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Echinopsis

Posted on May 7, 2014 by | 4 comments

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Cactus night bloom braves
the sun, but only one day—
for mothers in May.

 

 

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NIGHT RAIN

Posted on May 6, 2014 by | 6 comments

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Above the mountains, one
last brew rises to hold the day,
make night rain.

 

 

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WPC – Gerbera (Spring 2)

Posted on May 4, 2014 by | 5 comments

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Surprise me with color
that prolongs spring,
just add water to the wild.

 

 

Gerbera

 

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WPC – Bees & Buckeye Blossoms (Spring 1)

Posted on May 3, 2014 by | 1 comment

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Measure the days of spring
in Buckeye blossoms
and the buzzing of bees.

 

 

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Gates Left Open

Posted on May 2, 2014 by | 8 comments
March 18, 2009 - Paregien Ranch

March 18, 2009 – Paregien Ranch

 

 

Gates left open
to trails we explore,
sometimes I forget where I am.

 

 

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Glimpses

Posted on May 1, 2014 by | Leave a comment

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On the dark side,
colorful glimpses of spring
that we just can’t believe.

 

 

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NOIR

Posted on April 21, 2014 by | 5 comments

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This side of darkness,
we bring them closer
from beyond the pagan deep.

 

 

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SPRING TRAP

Posted on April 18, 2014 by | 1 comment

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Lovely, even when
blind determination
grows into a spring trap.

 

 

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COCKTAIL AT DUSK

Posted on April 16, 2014 by | Leave a comment

The startled rock pigeons fly in a bunch from the pasture ahead of a drab figure making a game of the hunt, with extra bounds in the short grass for fun. Between them ground squirrels scattering that I can’t see. Bobcat, Coyote in the glasses at 400 yards? A long tail stops to listen to me holler at the house as it leaves, and then again as I repeat myself, winter hair shining like a well-groomed German Shepherd at dusk, looking back over its shoulder at a human outpost in this world. The good dog growls beside me.

 

Calves big, pups ahead—
even fine specimens
can make a living fun.

 

 

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Golden Brodiaea, Pretty Face

Posted on April 14, 2014 by | Leave a comment
Triteleia ixioides - April 10, 2014

Triteleia ixioides – April 10, 2014

 

Even at a distance smiling
in a cheerful crowd.
I see your face.

 

 

Perhaps the most photogenic wildflower, the Golden Brodiaea or Pretty Face begs to be looked upon, straight down, a flat plane of cheerful faces with a fixed focal length looking up without a care in the world. Their bloom is plentiful this spring, showing above our short feed making one last growth spurt, one last gasp before turning and heading out early. At a distance in the green, the clusters appear to be single yellowish flowers, indistinct lush splotches dotting north and east slopes in the low clay and the granite draws. Each cluster much the same, yet uniquely different in bloom and detail, I seem to photograph them every spring.

 

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