Tag: observing the natural world

Unclose photo of the center of a tulip

The Natural World Haiku: Heart of the tulip

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Nature Symmetry
Symbolic of perfect love
A spring brevity

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/9/17

Photo by PamelaWLucas 4/9/17

Cherry blossoms frame the Washington Monument

Haiku: Soft blossoms embrace monuments

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Delicate pink stay
Cherry softens hard granite
Wind takes your presence

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/4/17

Inspiring and contributing photo by Fe Caces 4/17

First fruits on a Russian olive

Haiku: Russian Olive

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Invasive beauty

Bearing olive like red fruits

A Sweet fragrance

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 4/3/17

Photo by PamelaWLucas 4/3/17

Russian Olives are not native to the United States.  They interfere in natures balance with their fast growing, water demanding presence.  Lovely and fragrant, plant these olives in contained places and away from wooded areas.

Pink camellia blooms in Heathsville, VA

Haiku: Southern warmth

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Oh camellia

copious tender blossoms

linger in soft shade

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 3/31/17

Inspiring and contributing photo by Diane Bridges Wilson in Heathsville, Virginia 3/17

 

adult rhino with large horn

Haiku: Nature’s tank

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Oh horn of beauty

Nature’s tank on the landscape

Africa Asia

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 3/25/17

Photo compliments of Pixby

Become informed Save the rhino

 

 

Lovely soft bell flowers growing unkept in a grave yard in Northern Ireland

Uncomplicated thoughts: Give the giving

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“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
― William Butler Yeats

Photo by PamelaWLucas, Northern Ireland, May, 2016

Red-tailed hawk in flight

Haiku: Red-tailed

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Effortless soaring

keen hunter with strong talons

A majestic hawk

Red-tailed hawk perched in a tree
Red-tailed hawk perched and surveying its surroundings

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 3/15/17

Learn more about the habits of the Red-tailed Hawk and hear their unique songs and calls.

a snowy landscape

Uncomplicated thoughts: White then green

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the snow comes

then the green springs

a bed of red tulips with a background of the greenest spring grass
a bed of red tulips with a background of the greenest spring grass

 

 

Smooth river rocks

The natural world Haiku: river rocks

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clear moving water
smoothing the hard surfaces
shining in the sun

River rocks gleaming in the sunlight
River rocks gleaming in the sunlight

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 3/7/17

“In nature nothing exists alone.” Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

an empty birds nest

Haiku: To build a nest

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Gathering the stuff
Birds designing as they go
Cradle the coming

Three Robin's eggs in their nest
Three Robin’s eggs cradled in their nest.

Haiku by PamelaWLucas 3/6/17