Yes, I know that garden gurus recommend doing many things in fall. I also know that some plants routinely set seed then. But most of my lawn only kicks grass into flower beds in spring and summer. Intrigued by a patch that seemed to be proclaiming this post’s title, I took a break from raking […]
The sound of dry rain fills the air above my yard. “Keep the rake handy.” – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
October |Bright sun and cool air; |azure skies and pumpkin pies. |Leaves fall in glory. Silver Savior |The crowning glory |of our civilization |is, of course, duct tape. Glory ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #334 – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). […]
Still-green oak will follow maple in due time. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
Grumpy dragon stays outside photo frame. It’s a bad scales day. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
Still green and growing, cherry meets older maple and finds a mentor. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). […]
Some leaves change color. I wait for a pot of gold to end a rainbow. Waiting ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #330 – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
~ Mortality #1 ~ Emergent from dancing atoms, life is short. ~ Mortality #2 ~ I live life with defiant joy, all the way. Defiance ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #328 An earlier version of this post responded to a challenge inspired by Basho’s last haiku, written when he knew he was dying. Contributors […]
While I knew that many rules about haiku are rules of thumb rather than definite requirements, I thought that poems in haiku form must have 3 lines. Then I wrote a 2-line haiku. While I was not the first to write a 2-line haiku, I may have been the first to write one prompted by […]
Awning. Window frame. Sunlight flows between and forms arrow head on drape. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). […]
Wet thunder booms as water sweeps itself away. A rainbow lingers. Photo of Iguazu Falls © Marcio Chagas | Unsplash (Image has been cropped.) My haiku was inspired by the contrast between loud rushing water and a silent steady rainbow, as pondered by Boris Glikman in a prose poem about a visit to Niagara Falls. […]
Slow shutter needed.Daffodil and tulip shareearly morning light.~ ~ ~ ~There is enough for us all,if we take less than we want. Light ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #319 – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside it (on desktop). –
A crab lived and died. Empty claws and carapace sing an elegy. Photo © Patrick Jennings | Carapace and Claw Click on the link in the photo credit to read the photographer’s own poem inspired by the fine image. – Gray button (upper left corner) reveals widgets, – – above post (on phone) or beside […]
With less dynamic range than my eye, my camera exaggerated the chiaroscuro in the images posted here. But not too much. With a nod to a common way to describe tempo in musical scores, I began drafting this post with the title [Chiaroscuro Ma Non Troppo]. Then I noticed a closer connection to music. My sequence of images is a visual rondo.
Coming soon: pink nectar chalice, bumblebee. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Start the day with a triple espresso? The bee did but I didn’t. While shooting laurel blooms in soft light, I was distracted by the […]
Mellow Curmudgeon 