beauty in a summer leaf

may 31- flip side/reverse

beauty in a summer leaf...everyone sees it

missing city comforts?

may 31 reverse/flip side

in the canoe... missing city comforts 

a century of memories

 in the shadows...a century of memories

free on the range

free rangers ...i paint a mind picture

sand shadow

sand shadow-amid sky, the grass and i

rainforest morning mist

amid the morning mist and me...sunshine

seattle sunrise

sunrise...how much i love morning light!

mountain goats moving

goats moving-

above me, cacophony

of falling rocks

morning high

 morning high...peak of the last drop

predawn perch

predawn perch... raven caws at the moon

skunk cabbage

rainforest spring...subtle smell of skunk

mother grizzly hungry for yellow

mother grizzly

out of hibernation-

hungry for yellow

trilling for toast

raven-trilling for toast!

sun from a thousand summers

i touch the sun from a thousand summers

rainforest

rainforest-

they also serve 

who only stand and wait

spring rainforest party

spring rainforest party...what to wear?

Rosa Parks grass

not giving up its seat-this Rosa Parks grass

quiet calm

this uniform...only worn in quiet calm

the archaeopteryx

may 20 (remarkable) trees

ancient ginkgo-the archaeopteryx is on it 

our ginkgo

our ginkgo-an archaeopteryx flies over

Looking up at night

Hubble- Massive young star clusters in the Milky Way. Bathed in gas and dust the cluster formed in a huge rush of star formation.

the earth hiding our star...i look up

rain on desert sage

rain on desert sage...aroma of memories

walking on ancient lava

ancient lava

sound of each crunch-

a bite of the apple

sand avalanche

Chris Harris photo

may 17 quandary

sand avalanche... how can i escape?

city first light

city first light...coffee first sip

sand snakes

sand snakes...slither and slide 

the Hubble horse

Hubble- Horsehead Nebula, the constellation of Orion 

my grandson- i show him the Hubble horse

truth

truth... found deep inside the wild rose

craving the unreachable

life...constantly craving the unreachable

all life thriving

earthrise- taken by Apollo 8 crew member Bill Anders on December 24, 1968, showing the Earth seemingly rising above the lunar surface. 

all life thriving- 

from the smallest bacteria 

to the largest whale

painting lily pads on the summer full moon

 painting lily pads on the summer full moon

sand garden

sand garden...spring wind has plowed it

out of the blue...Hallelujah

out of the blue-
a secret chord
that pleased the lord

wind in grass and sand

may 12 lost

simple beauty of wind on grass and sand

lost little lamb

may 12 lost (mother’s day)

mother-

her suckle and nuzzle

bitter taste of fear 

ridge line to the stars

sand dune- walk the ridge line to the stars 

potlatch

may 11 kindness

potlatch- share food and blankets-dancing

inchworms in the ruts

may11 Kinetheodolite 

moving pictures...inchworms in the ruts

grandpa's corduroy jacket

grandpa’s corduroy jacket-our last dance

her cold eyes

her eyes-i feel their cold stare 

wind dance

wind dance... how graceful the ballerina!

snail comes outside

robin knows...rain brings the snail outside

mother is returning

her song...soon we feel her warm feathers

edge of the abyss

edge of the abyss- 
balance between 
gold and gone

peekaboo

i find berries for only half a pie

echoes of the river

from the shadows... echoes of the river

snowflakes and salmon

soft echoes... snowflakes and salmon

the river

the echo...only i am here to hear it

our mother

eight billion children...one loving mother

raven flying

raven- feathers curve into daylight moon