1474. “no joe for you?”

 

lots of time to spare

not a customer in sight

cups of coffee stew 🦊❤️

Nothing makes for a longer day at work than having no work to do. But with the presence of cell phones in our lives, that probably is not the case any longer. 🦊❤️

1473. giddy up!

 

astride her pinto

her gay colors… his feathers

round and round they go 🦊❤️

I remember the days when riding on a swing while looking at the moon allowed me to travel there myself. And those were the same days when riding down a steep street in a homemade soapbox derby car I could hear the engines of my competitors lagging behind me as we streaked to the bottom of the hill.  Those were the days…🦊❤️

1472. looking upstream

 

in the rocky wiss

poppy stands firm… looks upstream

crisp chilly morning 🦊❤️

My friend Rob sent me a photo of his pooch Poppyseed standing like a real Boss in the Wissahickon Creek yesterday morning. I think that everything about this photograph of Poppy screams “in the moment”. Hope you think so too. 🦊❤️

1471. for the sake of haiku

 

we walk and we look

things pop out and sometimes up

all to write haiku 🦊❤️

It is safe to say that for Yulan and I, we spend a lot of time everyday looking and seeing with writing haiku in our minds.  When the day’s haiku blogs have been posted, our minds shift gears to start planning for tomorrow’s. 🦊❤️

1470. stop searching to be found

 

when i simply look

not trying to find a fish

then it will find me 🦊❤️

Every time we cross the bridge we look down into the water to try to locate a big old carp.  It is usually only when we stop searching with our eyes and just allow our gentle gaze to “behold” the water below that the fish will make themselves visible. The fish finds us when we are ready to be found.  🦊❤️

1469. silent song

 

like notes on a staff

birds behold the angry sky

not singing… at rest 🦊❤️

Birds… what amazing creatures they are.  Flying here to there.  Sometimes thousands of miles only to return to where they started.  But one of their most amazing feats I think is whenever they do their tight rope walking routine on utility wires.  A real feat of strength, balance and agility.  🦊❤️

1468. forest family

 

mom on right… dad left

their skinny child feels its roots

forever family 🦊❤️

Being out in the woods allows my mind to muse about things that are not really there… but then again maybe they are there.  🦊❤️