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christmas day by tom clausen

26 Monday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, hills and mountains, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, snow, Wabi Sabi, water reflections, waterfalls, winter

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Christmas day
the sun shows up
new snow

 

speaking softly
snow collects
on her windowsill

 

so many changes…
winter wind through
bare trees

 

 

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the moon by tom clausen

15 Thursday Dec 2016

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the moon-
I’ll get back to myself
someday

 

 

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waves-and-time-working-on-anothe-stranded-beaver-felled-tree-from-somewhere-upstream-that-has-landed-upright-on-the-shore-line-at-stewart-park
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broadband-reflections-across-my-mind
all-the-time-begining-and-ending-the-universe
cayuga-lake-the-curtains-of-the-willows
life-as-we-know-it-a-walk-in-the-park-some-days
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geese and gulls by tom clausen

15 Thursday Dec 2016

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the real work…
just to be
and fit in…

 

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fitting-in
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tree tops by tom clausen

13 Tuesday Dec 2016

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a little backwater pool
to walk right up to
the tree tops…

 

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earthy patterns by tom clausen

13 Tuesday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, ponds, summer, Wabi Sabi, water reflections

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waiting…
for rain
and love

 

 

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closed in by tom clausen

11 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, close up details, fields, flowers, haiku, landscapes, nature, plants, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi

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closed in
to hold what was
itself

 

 

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little universe by tom clausen

11 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, flowers, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, plants, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi

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the universe
of my thoughts
contracting

 

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red berry galaxy by tom clausen

11 Sunday Dec 2016

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alone in the waiting room
checking the plant
for reality

 

 

red-berry-galaxy

along the amazon by tom clausen

11 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in butterflies, close up details, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, Peru, plants, poems and photos, trees, water reflections

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tracks in the snow by tom clausen

11 Sunday Dec 2016

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just a dusting..
headlights of the freight
move through

 

 

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