Chrip

"...Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise..."

~the Beatles

My morning commute

Deep Blue

Hurry tree, hurry

The snow has finally melted,
the grass is starting to green,
Robins are hopping and mourning doves coo
I hear the laughter of children outside again
and the honks of geese are fading
I stop and notice that the trees are budding,
hurry tree, hurry
bring your blooms for Spring
and your leaves
for Summer
I notice a neighbor's daffodils
waking from their winter slumber
and look forward to the tulips
hurry Earth, hurry
bring your blooms for Spring
and your leaves
for Summer

My morning commute

This was the scene between Charter Oak and Dunlap, along HWY L59 this week. Eat your hearts out, big city dwellers

Fall in Iowa

Americana

All American

Dug out some pictures from back in 06 and had some fun in Photoshop with them. I think I've managed to capture some of the Western Modern aesthetic of my native Phoenix in the 60's and early 70's with the kitsch color combination of turquoise and rust. Artists like Paul Coze’ and magazines like Arizona Highways really established a palette that penetrated the psyches of anyone who grew up in the Southwest when I did.

Foggy Bottom

Wildflowers

February road

more morning frost

See all 23 of these images, download them to use as wallpaper or a screensaver.
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Wintery Morn

It was about 2ºF this morning when I took these. I don't know which I was more worried about, my camera or my hands. Brrr. Why isn't that bird in the second one somewhere South?

Foggy Iowa morning, after a frost

Wild Weekend

Some mornings it pays to get up early. We went to ca family reunion camp out this weekend and stayed at St. Thomas Moore catholic Youth camp near Guthrie Center. No one got much sleep. I couldn't sleep anymore and went for a walk around 7 this morning. What a blessing. Not just some time alone and a chance to pray and meditate, but just look at some of the things I got so see. Someday, I'll capture one of those blue herons up close or in flight, but on the dock turned out pretty neat. Why is it that when you're in a vehicle, deer are so stupid that they either stand still or jump out in front of you, but on a walk, they can sense a very move you make and are always running away? Anyway, beautiful stuff- I thought.

Summer's last hurrah

Macro flowers are something I enjoy so much, I hope that they haven't started to become a cliche. Two things I've never had much luck with are animals and landscapes, but it was such a beautiful day, I had to give it a try.

JulyIowa

Southwest corner of the county

The Jordan Township Cemetery, the Huff Warner Missouri River Access, and some of the Loess Hills Wildlife Area.

Down by the riverside

These were taken at the Decatur Bend Oxbow along the Missouri river. The one that got away this time was a beautiful blue heron, but hey, the ladybug almost makes up for it. I understand that Decatur Bend is a great spot for watching bald eagles in the Fall and Spring. They must all be up in Alaska during the summer heat.