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driftwood by tom clausen

30 Tuesday May 2017

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the way
driftwood gathers
together

 

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cat tale by tom clausen

30 Tuesday May 2017

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At one time we served as a foster home for motherless kittens that had been abandoned and turned over to the SPCA. We often grew attached and would have trouble letting them go when the time was right and they were ready for adoption. ‘Squirrel’ came to our local SPCA from someone who found him and two other kittens covered in maggots next to a Dollar Store. He and his siblings were weak and a mess but little by little they took to the bottle and prospered although Squirrel was easily the most difficult of the three. My daughter and I both became very attached to Squirrels siblings, me one, my daughter the other one. When the time came to give them back we had a terrible time and decided to keep just one… and yes it was Squirrel! He had been super needy, frantic, very difficult to bottle feed and quite vocal. He is now almost six years old and a lovely cat but very skittish, private, and often hides under a bed or goes in the basement up in the rafters if there is any visitor or commotion. He has been a near totally indoor cat but this morning he sniffed the outside air at our deck door and after several scared runs back inside he actually ventured out to the top of the deck stairs until a passing truck scared him, terrified he ran back inside and that was that… but here is proof that on 5-16-15 that Squirrel did indeed venture outside…

asleep
in my lap the new kitten
I didn’t want

 

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marina by tom clausen

30 Tuesday May 2017

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in an instant
bits of childhood
return

 

 

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big clouds by tom clausen

30 Tuesday May 2017

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big clouds-
a little heartfelt
walk

 

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a cloud bank billows in the late afternoon 5-28-13
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iris by tom clausen

28 Sunday May 2017

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so many things
to have opinions on
yet as I drive along
I don’t arrive
at any of them

 

iris photos from our back yard today-5-27-16 a

night fall by tom clausen

28 Sunday May 2017

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as night falls…
dreams that remain secret
from myself

as night falls... dreams that remain secret from myself

back home by tom clausen

28 Sunday May 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, bees, close up details, flowers, gardens, haiku, Ithaca, leaves, nature, poems and photos, spring

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bees
circling
back home

bees circling back home

wildflowers on hammond hill by tom clausen

28 Sunday May 2017

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I let it stay
a petal
in my tea cup

 

 

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treman woods walk by tom clausen

27 Saturday May 2017

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a light breeze through the new leaves….

 

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adirondack montage by tom clausen

27 Saturday May 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, hills and mountains, lakes and rivers, landscapes, nature, paths, plants, poems and photos, spring, trees

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no set pace for a walk through the woods…

 

Adirondacks-A tree looking out over the lake...
Adirondack views from a year ago on a hike with my son, Casey, So many pretty views of mountains, lakes and ponds all through the Adirondacks..5-27-15
Painted Trillium - Pharaoh Lake-Mtn. Loop hike that I did with Casey exactly a year ago today-5-26-15
Bunchberry - Adirondacks- Pharaoh Mt. loop trail 5-26-15
Lady's Slipper along the Lake Pharaoh Loop trail in the Adirondacks...5-25-15
Adirondacks- A log in the lake in shadow...
Adirondacks- two leaves, low to the ground already turning in the summer
Adirondacks- A little biorama on the forest floor...
Adirondack views from a year ago on a hike with my son, Casey, So many pretty views of mountains, lakes and ponds all through the Adirondacks..5-27-15 b
Adirondacks- Pharaoh Lake- Birch logs in Grizzle's Ocean ( pond) where we spent the night on our overnight hike... 5-24-15 a
Adirondacks-Pharaoh Mtn. - A trail side pool near the end of our loop hike in the Adirondacks- 5-25-15
Lady's Slipper along the Lake Pharaoh Loop trail in the Adirondacks...5-25-15 c
Adirondacks - A log afloat with moss and some small plants on an opaque pond surface under overcast yesterday morning .
Adirondacks- Pharaoh Lake- Mtn. area which passes by many beautiful ponds, lakes, wetland marshes and streams...these photos were from Sunday night. 5-24-15
Adirondacks- Pharaoh Lake- Mtn. area which passes by many beautiful ponds, lakes, wetland marshes and streams...these photos were from Sunday night. 5-24-15 a
Adirondacks loon 5-26-15
loon in Adirondacks Grizzle's Ocean 5-26-15
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