Winter Wear

Ice shrouded seed heads
are warming in the gray fog.
Glistening drip-drop.

Owen Conservation Park
Madison, Wisconsin

Silhouette Sunrise

tree branches walking
upon a shadowy earth
sunrays hide and seek

Owen Conservation Park
Madison, Wisconsin
November 1, 2007.

Red Oak Leaf

Caught in golden grass
As red oak leaf drifts to earth
Seeks freedom of wind

Photographed on November 10, 2007 at Owen Conservation Park in Madison, Wisconsin.

Monkey King Gate

Metal monkey kings
Arms curved, crowns atop their heads
Downtown protectors.

This gate was seen in downtown Indianapolis, found across the street from Monument Circle and Indiana’s State Capitol Building. I call it the monkey king gate. Can you make out the monkey’s face with it’s arms curved around his head and the crown atop his head in the center of each panel? I’m sure there is a technical name for this style of metalwork, but for this post, monkey king will do.

Indianapolis, Indiana
June 7, 2007

A Fortress Built

Man builds his fortress
Wind chisels, stone crumbles.
Eternity blinks.

This stone foundation stands, slowly crumbling, just north of Indian Lake County Park in Dane County. Photographed in early November, 2007

Oak Tree

At the forest’s edge
An acorn has taken fruit
Four leaves, an oak tree.

This fledgling oak tree found at Owens Conservation Park in Madison, Wisconsin in late October.

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