Fading Blooms

Taken at the Butterfly Farm in Aruba

cool, breezy spring day

the butterfly did not linger –

fading lilac blooms

Pat

5/20/23

Summer Days

to summer days spent

gazing at full bellied sails –

absent, need for pails

Pat

5/15/23

For Ronovan Writes where the prompt is Sail & Pail. To participate or read other responses go here

A Good Saturday to all!!

a live canvas –

natures lights

all having their say

Pat

5/06/23

Chasing Butterflies

coming soon

long summer days with

reminders of youth

Pat

4/20/23

Flower of The Day – FOTD Coneflower

through the rancor,

visions of better days

Pat

4/18/23

Spring

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Photo from Dana Bollwerk on Pinterest” – a Lotus Flower

pronouncement

from atop the tallest flower –

spring has come!

Pat

3/08/23

Sunflower

Before I photographed this, I had no idea that was how a sunflower opened up!

a slow reveal

one petal at a time

revelation mode

Pat

2/5/23

For Moon Washed Musings, to see other responses to the prompt “Revelation” go here

Change

This was in a tree outside my house. A home for wasps, I believe. I never saw it coming, never saw them building. Then came autumn, the tree shed their multicolored clothing and there it was.

Fierce looking in size and demeanor. I didn’t touch it, I did not know if anyone was home; and I was not interested in finding out. So, I left it alone.

Now, this hive is no longer there. It seems winter and its high winds took care of the matter in its own time. A clean sweep. An inevitable change.

well hidden

until it was not –

natures roar

Pat

1/26/2023

The New Black

political strife –

fierce bubbles in the caldron

cruelty, the new black

Pat

1/18/23

For Tanka Tuesday where the specific form Senryu is the ask over at Word Craft with Colleen. To participate go here

Definition of Senryu

“Senryu is a short poetic genre which focuses on people. Men, women, husbands, wives, children, and relatives. It portrays the characteristics of human beings and the psychology of the human mind. Even when senryu depict living things such as animals, insects, and plant life, or when they depict inanimate objects, they are portrayed with the emphasis on their human attributes”, per the Senryu Circle.

Nesting

nesting

in the bare branches

of the berry tree –

the full moon

Pat

1/06/23