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olympic trees by tom clausen

18 Tuesday Sep 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, nature, parks, paths, poems and photos, summer, trees

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haiku, nature, olympic national park, pacific northwest, photography, photos, poetry, trees, Washington

the breeze …
a whisper
between trees

 

 

 

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hurricane ridge late lighting by tom clausen

17 Monday Sep 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, clouds, deer, haiku, hills and mountains, landscapes, nature, parks, paths, poems and photos, summer

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clouds, haiku, Hurricane Ridge, mountain goats, mountains, nature, Olympic Mountains, photography, photos, Washington

mountaintop
giving back
each breath

 

 

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la push at low tide by tom clausen

16 Sunday Sep 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, haiku, nature, ocean imagery, parks, poems and photos, sea shore, summer, water reflections

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my childhood
takes me back …
tidal pool

 

 

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frog lives by tom clausen

19 Tuesday Jun 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, frogs, haiku, Ithaca, nature, parks, poems and photos, ponds, spring, summer, water reflections

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frog pond…
one leap of faith
after another

 

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in the quiet of the evening my thoughts return to you.
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frog pond- so many leaps of faith
frog pond...
frog pond.-
frog pond-
frog twangs off and on around the little pool... 6-6-16
frog eyes just above the water line ...
frog eyes looking back...
frog floats on the surface...
frog holding on
frog in a frog pond...
frog in a small puddle pond off Pine Tree Rd...
frog in puddle off Pine Tree Rd.
frog life -
frog life today... watching and waiting
frog life
frogs sunning at the large pond at the Cornell Botanic Gardens 11-2-16..
frogs sunning at the large pond at the Cornell Botanic Gardens 11-2-16-
frogs sunning at the large pond at the Cornell Botanic Gardens 11-2-16--
frogs sunning at the large pond at the Cornell Botanic Gardens 11-2-16---
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turtle lives by tom clausen

19 Tuesday Jun 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in close up details, haiku, nature, parks, poems and photos, ponds, reflections, spring, turtles, water reflections

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old snapper
the time it takes
to surface again

 

 

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turtle time on a lily pad...
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heron watch by tom clausen

14 Thursday Jun 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in birds, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, nature, parks, poems and photos, ponds, spring, water reflections, waterfalls

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watchful waiting…
wind ruffles
the heron’s stillness

 

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Ithaca Falls with still life heron patiently waiting... 5-30-17.
Ithaca Falls with still life heron patiently waiting... 5-30-17-
Ithaca Falls with still life heron patiently waiting... 5-30-17..
Ithaca Falls with still life heron patiently waiting... 5-30-17...
Ithaca Falls with still life heron patiently waiting... 5-30-17...-
Ithaca Falls with still life heron patiently waiting... 5-30-17
heron wading in a pool off Fall Creek in Stewart Park and saw it make attempt after attempt to catch fish and perhaps it was but I could not tell for sure... 5-30-17.
heron wading in a pool off Fall Creek in Stewart Park and saw it make attempt after attempt to catch fish and perhaps it was but I could not tell for sure... 5-30-17..
heron wading in a pool off Fall Creek in Stewart Park and saw it make attempt after attempt to catch fish and perhaps it was but I could not tell for sure... 5-30-17-
heron wading in a pool off Fall Creek in Stewart Park and saw it make attempt after attempt to catch fish and perhaps it was but I could not tell for sure... 5-30-17--
Heron with fish 4-12-16 at Sapsucker Woods
Heron with fish 4-12-16
Heron with fish at Sapsucker Woods 4-12-16
heron fishing at Stewart Park- 3-23-17
Heron 4-12-16 Sapsucker Woods
Heron 4-12-16
Heron at Sapsucker Woods 4-12-16
heron fishing at Sapsucker Woods
heron fishing in a stream so focused on what it was catching that it paid no or little attention to me...Renwick Woods - Fuertes Bird Sanctuary at Stewart Park 3-23-17
heron fishing in a stream... and it was so focused on what it was catching that it paid no or little attention to me...Renwick Woods - Fuertes Bird Sanctuary at Stewart Park 3-23-17.
heron fishing in a stream... and it was so focused on what it was catching that it paid no or little attention to me...Renwick Woods - Fuertes Bird Sanctuary at Stewart Park 3-23-17
heron fishing in a stream...Renwick Woods - Fuertes Bird Sanctuary at Stewart Park 3-23-17
Heron gaze 4-12-16
heron in reflection

random realms by tom clausen

06 Wednesday Jun 2018

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

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the crowd presses
to look in-
zen garden

 

Upside down by Tom Clausen
blossoming wild
blossoming blue
daisy days
blue blossoming
whitetail dragonfly resting on a reed while clouds roam above and below...
frog twangs off and on around the little pool...
hosta leaves had such beautiful water droplets magnifying the leaf pattern-texture and showing some sun shine too... Here is a series of these rain droplets at the Cornell Botanic Garden
hosta leaves had such beautiful water droplets magnifying the leaf pattern-texture and showing some sun shine too... Here is a series of these rain droplets at the Cornell Botanic Garden
cloud chaos
sunset afterglow beauty
Big oak out behind the horse barns-tennis center off Pine Tree Rd. tonight 6-06-15--
tulip tree blossom.
tulip tree blossom..
tulip tree blossom--
tulip tree blossom.--
whitetail dragonfly from an afternoon walk today 6-05-15--
Cornell Botanic Garden bench 6-6-17-

mind reflection by tom clausen

19 Thursday Apr 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Ithaca, leaves, nature, parks, poems and photos, ponds, puddles, reflections, spring, tanka, trees, Wabi Sabi, water reflections, winter

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my wife asks
what it is I want-
there it is, that question
not even I
can answer

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Sapsucker Woods pond reflection...
Sapsucker Woods pond reflection loop...
Sapsucker Woods logged into a dream...
reflection from Sapsucker Woods boardwalk through woodland back waters. 3-27-17
reflection photo from Sapsucker Woods boardwalk through woodland back waters. 3-27-17
reflection from Sapsucker Woods boardwalk through woodland back waters. 3-27-17.
reflections at apsucker Woods main pond reflections... 3-27-17
reflection at apsucker Woods main pond reflections... 3-27-17
reflection -Sapsucker Woods main pond reflections... 3-27-17
reflection overlays of bare trees in standing water big puddles with their treasury of leaves in Sapsucker Woods 3-27-17.
reflection overlays of bare trees in standing water big puddles with their treasury of leaves in Sapsucker Woods 3-27-17..
reflection overlays of bare trees in standing water big puddles with their treasury of leaves in Sapsucker Woods 3-27-17...
reflection at Sapsucker Woods ...

spring honey by tom clausen

03 Tuesday Apr 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in bees, close up details, flowers, gardens, haiku, Ithaca, nature, parks, paths, plants, poems and photos, spring, sun

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spring in the air
so many false starts
in my heart

 

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goldfish galore by tom clausen

03 Tuesday Apr 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, haiku, Ithaca, nature, parks, poems and photos, ponds, reflections, spring, water reflections

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spring sun
good enough
right where I am

 

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