along the path
on our walk
by the river
these tin soldiers
lie napping
in the sun
as they
await their moment
to fly once more.
“adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
-ralph waldo emerson
—
huron river, ann arbor, michigan, usa
May8
Tag Archives: nature
May6
chicken or the egg?
today, mr. roger, our snowplow driver
came back to our room
and brought some of his favorite birds to meet us
these two are chickens named marco polo and maranella
and they are married.
his granddaughter has a chicken for a pet and reads with it
and he really loves birds
even more than snowplowing.
mr. roger even showed us some of maranella’s treasures – her eggs
and we had the chance to gently touch everything and ask all kinds of questions.
it was amazing because he knew all of the answers.
he sure knows a lot about a lot.
—
“if I hadn’t started painting, i would have raised chickens.”
-grandma moses
May4
morel.
they searched in all the secret places
hinted at
whispered
looking carefully
for the elusive morel
only to return home
empty handed
and took a walk
into their own backyard
where they found them
by the fence
under the trees
waiting quietly
for their return
and discovery.
—
“life is too short to stuff a mushroom.”
-shirley conran
-shirley conran
May2
honey-sweet may.
“at last came the golden month of the wild folk–
honey-sweet May, when the birds come back,
and the flowers come out,
and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.”
― samuel scoville jr.
—
image credit: proteus, ‘the elfin maypole float, 1887
Apr28
another one.
were we looking at the frog or was the frog looking at us?
“it’s useful to go out of this world and see it from the perspective of another one.”
-terry pratchett
Apr27
unravelling.
public art found in the dequindre cut, detroit, mi.
(artist unknown)
—
science is about unravelling nature.
n. r. narayana murth
Apr22
forest cake.
“it’s a forest cake.”
—
“the earth is what we all have in common.”
— wendell berry
Apr18
fruit of life.
aviary water ripples
butterfly lands
penguins free swim
ibises play
—
all on a sunday picnic at the zoo with the family.
—
“color is the fruit of life.”
-guillaume apollinaire
Apr17
flux.
maybe the pool opens when the last of the snow vanishes?
—
“nature is never static. it is always changing. everything is in a constant state of flux.
nothing endures. everything is in the process of either coming into being or expiring.”
― kilroy j. oldster
Apr12
the math of trees.
when looking at the trees on the kinder playground
it’s easy to see how tall the little people are
the green does not dare begin until it is
above and safely out of the reach of their tiny hands
even if they are standing on tippy toes
pulling, climbing, bending, picking, snapping
the trees do the math and live to tell the tale.
—
“trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.”
-zora neale hurston
