posts of either short poems or photos or both combined

sheep mind by tom clausen

21 Friday Sep 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, fields, poems and photos

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in line
grazing together
sheep mind

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

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

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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haiku, nature, oceans, olympic national park, photography, photos, poetry, sea shore, tidal pools, Washington

my childhood
takes me back …
tidal pool

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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frogs, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poetry, ponds, spring, summer

frog pond…
one leap of faith
after another

in the quiet of the evening my thoughts return to you.

frog twangs off and on around the little pool... 6-6-16

frog in a small puddle pond off Pine Tree Rd...

frogs sunning at the large pond at the Cornell Botanic Gardens 11-2-16..

turtle lives by tom clausen

19 Tuesday Jun 2018

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

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haiku, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, ponds, reflections, spring, turtles

old snapper
the time it takes
to surface again

color therapy by tom clausen

15 Friday Jun 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, gardens, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, plants, poems and photos, spring, tanka

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blossoms, color, flowers, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, spring, tanka

asked to arrange
the flowers in a vase
I put them in any which way-
so glad there are some things
which can’t go wrong

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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fishing, haiku, herons, nature, photography, photos, poetry

watchful waiting…
wind ruffles
the heron’s stillness

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 with fish 4-12-16 at Sapsucker Woods

Heron with fish at Sapsucker Woods 4-12-16

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...Renwick Woods - Fuertes Bird Sanctuary at Stewart Park 3-23-17

deer lives by tom clausen

13 Wednesday Jun 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in deer, fields, haiku, Ithaca, landscapes, nature, poems and photos, spring

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deer, haiku, nature, photography, photos, poems, spring

deer out back…
to look or
look away

surf line by tom clausen

11 Monday Jun 2018

Posted by Tom Clausen in birds, clouds, haiku, nature, ocean imagery, poems and photos, sunsets, water reflections

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haiku, nature, ocean, photography, photos, poems, shoreline, sunsets, surf

back and forth
the shimmering life
at the tide line…

gulls in sunset surf at Roger Wheeler Park- Rhode Island

Rhode Island sunrise on the beach by Anchor Motel...

seaside at Roger Wheeler State Beach- Rhode Island-

Rhode Island time it takes to find a peace of mind somewhere...

seaside surf line at Rhode Island -Roger Wheeler Beach...

walking the surf line in Rhode Island...

Roger Wheeler State Beach near Point Judith Lighthouse 5-20-15.

sunset afterglow at Roger Wheeler State Beach near Point Judith Lighthouse 5-20-15

fishing boat in the Narragansett area in Rhode Island from a visit at this time of year in 2015 ...

surf line -Scarborough Beach, Rhode Island... May 2015 -

fog was almost dripping in Galilee ... Rhode Island

chain dripping a thick fog which made for a great atmosphere to explore the docks of Point Judith-Galilee 5-31-15

sunset gold just before night takes it away...

ebbing light scenes along the surf-tide line at Roger Wheeler State Beach- 5-20-15

Berta leaving tracks in the Rhode Island beach sand strolling along listening to waves and shorebirds and nothingness...5-20-15...

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sheep mind by tom clausen

olympic trees by tom clausen

hurricane ridge late lighting by tom clausen

la push at low tide by tom clausen

frog lives by tom clausen

turtle lives by tom clausen

color therapy by tom clausen

heron watch by tom clausen

deer lives by tom clausen

surf line by tom clausen