TANKA: Crows

a murder of crows
call from trees in unison
hidden amid leaves
invisible but noisy
what secret taunts curse us

DAILY PHOTO: Bathing Copperhead

Taken July 2012 at the Reynolds Nature Preserve

Taken July 2012 at the Reynolds Nature Preserve

DAILY PHOTO: How Do He Move All Those Legs?

Taken in October 2012 at Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

Taken in October 2012 at Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

DAILY PHOTO: A Miracle in Each Leaf

Taken in the Summer of 2012 at Zoo Atlanta

Taken in the Summer of 2012 at Zoo Atlanta

Bonus pic

Bonus pic

The top pic reminded me of a line of poem I once scrawled: “I see a miracle in each leaf.” The little guy seems pretty fascinated anyhow.

What is he (or she–we weren’t that well acquainted) thinking?

 

DAILY PHOTO: Nazi-Free Goose-stepping

Taken in the summer of 2011 on Seurasaari Island, near Helsinki.

Taken in the summer of 2011 on Seurasaari Island, near Helsinki.

DAILY PHOTO: Isla Contoy Egret

Take in the summer of 2009.

Take in the summer of 2009.

Haiku from my daily walk

Hazy hilltop morn,
a resting hiker looks like
a granite Buddha

Chicks chirp noisily
each tremor anticipates
mamma coming home

DAILY PHOTO: Aww, your baby is hideous

Taken in October of 2012 in Lopburi, Thailand

Taken in October of 2012 in Lopburi, Thailand

DAILY PHOTO: What Part of the Hiker is This?

Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Veresegyház, Hungary

Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Veresegyház, Hungary

DAILY PHOTO: Eight-Legged Freak

Taken June 8, 2013 in Little Mulberry Park (Dacula, GA)

Taken June 8, 2013 in Little Mulberry Park (Dacula, GA)