Orange Ornament

 

These paper pages, flat and white,

stacked with fine blue lines,

are hungry for words,

fervent for verses.

So I walk along the path,

or make my own way,

searching for opportunities,

exploring the possibilities.

My photographer's eye

supports my poet's sentiment,

and a close-up lens

enhances the effect.

So I peer into this flower's

inflorescence,

a common Orange Daylily,

an orange ornament,

an instrument trumpeting

from this roadside orchestra.

© 2022 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Home Road - Cannonsburg, Michigan

Next Spring

 

How did you get to be seventy four?

You retired with some goals in mind,

and some of them were achieved.

What to do with all this

time

on your hands?

Embrace it.

Pursuing your passions:

Writing. Reading. Running. Nature Photography.

Spend your time outdoors.

Bring the outdoors inside

your poetry.

Next spring,

plant some trees and shrubs

that will outlive you.

© 2021 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. Home Woods

2. Moab, Utah

3. Home Garden

Gifts of Aspen

In my writing  and photography,
I try to create a fresh look
at common things.

To approach each day
with eager anticipation 
for the gifts 
we are about to receive
from thy bounty. 

© 2019 Richard Havenga

You may also enjoy the "gifts" in this post: "Opportunity"  ~ February, 2015
Photo Locations:

1. Ohio Creek - Wet Elk Wilderness Area - Colorado

2. Silverton, Colorado

3. Grand Mesa National Forest - Colorado

Ice Storm - The Close View

As you walk with Father Nature, may these photographs speak to you:

Click on any photo to enlarge.

Thank you for joining me on this brief walk.

These photographs represent my impressions of the first day of our three-day ice storm.
The final photo displays the layers after three days of ice accumulation.




1. Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)

2. Swamp Grass

3. Austrian Pine (Pinus nigra)

4. Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnomomea)

5. Red-osier Dogwood / Red-stemmed Dogwood (Cornus stolonifera)

6. Barbed Wire (Barbus spiralis)

7. Flowering Crabapple (Malus sp.)

8. Seeds of Grass

9. Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)

10. American Basswood (Tilia americana)





Photo Locations:

Home Land & McCarthy Lake - Cannonsburg, Michigan