Photo by John McKaveney: Bright Moon The Moon is very important to us in many ways a lot of people don’t realize. Without the Moon and the delicate balance it creates, life on Earth may not have evolved. It also helps protect us from Solar System debris like asteroids (as is evident from all the…
Author: Lisa or Li
mother, grandmother, gardener, observer of nature, reader, writer, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music, philosophical daoist. Welcome.
24 SSPC 35 (1st week) Fine Weather (May 20 – June 5) Shoman — June in May
June in May May dressesbright with June’s summer blossoms;bees fill their pocketbooks;robins hop tall grassfor noisy worms;wrens sing trees. seox form kigo used: summer blossoms, robins hunting worms, birds singing Note: the big/tree lilacs have bloomed and gone a couple of weeks ago. The top image is of one of the dwarf lilacs that…
dVerse — Haibun Monday — eternal landscapes
Eternal Landscapes I remember everything in my grandparents’ yard, from towering hundred years’ oak to a field of lily-of-the-valley. Oriental poppy and fuschia-hued peonies reached for the sun along the property line rough brick fence. Rose of Sharon to the left side of many-windowed front room. Behind them, in the shade of pines, a stump…
To Chris, One of the Angels (was#FFFC — Angels Unaware)
I’m reposting this in remembrance of the passing of Chris Cornell 7 years ago today. First posted 11/25/2019. I was forty-two years old when the bus hit me. I died instantly, suddenly finding myself floating upwardly to that place that you only know is real once you’re headed there. One of the first things I…
The Oracle Speaks — Light Melt
like the universemake not secretdark cup o’ nighthard as glassfated must dazzlemelt ocean icein a smile top image “Large Parrot Screams Color,” by Jim Dine, installed at fmg This poem came from The Poet Kit. Today I bought the botanical kit and can’t wait to try it out.
Doodads — Saturday Stroll in and out 051824
First pic is of the dawn redwood, now a year old. I learned that they have leaves that look like evergreens but they drop them in the fall, like larch. The tallest one, you can see the bright green on the stem/trunk which is the new growth this year. I also planted some seeds from…
Friday Favorite Feature 34 — fmg 050724
Since it’s been so busy I’ve been behind in posting, reading, and processing pics taken. I went through the pics from 050724 yesterday while taking breaks in working in the yard. As you will begin to see, I share pics of Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park (fmg) often but you will rarely see repeats,…
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