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mt. rainier summer by tom clausen

24 Monday Sep 2018

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

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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

 

 

sheep lined up with one mind
sheep mind
sheep with their nose in their business
sheep mind
sheep salad
sheep graze together
sheep grazing in morning light

olympic trees by tom clausen

18 Tuesday Sep 2018

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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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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, flowers, haiku, Ithaca, 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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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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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

 

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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...
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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
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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

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 out back…
to look or
look away

 

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