rainbow | wordsfromanneli

February 18, 2025
by wordsfromanneli 26 Comments

sun dogs and rainbows

put on a show for skiers

on the empty hill

August 17, 2022
by wordsfromanneli 55 Comments

Coming for Me

I sat on my deck one day, just after dawn,

Enjoying my coffee and with it a scone,

A rainbow popped out and shone over the hills,

Dressed up so pretty without any frills.

I ran for my camera, snapped up a shot,

Looked at it later and saw that I got,

Not only the rainbow, but also a bird,

That was so tiny, it looked quite absurd.

I zoomed it and cropped it, to look for I.D.

Was it a beetle, or even a bee?

It looked like a bird, but it seemed to be small,

It turned out to be not a real bird at all.

Mosquito bird magnus, it had me in sight.

Hovering closely, and craving a bite.

No friend of my hand, as I snapped up a frame,

He dove down, jaws open, without any shame.

Hum, hum, hum,

Hovering, here I come.

Zee, zee, zee,

Fresh blood waits for me.

Click, click, click,

Photos are so slick,

Cheese, cheese, cheese,

In the frame I’ll freeze.

Snap, snap, snap,

As her hand goes tap.

Whee, whee, whee,

Easy meal for free.

November 10, 2021
by wordsfromanneli 39 Comments

We’ve had crazy weather here lately with lots of wind and rain, but up in the hills, that rain took the form of snow. You can see that the freezing level is still fairly high, so we’ve been spared the snow for a while yet.

So while it snowed up high, it rained down low, but then the sun came out.

And with it came a friend of mine, Mr. Roy G. Biv.

But you must be wondering who Roy G. Biv is. Well, let me introduce you to him in the photo below.

Roy G. Biv is a colourful guy. If you take the first letters of his name, you’ll be able to remember all the colours of the rainbow in the order that they appear in the sky.

R = red

O = orange

Y = yellow

G = green

B = blue

I = Indigo

V = violet

*****

Rainbow Roy is quite the boy,

Giving joy immense,

Colours bright are quite a sight,

Though the sky is dense.