Cinquain: Winter birds

Published on November 27, 2017 by Lucas Pam4 Comments

Fluff up
Puff up feathers
Birds will ruffle feathers
Downy feathers insulating
Warming

Cinquain by PamelaWLucas 11/27/17

Inspirational photo by Tara McLaughlin 11/17

Haiku: Furry and spirited

Published on November 15, 2017 by Lucas Pam1 Comment

Tiny fast-moving

filched natures leftovers

Feels the winter winds

Inspirational photo by Tara McLaughlin 11/17

Survival Adaptations for Chipmunks

Haiku: Fallen beauty

Published on November 6, 2017 by Lucas Pam7 Comments

Glistening beauty

Autumn steps aside with grace

Carpeting the earth

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 11/5/17

Inspirational photo taken by Tara McLaughlin in Charlottesville, VA

Travel quote: A Dutch saving

Published on November 5, 2017 by Lucas Pam2 Comments

“God created the world but the Dutch created the Netherlands.”

Inspirational photo taken in Kinderdijk, a village in the Netherlands in South Holland by PamelaWLucas 11/3/17

Travel quotes: to search and live

Published on November 3, 2017 by Lucas Pam5 Comments

“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remote,
To travel is to live.”
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography

Inspirational photo taken in Kinderdijk, a village in the Netherlands in South Holland by PamelaWLucas 11/3/17

Travel quotes: to open the eyes

Published on November 3, 2017 by Lucas Pam4 Comments

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust

Inspirational photo of Jan von Werth Fountain in Cologne, Germany by PamelaWLucas 11/3/17

Travel quotes: to keep forever

Published on November 2, 2017 by Lucas Pam9 Comments

“Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” Benjamin Disraeli

Inspirational photo taken by GaryMLucas in Cologne, Germany 11/2/17

Grape vines along the Middle Rhine River

Travel quotes: becoming a tale teller

Published on November 1, 2017 by Lucas Pam7 Comments

“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

Town along the Middle Rhine — Along the Middle Rhine

The beauty found in the Middle Rhine is beyond words…the high slopes covered in grapevines, the curving river, the medieval castles, the roman ruins…all combined to serve up an enchanted fairytale.

Inspirational photos taken by PamelaWLucas 11/1/17