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Weekend Wildcard ~ Cowboy Style
My daughter texted me this morning: Question… if you asked me how I wanted my eggs and I said “cowboy style,” what would that mean to you? My answer (of course!) was “however they turn out.” She said that was … Continue reading
Posted in Weekend Wildcard
Tagged cowboy style, eggs, Weekend Wildcard, you get what you get
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Bugs on Blooms
Posted in Animalia, nature, Photography
Tagged Douglas aster, flowers, ladybug, pollinator, rose, spider, yarrow
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Flower Portraits
Posted in nature, Photography, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged flowers, photography, portrait, Wordless Wednesday
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Brainstorming in a Vacuum
“I wonder if I – “ “It wouldn’t work.” “But what if – “ “You can’t. No training; no expertise.” “But – “ “Can’t afford it.” “I’m curious,” I say. “Do you even know what we’re talking about?” He glances … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday ~ Catching Rays
Posted in Animalia, Photography, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged dachshund, dogs, pets, Wordless Wednesday
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Spring Harvest
As my native habitat garden takes shape, I’ve been drawn to it almost daily. In the wet fall I checked for problematic standing water at the base of the young crabapple tree and marveled at the resilience of rain-battered kinnikinnick. … Continue reading
Posted in Haiku, nature, poetry, prose
Tagged dVerse poets, flower moon, haibun, native plants, seasons
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The Afterbeat Waltz
[to the Tune of the Tennessee Waltz (two-three) (one-two and-a)] When I was Seventeen High school band Agony Playing the French horn, you See (two-three), (one-two) while the Rest of the Instruments Soared with the Melody I got the Slow … Continue reading
Posted in humor, poetry
Tagged afterbeats, dVerse poets, high school band, Patti Page, Tennessee Waltz, waltz
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Wordless Wednesday ~ Poppies
Posted in nature, Photography, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged California poppy, spring, sunflowers, Wordless Wednesday
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Blue Sky
The morning is spent, and me with it. Hours of pulling weeds, spreading wood chips, planning which shrubs to transplant where… Some call it gardening. It’s blatant manipulation, really; rearranging earth’s flora to satisfy human aesthetic. From my chair on … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, humanity, nature, poetry
Tagged blue, dVerse Poetics, planet preservation, sharing nature
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