a young squirrel stands
bent over like an old man–
my back starts to ache
–photo by me
haiku 140
Tag: photo
emotive earth (shadorma)
our earth’s own
changing sky, i think,
shows she has
feelings, too;
there are days she’s in the pink–
other days, she’s blue
–photo by me
Chief Seattle Quote
“We don’t
inherit the earth
from our ancestors,
we borrow it
from our children.”
–Chief Seattle
–Photo by me
look back (tanka)
people tell us to
keep moving ahead in life
and never look back–
but if we never look back,
then what are we climbing for?
–photo by me
Chickadee
It’s so hard for me to get a good photo of a chickadee; they’re tiny and flit around so much that by the time I set up for the shot, they’re gone.
I worked on getting this one quite a while, and in doing so, I pissed off the little guy; he just wanted to have an uninterrupted meal, and there I was with a big lens in his face.
After a while, I was annoyed too, and it drove me to poetry:
I bugged
A black-capped chick-a-dee
For photographs all day
Until he got so sick-a-mee,
He finally flew away.
–Photo by me
Skittles Finds a Friend
I drove out to the farm to check on Skittles. I was worried about her because she’d been venturing out into the wilds as of late, and with the human scent on her, I was concerned that she might not be accepted by her own kind any more.
As I neared the farm, my fears were allayed; she was out in a field, romping around and looking for food with a new friend.
At this time of year, a field is like a giant scratch-off ticket for the deer; they may get lucky and scratch up something to eat, or find nothing and have to move on. Today, they would get lucky.
Skittles has come a long way since we found her orphaned last year. She may be scratching around in a field now, but with all the new friends she’s made, I think she’s already won the lottery.
–Photo by me
our wild side (senryu)
we’re all wild turkeys–
some are just more red-faced than
others about it
–photo by me
snowy owl
i saw a little snowman in a field
that, like a clump of snow, was indistinct,
and as i watched and wondered who had built it,
suddenly the little snowman blinked
–photo by me
shot of the night
in the camera’s flash,
the gently falling snow
suddenly becomes the
myriad constellations
of a star-spangled sky
–photo by me
River Rink
What do several great NHL players, including three that joined the US Olympic Hockey Team, have in common? They all had their humble beginnings right here, at the river rink in Warroad, MN.
For a town of less than 2,000, that is simply incredible. Perhaps some of the fighting spirit that gave the town its name still hangs in the frigid air.
I look at the kids out there now and wonder what great future hockey players may be among them.
–Photo by me
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