Category Archives: outdoors

Prickly Pear [Haiku]

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prickly pears bloom: 
 yellow offering bowls —
  bees give & take.

DAILY PHOTO: Valley, Boz-Salkyn

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Photograph of valley with yurts in Boz-Salkyn, Kyrgyzstan.
Photograph taken on the Boz-Salkyn trek, south of Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan.
Photograph taken down the mountain at Boz-Salkyn, Kyrgyzstan.

DAILY PHOTO: Dirt Road in the Laotian Countryside

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Photograph taken in the countryside near Vang Vieng, Laos, featuring: rice paddies, dirt road, clouds, and karst topography.

Vanishing [Haiku]

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Photograph of a streambed and cloudy mountains take on the Annapurna Sactuary Trek in Nepal.
moving up valley,
 fog thickens until there
  is only the step.

Mountain Blue [Haiku]

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Photograph of blue skies over a small roadside stop in the Andes between Cuzco and Puno.
mountain skies:
 fade to a blue so deep
  it chills the bones.

Wake [Haiku]

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Photograph of the Danube River as it flows through Bratislava, Slovakia. 
boat chugs upriver,
 slipping from sight, but for
  its wake's arrow.

The Quiet Hour [Senryū]

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Photograph of Patong Beach on Phuket Island in the early morning hours after sunrise.
deserted beach:
 during the brief window 
  when partier's sleep.

DAILY PHOTO: Boats Under Foul Skies

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Photograph taken in Bai Tu Long Bay in Northern Vietnam of boats, islands, and cloudy skies.

DAILY PHOTO: Yellow River of Stone Mountain

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DAILY PHOTO: Blue Sky & Golden Grass

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Photograph of blue skies over golden grasses, taken in Chaminuka Nature Reserve outside of Lusaka, Zambia.
Photograph of tawny tall grass, taken in Chaminuka Nature Reserve outside of Lusaka, Zambia.
Photograph of tawny tall grass under blue skies, taken in Chaminuka Nature Reserve outside of Lusaka, Zambia.