Davis

For Cee’s FOTD Challenge I needed to get away from home, so, I recently took a day trip to the UC Davis Arboretum. Here are some of the pictures I took 🙂 Pink Tiger Lilies The Tiger Lilies went on for a long time. There were probably four patches this size. Yellow lupine! One of…

Waterfall of Stars

Midnight rainbow lightsLower Yosemite FallHe calls it “moonbow” Written for May 2023 Poetry Challenge by Rebecca Cunningham at Fake Flamenco

Purple Flowers

For Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: May Imperial Purple Color, I went through an album of photos I took fall before last. All of these were taken in San Francisco (on my old Samsung Galaxy), except the first one, which was in Donner. I roughly organized these from most purple to least purple. Purple thistle at…

Elevenie

DepressedLaying downBlackout curtains drawnTraveling through old memoriesParalyzed BicycleFlies downhillSerotonin buzz hitsGlad I forced myselfOutside Form: Elfchen (Elevenie) Written for W3 Prompt #54 by The Skeptic’s Kaddish Prompt guidelines by Sadje:

A Few Fairy Lanterns & Flowers

Since I just so happen to have snapped these pictures last night, I thought I would share them as part of Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge #FOTD These were the first fairy lanterns I’ve seen in bloom so far this year!! I don’t know what this flowering tree is called– some kind of fuschia…

Meet Violet

Front fork suspension Smooth drive train, quick release wheels Black and silver paint Check out my new Cannondale Resting on a gold dredge tail Written for Tanka Tuesday Form: Tanka and Ekphrastic

Pilgrimage (Stitching Prose)

Night after nightNorthward in the fading lightI clung to this ragdollWhose crooked eyesMy mother had drawnOver the white clothWith a piece of charcoal I walked and I walkedAfter my father was goneMy mind shifting into a primal gearThat was void of anything butI twisted the doll’s neckNight after nightForward motionDuring the dayAnd I walked untilI…

Atmospheric Arkquain

WindRattlesPlastic blindsKnocks plants over Light a few candlesIn case the power goes outThis atmospheric river’sCategory five Trees sway like inHurricanesBranchesBlockTrain tracksTo downtownLooks like I’m stuck Three back to back stormsMight help restore reservoirsYosemite waterfallsMust be raging now Wish I was thereWith my kidCuddledUpHotelAhwahneeSuite would be sweet But she’s far awayWith her dad and stepmotherIn a…

Mountain Bluebird

BornOutdoorsNever cagedMountain bluebirdsOverhear children wishing they could fly From a low branch in a giant oak treeOne turns his headCautiouslyWatchingUs OnceThe kidsRun awayHe sings sweetlyReminding me how it feels to be free Written for W3 Prompt #34: Wea’ve Written Weekly by The Skeptic’s Kaddish, in response to Dream Seeds by D. Avery Form: Tetractys From…

Eighteenth Birthday Haibun

He said he would be there by midnight, but when the clock struck twelve, he was still a no-show. All of the young men from the neighboring dorm suites had come to mine, ready to celebrate my eighteenth birthday. “Forget him,” said the biology major, “Let me take you to see the bioluminescence. This is…