Grazing Deer [Senryū]

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

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: Valley, Boz-Salkyn

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.

Vanishing [Haiku]

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.

PROMPT: Best Thing

Daily writing prompt
Which is the best thing to do in your city?

I’m fond of the hiking trails.

DAILY PHOTO: Lake Hartwell

Photograph of a little Island in Lake Hartwell.
Photograph of blue sky over Lake Hartwell. Taken in Georgia.

DAILY PHOTO: Autumn Forest

Photograph taken in Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Photograph taken in Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
Photograph taken in Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

Blue Sky [Haiku]

Photograph of bare trees and blue sky taken on the Sawnee Mountain Trail in North Georgia, near Cumming.
blue sky
seen through bare limbs;
when will Spring arrive?

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from the Indian Seats, Sawnee Mtn. Trail

Photograph of Indian Seats at Sawnee Mountain near Cumming, Georgia.
Photograph of the view from Indian Seats on Sawnee Mountain, near Cumming, Georgia.
Photograph taken on the Indian Seats at Sawnee Mountain near Cumming, Georgia.