Evening Walk

Indian Blanket/Fire Wheel, July 2020

Faded and tattered

yet she grows more beautiful

in evening's soft light

*experimenting with Haiku

Golden Green

Under the Banana Trees, July 2020

Breathe in golden green

underneath the canopy

Love is visiting

* experimenting with Haiku

Today

Sun Trumpets, Summer 2020

Blessing calls your name

and sings out in fiery

bright benediction

*experimenting with Haiku

Evening Offering

Wild Passion Flower, July 2020

Pale lavender nest

a serendipitous find

for all who pass by

*experimenting with Haiku

Summer Prayer Garden

Prayer Garden, Summer 2020

Soulful gathering

from journeys past and present

token and treasure

 * Click here for Christine Sine's post that inspired my prayer garden. 

Sing

Shrimp Plant, July 2020

You have permission,

step out and sing in the rain

whatever your song

*experimenting with Haiku

Welcome

Rain Lilies, July 2020

Cross the muddy field

step into the golden hour

when everything shines

All Things New

Monarch Butterfly, July 2020

What do you see when

the known becomes new again?

Tell me, I'll tell you

*experimenting with Haiku

Yes, You

Monarch Butterfly on Indian Carnation, July 2020

You are a wonder.

Open Table

Monarch on Purple Cone Flower, July 2020

Let's get acquainted

your favorites are blooming

Eat, drink, have your fill

*experimenting with Haiku

Keeping Watch

Monarch Chrysalis, July 2020

Today is the day

what's been held will soon be free

right before your eyes

*experimenting with Haiku

**photo taken about 45 minutes before he eclosed. Within a few hours he fluttered away.

Entering the Mystery

Monarch Chrysalis, July 2020

Put on your jade cloak

slip away for awhile, and

trust your becoming

*experimenting with Haiku

Blessing

Monarch on Hummingbird Bush, July 2020

As you gaze across the landscape of your days,

may you see a bright spot. And may it draw you further into life.

In the Beginning

Monarch Caterpillar (about 1 cm),  July 2020

Welcome to the world

of sunlight and fresh green leaves

all within your reach

*experimenting with Haiku

Seek

Dandelion, July 2020

Seek and you will find 

a place where graceful light shines

Look! it's not so far

*experimenting with Haiku

A Secret

Newly Eclosed Monarch Butterfly, July 2020

She whispers to me -

the weight of wings is nothing

when you wish to fly

*experimenting with Haiku

**To see a 4 minute video that captures a Monarch from egg to butterfly, click here.

Faithful

Mexican Petunia (Ruellia), July 2020

Day in and day out

faithful to vibrant presence

come sun or shower

*experimenting with Haiku

How Lovely

Wildflower, July 2020

How lovely the sound

of the still small voice within

to comfort and guide

*experimenting with Haiku

Discovery

Rock Rose, July 2020

I have come to know

even flowers say goodnight

curling up to dream

*experimenting with Haiku

Closer

Common Whitetail Skipper, July 2020

To really see her 

we leave the familiar path

and step in closer

*experimenting with Haiku

Looking & Listening

Wildflowers, July 2020

I hear mourning doves

call to each other across

flower spotted field

*experimenting with Haiku

Pardon the Intrusion

Carolina Chickadee, July 2020

I'm getting fussed at

for interrupting his song

the fault is all mine

*experimenting with Haiku

*also, photographing birds is very different than photographing flowers

Almost

Wildflower, July 2020

I almost missed her -

the flower that blooms before

the heat of the day

*experimenting with Haiku

Morning Walk

Black Swallowtail, July 2020

This very moment

I have everything I need

and a good bit more

*experimenting with Haiku

Love

Firecracker Plant, July 2020

Love won't stay contained

it tumbles and spills over

the edge of our lives

*experimenting with Haiku

Afternoon Shower

Garden Snail, Summer 2020

Out of her shelter

I watch her move intently

across rain washed leaves

*experimenting with Haiku

Promise

Rock Rose Seed Pod, June 2020

The promise of seeds-

endings and beginnings meet

in the care of love

*experimenting with Haiku

Listening in

Desert Rose, Summer 2020

Clamor of day fades

drowsy trees stir and settle

night-song fills the air

*experimenting with Haiku

Evening Walk

Painted Daisy, June 2020

She bends to teach me

beautiful simplicity

carefree in the breeze

*experimenting with Haiku

Red as a Rose

Red Rose, Summer 2020

It would be a sin

to put her in a vase for

the kitchen table

*experimenting with Haiku

Scattered

Sun Trumpets, June 2020

With your graceful hand

you gather and you scatter

both are beautiful

*experimenting with Haiku