Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Monday, March 30, 2015

Dramatic ice melt

Dramatic ice melt,
like darkened bolts of lightning,
transforming the pond.

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Friday, March 27, 2015

Snowy abstract


(click on image to enlarge)



Snow and icy mix
form curvy abstract patterns.
Just how cool is this?

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Snowy leaves





Leaves frosted with snow

elegantly wait till wind

removes their make-up.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Minnehaha falls




Minnehaha falls flowing

after long hibernation.

Spring comes once again.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Monday, March 23, 2015

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Ice lines




Lines cut through the ice. 

Just why are they shaped this way?

Mother nature knows...

Friday, March 20, 2015

Troubadour



Horn blasting love's song,

with wings mightily flapping.

How can she resist?

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Monday, March 16, 2015

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Ghostly plastic bag

 

Ghostly plastic bag
waves from a branch in the sun.
Painful reminder.

Ghostly plastic bag
waves from a branch in the sun.
Can't we do better?

Friday, March 13, 2015

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Honk if you love me



Honk if you love me
extolls a Canada Goose.
Enough already.

Enough already?
But I really do love you.
Great, then quiet down.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Male Mallard


A male mallard,
iridescent head of green,
floating on the pond.

What are you thinking?
Could it be with spring's coming,
females on your mind?

Monday, March 9, 2015

Spring Harbingers

 
Robins, spring's harbingers,
finally back to join us.
Welcome back our friends!


How was your winter?

Not as cold down south, I hope.
Thanks for coming back!

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Friday, March 6, 2015

The paradox of giving


Church of the Minorities II, Lyonel Feininger, 1926

By generously

giving of ourselves we can

live abundantly.



Paradoxically

it is by giving we receive.

So let go and live.


Thursday, March 5, 2015

Mallard




 In the bleak winter
a male mallard's head shines
brilliantly for all.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Wicked winter winds




Wicked winter winds
blew their way throughout the park,
leaving behind tracks.


Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Simply be


 

Often times it may

be better to simply be,

rather than to do.

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Boot Hockey

Twenty or so years
of playing boot hockey with friends
on ice outdoors.

Twenty or so years
of running and sliding
on ice outdoors.

Twenty or so years
of developing friendships
on ice outdoors.

Twenty or so years
of boyhood fun with aging guys
on ice outdoors.