May 28, 2012 Rolling Thunder on Constitution Avenue

Rolling Thunder

memorial day

rolling thunder on

constitution avenue

A man who identified himself only as Bobby from Kentucky high-fives passing motorcyclists as they make their way down Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, May 27, 2012 during the annual Rolling Thunder ride. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times) 

May 27, 2012 Carolina Parakeets by John J. Audubon

at midnight

thunder wakes the house

a parakeet peeps

Carolina Parakeet by John J. Audubon. Public domain.

May 26, 2012 Monet - The Water Lily Pond

Monet - The water Lily Pond

geese are gone...

a different kind of silence

from the pond

May 25, 2012

in a quiet way

morning glories with

butterfly kisses

May 24, 2012 The phrase "wine dark sea" was first used in literature by Homer in the Iliad and the Odyssey

BritishMuseum |Siren Painter (eponymous vase) |Odysseus and the Sirens. Detail from an Attic red-figured stamnos, ca. 480-470 BC.

to the horizon

cast adrift...                on a

wine dark sea

May 23, 2012

greyhounds smile

why aren't they afraid

of thunder

May 22, 2012

on approach

a lightning bug circles

the bedroom

May 21, 2012

Big Boy Flyer and Fearless Frito

may shower...

muddy paw prints

in the kitchen

photo Peach

May 20, 2012

after dark...

summer rain where

spring used to be

May 19, 2012 Taos Pueblo by Ansel Adams

Taos Pueblo by Ansel Adams

weathered walls...

through an open door

to Taos Pueblo

photo Wiki Commons

May 18, 2012

somewhere the first pheasant sings

first pheasant sings...

even the north country

gets wildflowers

Photo courtesy PDPhoto.org

May 17, 2012

the smell of rain won't fall

desert dawn...

the smell of rain

won't fall

May 16, 2012 - Julie Newmar as Catwoman

Meow

'round midnight

this cat comes to

life

May 15, 2012 - The Mud Maid in The Lost Gardens of Heligan by Sue Hill and Pete Hill

The Mud Maid

at rest in

the lost gardens...

call this home

May 14, 2012

first firefly

of almost summer...

someone's BBQ

May 13, 2012 - Harlequin With Guitar by Juan Gris (1887-1927)

"Harlequin With Guitar" 1919 Juan Gris

front porch

sunlight and shadows

on the old guitar

May 12, 2012

after hours

play the blues

after hours

May 11, 2012 - Red-footed Booby on Palmyra Atoll

young boob

late spring

with baby boobs...

guano

May 10, 2012 - John James Audubon 1785-1851 Ivory-billed Woodpecker 1827

new neighbors

neighbors

work at home

hammer in the backyard

May 9, 2012 - Double Oval (1968-1970) by Henry Moore

Double Oval

on a bench

in the scupture garden...

at a loss for words