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winter reflections by tom clausen

23 Tuesday Jan 2018

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

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from Carlos Castanada

All paths
are the same,
leading nowhere.
Therefore, pick
a path with heart!

 

 

leaves frozen at the surface of a pond in the Cornell Botanic Garden... each one had absorbed the sun just enough to open a bit of space around itself... 1-22-17.
leaves frozen at the surface of a pond in the Cornell Botanic Garden... each one had absorbed the sun just enough to open a bit of space around itself... 1-22-17..
Beebe Lake opening in the ice... 1-22-17
tree in a puddle...
leaves frozen at the surface of a pond in the Cornell Botanic Garden... each one had absorbed the sun just enough to open a bit of space around itself... 1-22-17
leaves frozen at the surface of a pond in the Cornell Botanic Garden... each one had absorbed the sun just enough to open a bit of space around itself... 1-22-17-
ice breaks open for reflections...
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Beebe Lake reflection through the melting ice
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tapestry by tom clausen

27 Wednesday Sep 2017

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alone…
I enjoy
being quiet

 

 

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bark pattern...
a spread of clover just right for a four leafed one...
a photo of just sky recently outside Mann Library...

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front step by tom clausen

26 Tuesday Sep 2017

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, flowers, haiku, Ithaca, leaves, nature, plants, summer, Wabi Sabi

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one leaf by tom clausen

20 Wednesday Sep 2017

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early autumn
so much to see
in one leaf

 

early autumn so much to see in one leaf

early leaves by tom clausen

15 Friday Sep 2017

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not enough
to rustle
yet…

 

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grateful by tom clausen

07 Thursday Sep 2017

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

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first day of school
a child gives
the globe a twirl

 

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hide ‘n seek by tom clausen

01 Friday Sep 2017

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hide and seek
under
an elephant ear leaf

 

hide and seek under an elephant ear leaf

life of leaves by tom clausen

29 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, autumn, close up details, haiku, Haiku Way of Life, Ithaca, lakes and rivers, landscapes, leaves, nature, paths, poems and photos, trees, Wabi Sabi

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first one leaf
then another and another
and another…

 

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something we leave by tom clausen

21 Friday Oct 2016

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this life…
always something
we leave behind

 

 

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dried out by tom clausen

07 Friday Oct 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in autumn, close up details, fields, haiku, Ithaca, leaves, nature, plants, poems and photos, summer, Wabi Sabi

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off and on
this communion
with beyond…

 

 

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