Tanka — Witch Hazels’ Spring Gathering

Ten Hazels draw close in a loose circle, waiting for moonlight’s soft spell; silver bark sprouts white tendrils who search for kin in the dark. I ordered ten witch hazel bare root shrubs over a month ago as part of a fundraiser annual plant sale for the local conservation club.  I picked them up on…

#TSM 209 — Limbo, or Black Days

Image source Akilter, lying down — even as you see me upright – a blank in kelp bed, fathoms below, asleep, await. My fate unknown as yet. Will it be angel’s lift that buoys to sunrise? Or fey stones, that weigh and sink beleaguered, deflated organs of light? My sight occluded, my guesses gone; laced,…

God’s Servant

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Doodads — walk around the yard today

It’s been awhile since sharing any pics, but I’ve been pretty busy.  Today I had time to walk around the yard.  None of the pics have been resized, nor have any been edited.  Those parts I did not have time — nor energy — for.  Things are greening up nicely out there!  Some of the…

TV Movie Draft, Round 5, Friday, May 6, 2022 Ray Donovan

Liev Schreiber as Ray Donovan Originally on Showtime 7 seasons, from 2013 – 2020 (and a movie in 2022) 82 episodes (12 in each of the first 6 and 10 in the 7th season) Directors: with # of episodes: John Dahl (11,) Tucker Gates (9,) Michael Uppendahl (9,) David Hollander (6,) Allen Coulter (4,) Daniel…

#FF — Beating Bright

PHOTO PROMPT © Na’ama Yehuda April’s cloud blankets served to keep us in our caves, vicariously monitoring life through fogged panes of glass and pixelated screens. The second winter of covid had been harsh, perhaps harsher than the first, as our views focused on celebrities hurling dung at each other in courtrooms and maniacs with…