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 🦊❤️

Kitty, my ornery black cat, long gone, has made her way back to spend time with us. She was so much fun to bring back to life in paper mache form. Coincidentally she also goes by the name “Moo Moo” and she is the logo  of my son Kevin’s startup tea company “Moo Moo’s Tea”. 🦊❤️

2006. happy easter

 

foggy easter morn

the son is risen… he’s gone

magnolia blossoms 🦊❤️

Happy Easter all! 🦊❤️

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 🦊❤️

As I looked at the forgotten softball, I wondered how such  a brightly colored object could be overlooked as the teams and fans departed. 🦊❤️

2003. forgotten

 

been so long ago

you comforted children’s fear

now it’s each other’s 🦊❤️

One of our friends has a soft spot in her heart for discarded dolls. I found this scene very poignant. 🦊❤️ 

2002. a new day

 

first song of the birds

brand new magnolia blooms

a new day starting 🦊❤️

I stood on my balcony before the sun came up. The first song of a bird broke the stillness. A Magnolia tree seems to have increased its blossoms overnight. What a way the start a new day. 🦊❤️