The Twelve Days of Washington

Kathy Engell offers this resetting:

12 rainclouds dripping                                            
11 ferries sailing
10 geese a-leaping
 9 apples dangling
 8 lattes steaming
 7 salmon swimming
 6 tulips swaying
 5 golden slugs
 4 crawling crabs 
 3 steamed clams
 2 waddling ducks
and a seagull in a fir tree.