DAILY PHOTO: Helsinki from the Ferry

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Photograph of the Helsinki waterfront taken from the ferry to Suomenlinna with seagulls in tow.

Grazing Deer [Senryū]

grazing deer
pays hikers no heed:
too noisy for threat.

Winter Sunlight [Tanka]

Photograph of the Pest side of Budapest taken from Gellért Hill.
low winter sun
shines upon the city
while residents
walk shadow-dimmed streets
and fluffy clouds grow angry.

DAILY PHOTO: Volcano Morning

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Photograph of Puncak Gunung Agung volcano taken from Ahmed Beach on the east coast of Bali.

DAILY PHOTO: A Gray Lake

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Photograph of Big Almaty Lake (Үлкен Алматы көлі) near Almaty, Kazakhstan. The lakes color changes over the course of the year. Here it is a sediment loaded gray color.

Little Blue [Haiku]

Photograph of a blue Chicory flower, taken near Kolsay Lake in Kazakhstan.
from a gliding boat,
a little blue flower spied
as all else blurs.

Nature’s AC [Haiku]

Photograph of a small cascade between and around mossy rocks taken on the Kolsay Lake hike in Kazakhstan.
water rolls past
moss green rocks;
hikers pause in cool.

DAILY PHOTO: Tall Pines, Kolsay Lake

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Photograph taken from a mountain trail around the Kolsay Lakes in Kazakhstan with tall evergreen trees in the fore and lake and valley in the rear.

DAILY PHOTO: Amboseli Cranes

Photograph of two Gray-Crowned Cranes foraging in the Amboseli wetlands.
Photograph of two Gray-Crowned Cranes foraging in the Amboseli wetlands.
Photograph of one Gray-Crowned Crane standing tall in Kenya's Amboseli National Park.

Prickly Pear [Haiku]

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