their rest time near done
another day of sitters
and eaters soon starts 🦊❤️
I couldn’t help but feature these two red chairs awaking from a night’s rest. Another day of hungry diners about to begin. 🦊❤️
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2020. what are the chances?
what are the chances
that this tender tree survives?
only in this haiku… 🦊❤️
As I walked along I spotted this tiny, tender tree that had sprouted in the crack of a large parking lot. Coincidentally there was a Maple Tree seed and cherry pit laying beside it. I thought, “How long will that little sprout survive?” Then I took a picture, wrote a haiku and thought “Forever!” 🦊❤️
2019. ticker tape parade
as i walk along
the cherry trees announce me
ticker tape parade 🦊❤️
2018. fireworks
when i see this weed
i think, “ the fourth of july”
its flashes and booms 🦊❤️
I love dandelions when they turn to seeds. It really is an amazing illustration of the beauty and mathematics of nature. 🦊❤️
2017. the trail
life is like a trail
sometimes under sunny skies
and sometimes cloudy 🦊❤️
2016. “cotton candy here!!!!”
seems like forever
he’s hustled cotton candy
our living legend 🦊❤️
For over thirty years my sons and I have followed the career of “Ethan the cotton candy man” in Philadelphia. Our first encounter with him was at the old Veterans stadium in the 1980’s. We love his no nonsense approach to cotton candy sales. Energetically striding up and down stadium steps at Phillie’s games. Stone faced and grim he performs his job. We caught up with him again at last nights game. We spoke with him for a few minutes to reminisce about the old days. As we parted he flashed us a rare smile and then barked, “Cotton candy here!!!!” 🦊❤️
2015. bluebird lovers
rain clouds sail above
golden grasses bend below
bluebird lovers watch 🦊❤️
2014. ducks, ducks and more ducks
jeeps are.all the rage
dashboards decked with daffy ducks
this one takes the prize 🦊❤️
2013. a child’s mind
an old rotted stump
a canvas for a little one
to have fun… be free… 🦊❤️
It was so refreshing to see the creation of a child using a rotted stump and blossoms from a prolific weed, lesser celandine, on our hike. The art of having fun…🦊❤️
2012. give and take of love
from wholesome eating
to mcdonald’s fish filet
love’s a give and take 🦊❤️
2011. chameleon
out of the clear blue
the winter carpet of brown
turns a vivid green 🦊❤️
A world of colors… 🦊❤️
2010. blossom blizzard
in the swirling breeze
bright spring blossoms falling
like a winter’s snow 🦊❤️
2009. guardian angel
the steel sentinel
guards a tender sprout of spring
so it sees summer 🦊❤️
I love how industrial hardness coexists with the softness of nature. 🦊❤️
2008. honey locust tree
honey locust thorns
silhouetted on grey clouds
points to coming rain 🦊❤️
The Honey Locust tree in the meadow is one of my favorite trees to stop at and spend time looking at its fearsome thorns. Every time that I visit, it creates a new point to think about. 🦊❤️
2007. kitty is back
kitty my black cat
long gone for many a year
has come back to time 🦊❤️
2006. happy easter
foggy easter morn
the son is risen… he’s gone
magnolia blossoms 🦊❤️
2005. big fish in a little pond
he prefers to be
a big goose in a small pond
loves the simple life 🦊❤️
I got a kick watching a big plump Canadian Goose romp around in a roadside puddle. 🦊❤️
2004. extra innings
all the fans have gone
both teams have hit the showers
left behind… a ball 🦊❤️
2003. forgotten
been so long ago
you comforted children’s fear
now it’s each other’s 🦊❤️
2002. a new day
first song of the birds
brand new magnolia blooms
a new day starting 🦊❤️
2001. really???? socks????
