Category Archives: outdoors

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from the Cherokee Trail

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Mid-stream Tree [Senryū]

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Tree that sits mid-stream
 is not your average tree.
  Stillness amid flow?

DAILY PHOTO: Stone Mountain Lake

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Summer Lake [Haiku]

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invisible bugs
 ripple the lake surface;
  from here, it’s mirror.

DAILY PHOTO: The Well-worn Path

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Photograph of the well-worn trail up to Netravati Peak in Karnataka, India.

Dripping Blossom [Haiku]

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Photograph of a pink and orange flower taken in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
droplets drip 
  from the bottom petal, 
   after the rain.

Misty Mountain [Haiku]

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Photograph of mushroom caps among lichens and leaves, taken in the mountains near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.
in misty mountains,
 tiny fungi bloom amid
  lichens and mosses.

Depth Deception [Senryū]

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Photograph of reeds and water plants taken in Vientiane, Laos. 
reeds & water plants
 look like you could walk among them.
  you could -- waist deep.

Monsoon Green [Haiku]

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Photograph taken atop Kaurava Kunda near Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, India.
what passed for desert
 before monsoon is now
  green and waterlogged.

Shadowland [Haiku]

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Photograph of pastureland north of Gwalior near Mawai in Madhya Pradesh.
big, gray cloud 
 looms overhead: shadow
  inescapable