Category Archives: outdoors

DAILY PHOTO: What Do You Get When You Cross a Yak & a Cow?: A Dzo

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Taken in May of 2022 on the Goechala Trail in Sikkim

DAILY PHOTO: Prek Chu Cairns

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Taken in May of 2022 on the Prek Chu River

Pale Orange [Haiku]

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the tallest peak
catches the rising sun,
& glows pale orange

Shades of Green [Haiku]

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myriad greens
texture the mountain,
when the sun is out

DAILY PHOTO: Tsoka Gompa from Above

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Taken in May of 2022 on the trail to Goechala

May Orchids [Tanka]

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tiny white orchids
hug tree trunks & branches,
hiding out of sight --
except those at valley's edge,
 broadcasting their time is short

True Bamboo [Haiku]

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bamboo painted 
against white clouds is
betrayed by a breeze

Prek Chu [Haiku]

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soft, shrubby shoulders
line Prek Chu's winding way
of smooth, white boulders

Hide & Seek [Kyōka]

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the icy mountain
plays hide & seek in the clouds
like a five-year-old
playing the game
for the first time, ever

DAILY PHOTO: Rhododendron & Khangchendzonga [and Vice Versa]

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Taken in May of 2022 near Dzongri