september

#600 – September 2026

jpallen Nature Life September 17, 2026September 16, 2026haiku, photograph, september, summer 1 Comment

Color photograph of a concave rock empty of water, in the shallow concave is a leaf brilliant orange/brown dying.

fallen/too soon for autumn/held by an open hand

#599 – September 2026

jpallen Haibun September 13, 2026September 16, 2026haiku, photography, september, summer 2 Comments

Morning Stillness

I went for a walk early this morning. My first early morning walk in quite a long time, and I have missed them.

I headed out in the twilight, looking forward to what I had always thought of as a quiet time.

What I noticed this morning was that within this quiet time, there was a bit of action. Each time I turned my gaze toward the sky, there was a different view of the clouds — a different shape, a different color.

Bare hills of the Palouse after harvest surrounded me as cars passed by. At the nursery, a semi truck was running its engine. And in a large bush, the magpies were making quite a commotion.

And yet, within, a stillness.

color photograph of a creek meandering through grasses, flowing from the top to the bottom of the photograph with fog from a field rolling over the creek. There are a few pine needles from the tree out of focus in the upper left.

scent of morning fog/rolls off the field –chirp/of a dark-eyed junco

#598 – September 2026

jpallen Haiga September 10, 2026September 9, 2026haiku, photograph, september, summer 2 Comments

color photograph of a wide slow flowing creek at the edge of a small Falls. A great blue heron stretches out his neck and its wings as a walks along the edge of the falls the fall run horizontal, and the view of the heron is from the side

edge of the bike path/a growing shadow/sound of the bell

#597 – September 2026

jpallen Haiga September 6, 2026September 6, 2026haiku, photograph, september, summer 2 Comments

Color photograph of a lone Kokanee in the shallow waters returning to spawn

an ache in each step/Return to shallow waters—/fresh snow on the peaks

Photo: A Kokanee returns to spawn in the shallow waters of the Wallowa River.
September 3, 2026

#596 – September 2026

jpallen Haibun September 3, 2026September 13, 2026haiku, photography, prose, september, summer 4 Comments

When driving home in the early evening from Moscow to Pullman, I prefer to take the airport road. It is a slower drive than the main highway. I take my time driving the 35 mph speed limit with the local airport on one side and the Palouse hills on the other. This evening while coming around a corner, I saw her appear in the review mirror bathed in light and shadow. Arriving home, I grabbed my binoculars and tripod to get a closer look. From the driveway, I gazed at the filtered light on her surface. In the silence, I wondered why no one was out looking at this celestial wonder when from the darkness came a neighbor’s voice, “Beautiful, isn’t it?“

Color photograph of an eclipse of the moon, the moon shadow is red shading most of the moon. The photo is taken through binoculars with on side curved to black, the other fades to black. There are a few stars and the silhouette of the tip of a pine tree.

who stands between/from the moon's point of view/eclipse of the sun

#502 – September 2025

jpallen Nature Life September 28, 2025September 28, 2025autumn, haiku, september 1 Comment

Close up color photograph of a rock with a Maple seed sitting on a patch of moss surrounded by more patches of moss and patches lichen.

wind travelers/in the shade of her branches/gather on stone

#501 – September 2025

jpallen Nature Life September 25, 2025September 24, 2025autumn, haiku, september 5 Comments

I began this journey when I posted my first blog post on January 5, 2020. Last week I posted my 500th post. I am grateful for the encouragement and support I’ve received. Thank you to all who have wandered through these pages, those who have briefly stopped by and to those who continue to wander through.