The out of the way places, by the side of the road, call to me. "Beauty is here, right here, not at your planned destination." I saw one of those yesterday-- an amazing expanse of wild sunflowers heads lazily reaching toward the afternoon sun. I wanted so badly to stop but it was not a proper... Sign in to see full entry.
Summer's ending comes so soon, but in glory as it changes from one wonder to the next; And every beauty of each season can be seen from your own backyard, or not far away at all. Sign in to see full entry.
Just across the road, and down my favorite city trail, beneath the giant trees of long ago's beginnings, I often pass... and dream of days gone bye. Morning brings the flitting and the happy chirping of cardinals of the brightest red and prettiest songs. That's when the fat opossum with the pointed... Sign in to see full entry.
The bright, warm morning sunshine disappeared into the gathering gloom, and the jungle suddenly became dark and menacing as moisture drizzled on everything green. As evening comes on, one begins to see the glowing eyes of creatures on every side inching closer. Actually, the photo is taken from my... Sign in to see full entry.
Trumpet vine calling to the humming birds, "Come back my little ones. Don't fly away and leave me yet. If you are not here to enjoy my nectar, the humans will mow me down and carry away my dead branches so that I don't keep reaching out. "Come back my little ones. I know the nights are getting... Sign in to see full entry.
He had been following us ever since he heard us first laughing together. He must have thought that we were laughing at him--not true. We always laugh and have fun when we are together, the three of us. Life is too short not to laugh. We didn't notice him at first. When we did notice him by the pool,... Sign in to see full entry.
This one I call, "A Study In Junk" I have never known a man who lived without a woman, who did not have some area of his house or property for what I have always called junk....stuff that only he could do without....stuff that means nothing to anyone but himself....stuff that he is going to do... Sign in to see full entry.