Tag Archives: outdoors

Tree Hell [Tanka]

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pine cone wedged
 in a rotten sleeper,
  on derelict tracks,
 may become a tree
  and made into sleepers.

DAILY PHOTO: Amboseli Cranes

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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]

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

DAILY PHOTO: Valley, Boz-Salkyn

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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.

DAILY PHOTO: Dirt Road in the Laotian Countryside

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Photograph taken in the countryside near Vang Vieng, Laos, featuring: rice paddies, dirt road, clouds, and karst topography.

Vanishing [Haiku]

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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.

Mountain Blue [Haiku]

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Photograph of blue skies over a small roadside stop in the Andes between Cuzco and Puno.
mountain skies:
 fade to a blue so deep
  it chills the bones.

Wake [Haiku]

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Photograph of the Danube River as it flows through Bratislava, Slovakia. 
boat chugs upriver,
 slipping from sight, but for
  its wake's arrow.

The Quiet Hour [Senryū]

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Photograph of Patong Beach on Phuket Island in the early morning hours after sunrise.
deserted beach:
 during the brief window 
  when partier's sleep.

DAILY PHOTO: Boats Under Foul Skies

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Photograph taken in Bai Tu Long Bay in Northern Vietnam of boats, islands, and cloudy skies.