Category Archives: outdoors

DAILY PHOTO: Backyard Coyote

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Photograph of a Coyote taken in my backyard during the first coldsnap of the season.
Photograph of a Coyote in the metro Atlanta area.

DAILY PHOTO: Reservoir from El Peñón de Guatapé

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Photograph of the reservoir lake (El Embalse Peñol‑Guatapé) taken from atop El Peñón de Guatapé.
Photograph of the reservoir lake (El Embalse Peñol‑Guatapé) taken from atop El Peñón de Guatapé.
Photograph of the reservoir lake (El Embalse Peñol‑Guatapé) taken from atop El Peñón de Guatapé.

Tree Face [Senryū]

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two big eyes:
 face in a tree trunk
  unsettles me.

American Beautyberry [Haiku]

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Beautyberries,
 dense clusters of fuchsia,
  lure hungry birds.

Autumn Shadows [Haiku]

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autumn long shadows
 of a tuft of tall grass
  etch rocky ground.

Autumn Afternoon [Haiku]

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Autumn afternoon,
 light warms a copse of pines;
  beyond: crisp blue sky.

DAILY PHOTO: Embalse Peñol-Guatapé

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Photograph taken from a boat on El embalse Peñol-Guatapé (the reservoir lake near Guatape) in Antioquia, Colombia.
Photograph taken from a boat on El embalse Peñol-Guatapé (the reservoir lake near Guatape) in Antioquia, Colombia.
Photograph taken from a boat on El embalse Peñol-Guatapé (the reservoir lake near Guatape) in Antioquia, Colombia.

Head of the Table [Haiku]

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Photograph of Great Kiskadee (bird) sitting on a chairback at the head of a table.
yellow bird perches: 
 the chairback at table's head.
  it's eyed like a boss.

Speed Kills [Kyōka]

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speeding across
 the river bridge by car,
  i miss the scent --
 sweet riverine perfume --
  that I'd smell from the bank.

Askew [Haiku]

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a tree grows, askew;
 canopy stretched one way -
  wind can’t shake it.