coming awake.
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Yolanda is much happier than she looks. For some reason she smiles all the time except when having her photo taken. This guy really does awaken me almost every day. Sometimes there are two of them vying for the same tree. Then there is really a loud chatter going on.
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Do you know Morse code? Maybe they are trying to tell you something.
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No.. but now you have me wondering.
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Record it one day and try to decipher, perhaps.
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Love it, “sorts words of wonder in her head” so totally me! 😉
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Very considerate woodpecker. 😎
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Well, sometimes. Although I don’t think my needs are his primary reason for making all that racket.
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Give him the benefit of doubt. 😂😇
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A charitable attitude, Sadje…
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Yup!
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Has the woodpecker ever fallen off that tree? Both shots look as if that might be possible! Happy sorting of words!
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Never. And it is so far up that he’d be able to use his wings before hitting the ground.
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