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#500 – September 2025

jpallen Nature Life September 21, 2025September 21, 2025autumn, haiku, september, summer 5 Comments

Color photograph of autumn willowweed in bloom on the edge of the sidewalk with pavement in the background, it’s stems and leaves bare and dry.

flames flicker/a dance on the sidewalk’s edge/autumn willowweed

#499 – September 2025

jpallen Nature Life September 18, 2025September 18, 2025haiku, september, summer 3 Comments

Close-up color photograph of two coprinaceae at the edge of weathered straw spread over soil, rocks, and bark.

after the rain/the coprinaceae/out for a walk!

#498 – September 2025

jpallen Nature Life September 14, 2025September 14, 2025haiku, september, summer 2 Comments

An apple floating on clear water of a creek above vegetation, with some reflections of clouds.

floating calm waters/a glimpse of sprinklers in a field/ch ch ch ch

#497 – September 2025

jpallen Mountains and Waters September 11, 2025September 10, 2025haiku, september, summer 1 Comment

Color photograph of the base of a fire hydrant surrounded by grasses half in the morning sun.

morning shadow/on the river’s edge/light of the moon

#496 – September 2025

jpallen Nature Life September 7, 2025September 7, 2025haiku, september, summer 3 Comments

Color photograph of a great blue heron standing on branches exposed by the low level of the pond. The scene is reflected on the stagnant surface of the pond.

a heron stands/on ripples left/by the old pond

#495 – August 2025

jpallen Nature Life September 4, 2025September 4, 2025august, haiku, summer 1 Comment

Color photograph of a withering hosta bloom next to a gray fence post leaning over the fence rail. — August lily (Hosta Plantagenea)

fading/summer sunlight/through the window

#494 – August 2025

jpallen Nature Life August 28, 2025August 27, 2025august, haiku, summer 2 Comments

Color photograph water droplets and their shadows on the concrete edge of a fountain that is mostly wet and partially dry.

downtown plaza/water drops and shadows splash/woven conversations

#493 -August 2025

jpallen Nature Life August 24, 2025August 27, 2025august, haiku, summer 1 Comment

Close up color photograph of a maple leaf in the sunlight. On it, is the shadow of another leaf where three are course veins and the aging of summer. On the tips of the leaf are cobwebs and out of focus, in the background, the bark of the trunk.

afternoon/in light and shadow/the age of summer

#492 – August 2025

jpallen Nature Life August 21, 2025August 20, 2025august, haiku, summer 2 Comments

Coloring photograph of high cirrus clouds in the glow of the setting sun. In the clouds on the left, a plane and its contrail.

travelers…/early the setting sun/goldenrod in bloom

*Goldenrod refers to ‘Missouri Goldenrod.’ It is a Palouse prairie native plant that blooms in early and late autumn. It is beginning to bloom here on the Palouse.

Micro color photograph of a Missouri goldenrod beginning to bloom.

#491 – August 2025

jpallen Nature Life August 17, 2025August 17, 2025august, haiku, summer 3 Comments

Color photograph of Gnophaela vermiculite moths sleeping on a thistle in the early morning hours.

morning hush –the fly/on a fisherman’s line crosses/the setting moon

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