Tiny blue butterflies, extreme tornado warnings, and being grateful for small things, especially our elder cat Bear.

Haiku, missing the sea, having hope return with our new administration, and joy in living & breathing freely once again

Super Pink Moon, Nick Drake, the immorality of killing grey wolves; and joy that Manhattan Beach, CA, is making amends.

Concern for my elder kitty, gratitude for still having him with me, and giving him the best quality of life possible.

Donut Nothing is sweeter than the togetherness we share for each other You may want to take a look at my other PhotoHaiku entries here: PhotoHaiku Compilation - 1 to 30 PhotoHaiku Entry #31 - TREES PhotoHaiku

Distant thunder growls Hinting at much-needed rain How I love the sound We've had grumbling storm clouds to our south for much of the day, but so far, not a drop of rain to my knowledge. Which is fine

If sameness was meant our universe would not have such diversity This is my fourth post in a series where all SBDs rewarded, for the next several days, will be donated to @rhondak's #tarc dog rescue, with

Rescuing a Dog One of the best things in life . . . But who rescues who? And this haiku could just have easily been called "Rescuing a Cat" . . . and been equally true. Above is a photo, taken

Bell Classic and stunning It rings like sound from heaven Pleasing to the ears You may want to take a look at my other PhotoHaiku entries here: PhotoHaiku Compilation - 1 to 30 PhotoHaiku Entry #31 - TREES

Highway People come and go Busiest in the city Always filled with dust You may want to take a look at my other PhotoHaiku entries here: PhotoHaiku Compilation - 1 to 30 PhotoHaiku Entry #31 - TREES PhotoHaiku

Lies we tell ourselves the opposite of kindness deep self-disrespect I was reminded today, following a meditation, how many times my life has gotten more complicated than it needed to simply because I

Hitching a Ride, a firefly surprised me, and then he wanted to stay I drove into Nashville earlier this evening, and just before I got off the freeway, a firefly flew onto the dashboard and started blinking

Nesting Mockingbirds taking turns bringing tidbits to their little loves In my first post about the baby mockingbirds, I could only verify that I saw two eggs, though Marek, being considerably taller,

Electricity easy to take for granted until it is gone In light of my last post, in which I photographed our unlit aquarium after the timer had doused its light for the evening, I thought it apropos to

The dining table Is host to a small fish tank Aquatic black hole Marek and I both love fish and aquatic creatures, so not surprisingly, we have several aquariums throughout our home. The one on our dining

Light is amazing and darkness is astounding I'm grateful for both This was one of those lucky shots when it just all works out. I went to get the goats in late, and when I got back to the house, in full

A young blue-tailed skink object of cats' attention I'm glad you escaped A few nights ago, I heard a minor scuffle in the kitchen, and when I went to investigate, I found both cats circling, and staring

In Luxembourg, I was truer to myself than I have ever been On 23 June 1988, thirty years ago, I was awakened from a sound sleep by cannon fire. No, it wasn't on television, or in a film. It was actual

Mockingbird flew off drawing me away from her babies in the nest Woo hoo! We have hatchlings already! I was getting ready to spray the grape vines with neem oil, when the mockingbird took off to lead me

Lovely Venus, or . . . A Coast Guard helicopter? No, no, just Venus This haiku is something of an inside joke, based on a true story from one of our sailing trips, crewing on larger boat for our friend