we now live in a time
where socks are locked behind glass
what in the world next??? 🦊❤️
2000. killin’ time
got nowhere to go
nothing important to do
we’re just killin’ time 🦊❤️
Yesterday was my son Kevin’s future bride Hillary’s bridal shower. The men, including my son Kevin had to leave the restaurant and find something to do for a couple hours then return at an appointed time for Kevin to participate the final shower game with Hillary. After eating three pizzas in a local pizza joint, going to a coffee shop for a cup of Joe and cookies and walking in circles through the town, we resorted to standing around a pot hole and looking at it - just like a road crew at a repair site. The shower was wonderful!!! Lol 🦊❤️
1999. mikey
mikey’s tuxedo
and tommy’s bright orange coat
they’re real fashion plates 🦊❤️
1998. hypnotized…
when you look at me
with those big green saucer eyes
i am hypnotized 🦊❤️
My friend’s cat Gypsy has eyes that are too big for her petite body. They hypnotized me!!! 🦊❤️
1997. service with a smile
our local wawa
makes no matter how busy
service with a smile 🦊❤️
1996. sun bathing
while her master talks
coco enjoys the sun’s warmth
on a cool grass bed 🦊❤️
1995. gimmi shelter
for twelve ninety-nine
get in, zip up and tune out
a cure for world news 🦊❤️
1994. ikea
hard day of shopping
and lunch of swedish meatballs
time to sit an scroll 🦊❤️
Today we had a very entertaining stroll through Ikea after lunch. There were lots of interesting people and sights. My particular favorite was a woman camped out in the easy chair section scrolling through her phone!! The smoked salmon platter was delicious and Yulan enjoyed her Swedish meatball platter. It was a fun day. 🦊❤️
1993. cedar waxwing
on this bitter day
a cedar waxwing has died
its yellow tail lives 🦊❤️
1992. disposability
put out to the curb
a cozy table and chairs
disposable world 🦊❤️
I am constantly amazed at the perfectly good things that folks dispose of in our neighborhood. 🦊❤️
1991. victorious
the marks of struggle
visible for all to see
you conquered the ice 🦊❤️
1990. mikey’s mind
what goes through her mind
as she sits still, just staring?
anything? nothing? 🦊❤️
1989. “me and mrs. jones”
“me and mrs. jones…
we gotta thing goin’ on”
tommy meets willow !! 🦊❤️
1988. “duck and cover”
a sign from the past
days when we ducked under desks
and held our young heads 🦊❤️
1987. a spring kick start
out of the blue sky
a bolt of magical light
kick starts the tree’s buds 🦊❤️
Today we made our way back into the woods. The aftermath of a spell of harsh winter weather was all around us. Yet the magic of impending springtime more than made up for the fallen trees and eroded trails. 🦊❤️
1986. last vestiges
weeks of layered snow
reduced to a dirty heap
by the mighty sun 🦊❤️
1985. red at dawn
all of a sudden
a flash of red caught my eye
a card’nal at dawn 🦊❤️
1984. bff
after all these years
tommy and willey meet up
now they’re “bff” 🦊❤️
Yulan asked that I make her a paper mache edition of her beloved cat Willey like the one I made of Tommy as a remembrance for her. Of course I was more than eager to bring Willey back to life for her. And the best part is that Tommy and Willey are now “Best Friends Forever”. (BFF). 🦊❤️
1983. added value
sometimes the shadows
succeed in stealing the show
(…or adding to it) 🦊❤️
We recently visited the Woodmere Museum to see an exhibit of very large ceramic sculptures. The sculptures were beautiful and their shadows provided tons of added value to the show. 🦊❤️
1982. could it be?
up atop the cross
a bird sits watch o’er the land
maybe… holy ghost? 🦊❤️
1981. rearin’ to rise
bright bobbin’ balloon
tethered tightly to a tree
rearin’ to rise up 🦊❤️
1980. batter up
the snow had melted
a sea of plastic remains
time for balls and strikes 🦊❤️
During our evening walk at Chestnut Hill College we the noticed that all of the snow on the women’s softball field had melted snd the enormous plastic tarp was fully exposed. The setting sun made appear like it was a wave filled surf. Was a very cool sight. 🦊❤️
1979. where goest thou?
footprints in the snow
going here and going there
weaving who knows where 🦊❤️
1978. another day’s work done
chairs rest on tables
another day came and went
all’s left is cleanup 🦊❤️
As we left the movie theater, the once bustling restaurants were closed and cleaning up from a long day’s work. It was a lonely sort of sight to see. 🦊❤️
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