768. roads

stopped at a stop sign

a yellow sign asked, “right or left?”

i looked straight ahead  🦊❤️

Imagine it… roads are pathways that allow us to roll over the surface of this ball that is floating around in endless space so we can look at and experience all the things along their ways. Put that way… roads are pretty awesome things! 🦊❤️

767. waiting for the clouds

perched way overhead

five birds looking down at me

looking up at them  🦊❤️

I have been writing haiku for years. It’s like the weather… wet, lush times and then dry, sparse times. It’s a dry, sparse time for me now. I’ve learned to just go with it and “keep it simple”.  Just express the small moments… I soon begin to realize their immensity… then it starts to rain again.  🦊❤️

 

766. magic morning mist

you’ve traveled so far

ninety-three million miles far

met by morning’s mist  🦊❤️

There is magic in seeing the morning mist illuminated by the energy of the sun. The invisible becomes visible as its journey to earth comes to an end. 🦊❤️

 

765. the gravity of inspiration

black walnut gauntlet

green bombs and gravity strike

 sir isaac newton… 🦊❤️

There is a section of trail in the meadow that is lined with a few Black Walnut trees. This is the time of year that I am on guard for the falling “green bombs” that gravity tugs from the branches to the ground. I thought of Sir Isaac Newton and how falling apples inspired his discovery of gravity. Then I realized that falling Black Walnuts inspired my next landscape painting. Can ‘t wait to get started on it! 🦊❤️

 

764. a quick bite of the past

no cookin’ tonight

the carnival is in town

yum… beer and fries 🦊❤️

There is a chapter in my “artist’s journey” that included a lot of urban photography that focused on people doing what people do in the city. Much of that period produced art that was dark and gritty. Every once in a while I make brief visits back to that period of artistic pursuit. Quite frankly… it’s not as fun a place as it used to be for me. 🦊❤️

 

763. what a tangled web we’ve weaved

a tangle of wires

telephone and electric

and there’s cable too  🦊❤️

We hear lots of talk these days about the “electric grid”. Sort of scary… right? 🦊❤️

 

762. winners

when you’re a winner

you’ll find yourself in pictures

keep smiling… say cheese 🦊❤️

I’ve never been very successful at winning stuffed animals and such at carnivals. But I sure love taking pictures of winners who do! Here are two winners! 🦊❤️