petals scattering
memories of fading spring
summer whispers “soon”
Watching the trees shed their blossoms’ petals is both beautiful and sad. Summer comes on the death of spring.
Earthbound Blossoms
Tag: photography
Saturday Morning, January 9, 2021
frost upon the grass
breadcrumbs for the Steller’s Jays
dawn’s tranquility
Featured image by me, shot with an Olympus Pen, E-PL1 at f/3.5, 1/60
Saturday Morning Poem
Beginnings
Filled with potential
Sunny morning dreams
Created with Adobe Spark, photo by me. Font : Playfair.
Doorways
the passage of time
sun and rain changing so much
yet beauty remains
I found this door on a recent trip to Port Townsend, WA. The marvelous character of this worn door spoke to me. All things age. Where do we find our grace?
Haiku Response: May 20, 2020
This photo called to me for a haiku, and I was delighted to oblige.
the sun slips below
warm blazing orange blankets
when will the stars dance?
A Photo Inspired Haiku
joyful floral scents
moments of urban beauty soon,
war’s horrors rise
I wrote this haiku after seeing the post below. Such a lovely photo coming a breath before the horror of World War I.
Haiku, January 28, 2019
the soul of a tree
life with bark skin forgotten
ghostly echoing
A Fairhaven Haiku, December 10, 2019
embraced by the night
walking, the air freeing me
birds high overhead
A photo and a poem from the Edmonds Waterfront
A walk through the dark
Moving over the boardwalk
The quiet’s beauty
I enjoyed editing this one. The texture is wonderful, at least to me.
A Memorial Day From Hell
An ICU Haiku:
At the very top
A view south of Seattle
The ICU’s noise
My family came home yesterday evening after a few days in Seattle’s Harborview hospital. This is the highest level trauma center for a good portion of the western US. My son’s skateboarding accident Monday afternoon resulted in a skull fracture, bleeding on his brain and a concussion. Hence our stay at a level 1 trauma center.
We’re home now, really just starting the long road of healing before us. It’s amazing to many of us how quickly we got here. A huge help: his helmet. The trauma was significantly mitigated by it. Several doctors and nurses told us it saved his life. Talk about sobering.
As we continue down this I will keep in mind how close we came to life altering calamity. When I feel frustrated about the caregiving, his surliness (a warning from the nurses)…all the elements of a head injury with months/years-long recovery, I will focus on how close we came to losing everything. I’m lucky: I brought my son home.