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: Berry Season

Taken July 6, 2013 on the Arabia Mountain Trail

Taken July 6, 2013 on the Arabia Mountain Trail

DAILY PHOTO: Down the Stream

Taken July 6, 2013 on the Arabia Mountain Trail

Taken July 6, 2013 on the Arabia Mountain Trail

DAILY PHOTO: Chanterelle

Take June 29, 2013; High Falls, GA

Take June 29, 2013; High Falls, GA

DAILY PHOTO: Shells and Skulls

Taken in the summer of 2012 at Sapelo Island

Taken in the summer of 2012 at Sapelo Island

This was taken in a classroom on Sapelo Island that is used to educate field trip children about marine life. Less than 100 people live on Sapelo in a community called Hog Hammock. The children living on the island ferry to school on the mainland every morning.

DAILY PHOTO: Mountainside Vermilions

Taken in 2011 near Machu Picchu

Taken in 2011 near Machu Picchu

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)

DAILY PHOTO: Thistle Flowers are the Bee’s Knees

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

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

DAILY PHOTO: Wind-up Bird

I caught this little bird mid-hop in Beijing, ironically near the Olympic sporting venue called “the Bird’s Nest.”
Taken in Beijing in the summer of 2008 near the Olympic venues

Taken in Beijing in the summer of 2008 near the Olympic venues