Poppy

I'm growing poppies in my garden. I've never grown them before, and they're doing so well. I love their vibrant color and wild nodding blooms. A pair of cardinals comes and visits them every day. I wonder if they're happy to see flowers with color akin to them.



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Swallowtail and Texas mountain laurel

A swallowtail butterfly and Texas mountain laurel.



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Central Park

Flowers from long ago.








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The Arnold Arboretum

Harvard's Arnold Arboretum is one of my favorite places. Here are a couple photos I took from last summer while I was in Boston.




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Azalea

Here's a photograph of an azalea taken in Texas before the winter freeze.


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El Paso Park

Here are a few more photos from winter in El Paso, Texas.

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Winter in El Paso

Here are a few photos from this winter in El Paso, Texas.






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Lizard

This sneaky lizard was spying on me as I worked in the garden today.

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I Know a Girl

I know a girl
Who’s fair and pretty
She sprinkles hashtags
Like confetti—
Blessed and grateful
Live laugh love
Her heart’s pure gold.
She’s a shimmering dove.

And I look in the mirror
At my dark hair
And at the shadows
Everywhere.
Blessed or unblessed?
Give try share
Heart on my sleeve,
Crafting castles in the air.


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The Birds

The Birds

The nightly nightmare from my window could rival the du Maurier short story and Hitchcock film.

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Fall Trees

Heavily filtered photo of autumn trees.

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Reading the Signs

I love reading the signs in various forms of artwork when I'm walking around Portland, Oregon.

Here's the beautiful "Troubled Hearts Can Heal" mural by Adam Brock Ciresi.



Another piece of art I like a lot is this neon sign with the message, "There's so much beauty it could make you cry," inside Tender Loving Empire.



The signs at WILDFANG change often. I like this message about euphoria that was up this past weekend.



I like this thoughtful quote by Angela Davis at the Blackfish Gallery: "I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change...I'm changing the things I cannot accept." When I pass it, I always pause and reflect on it.



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