November Harmonies

While autumn chills

Embrace the arid plain

And winged eleventh-hour

Prairie drifters cherish

Last drops of nectar,

Humanity yearns

For the quietude of winter

And the miracle of Christmas

To renew heart and soul.

© Ilija Lukić 2013

Common Checkered Skipper
(pyrgus communis)

Sunny Delight
(pyrgus communis aka Common Checkered Skipper)

Skipper Gremlin
(unidentified)

Christmas In November
(schlumbergera truncata aka Christmas Cactus)