2040. don quixote is my hero

 

some would say it’s nuts

to water a hopeless cause

but someone has to… 🦊❤️

It has been a couple of months since we spotted a tiny tree sprouting from a crack in a large parking lot. It continues to hang in there. We are now watering it to keep it going in this hot weather. Quite a silly undertaking… but somebody has to do it! 🦊❤️

2039. observer

 

walking lost in thought

the ground passing underfoot

you quietly watch 🦊❤️

Time and time again I am pleasantly startled by deer standing quietly, watching my every move as I pass quietly by. 🦊❤️

2038. thank you rob

 

insidious foe

your three shiny leaves of woe

forever prowling 🦊❤️

As I was sitting in my comfortable chair on a lazy Sunday morning, I thought, “I have no photo to post on my haiku blog - oh what should I do?” At that very moment my good friend Rob texted me the above picture with the comment, “Can’t stop poison ivy!!!” Perfect timing Rob. Thank you!! 🦊❤️

2037. life’s puzzles

 

on a quiet stroll

the missing puzzle pieces

can often be found 🦊❤️

When you are having a difficult time understanding the “whole picture” of life’s many puzzles, a quiet, solo walk will often help you find the picture’s missing pieces! 🦊❤️

2036. rivers flow here

 

still beating the odds

an asphalt bound tree sprouting

nurtured by rivers 🦊❤️

A few weeks ago I posted a picture and haiku about a tiny tree that was growing in a crack of a very busy parking lot. We check on it every time we pass the area on our walks. I was especially fascinated by the network of little rivers in the asphalt that are nurturing its fragile existence.  🦊❤️

2035. miraculous none the less

 

birds filling the sky

living their inner bird lives

not all birds will fly 🦊❤️

When I saw the lifeless body of a newly hatched bird, the gift of life was magnified in my mind. Its short, flightless life remains as miraculous as those lives flying overhead. 🦊❤️

2034. special encounters

 

what makes a stroll fun?

taking in the old and new!

and petting simon!! 🦊❤️

Whenever we stroll around the neighborhood, we are always on the lookout for what is new.  Maybe more importantly we enjoy relaxing in the familiarity of what is the same. But when we run into Simon the neighborhood cat and lavish him with pets, the stroll becomes extra special. 🦊❤️