Uncomplicated thoughts: Reflection

Think carefully…contemplate…reflect

Tidal Basin-Washington Monument to the Jefferson Memorial
Tidal Basin-Washington Monument to the Jefferson Memorial

Inspirational photo provided by Fe Caces 6/17

Haiku: tiny prayers

Praying mantis nymph

head turns 180 degrees

two eyes and one ear

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 6/19/17

Inspirational photo by Cole Lucas 6/18/17

Haiku: The Skimmer

White faces blue eyes

Great Blue Skimmer Dragonfly

Total grace and speed

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 6/18/17

Inspirational photo by Tara McLaughlin 6/17  Tara opens our eyes to nature.  Many thanks!

Skimmers eat mosquitoes!…find them along streams and edges of woods

 

 

Haiku: All that is morning

Nature’s early rise

Unfurl unwind opening

waiting for the sun

Morning glory ready to unfurl.
Morning glory ready to unfurl

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 6/16/17

Inspirational photo by PamelaWLucas 6/16/17

Morning glory vines attract hummingbirds!

 

Haiku: Pineapple and sweet potato?

A soft sturdy green vine

Deceiving plant names

A sage of a different name

Pineapple sage
Easy to grow…then use a fresh sprig of this fruit-scented pineapple sage to garnish your frosty piña colada or glass of iced tea.

Don’t eat the sweet potato vine!  Just enjoy its simple light green beauty.

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 6/13/17

Inspirational photos by PamelaWLucas 6/13/17

 

 

Uncomplicated thoughts: Wonder

“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.” E.B. White

Photo by Pixaby

Haiku: Bunny Butter

Tiny soft bunny
Flicker youthful butterfly
A bunny butter

American lady butterfly
American Lady butterfly in Charlottesville, VA

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 6/5/17

Inspirational photographs by Tara McLaughlin

Haiku: Kousa Dogwood

A flowering tree
A four pointed white petal
Japanese lovely

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 5/20/17

Photo by PamelaWLucas, Oakton, VA 5/20/17

Asian Kousa dogwood berries
Asian Kousa dogwood berries that appear in the fall.

These beauties are resistant to many of the diseases that frequently plague flowering dogwoods and they offer seasonal changes on the landscape.

Haiku: Tendrils bring blossoms then Peas

Tender thin green vines
Wrapping tendrils cling and reach
Blossoms come the peas

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 5/20/17

Inspiring photo by PamelaWLucas 5/20/17

Here are many varieties of peas for you to learn about quickly.

tendrils of sugar peas
tendrils of sugar peas
Sweet pea blossom about to open
Sugar pea blossom about to open

 

Uncomplicated Thoughts: Abandoned

Looking out gives a different perspective

than when looking in.

Inspiring photo taken by Angela Bowling in an abandoned garnet mine near Asheville, NC 5/17