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#457 – April 2025

jpallen Nature Life April 24, 2025April 23, 2025april, haiku, spring 1 Comment

Color photograph of a tree sprouting the first leaves of spring in a pasture where the ground has sagged due to high water, old tree trunk lies in the crack extending from the base of the living tree.

a tear in the fabric/old bones revealed/first leaves of spring

#456 – April. 2025

jpallen Nature Life April 20, 2025April 20, 2025april, haiku, spring 1 Comment

Color photograph of a fern growing in the shape of a chalice and flame in a patch of moss. — Western swordfern (Polystichum munitum) & Star moss (Syntrichia ruralis)

aflame/in shadow –moss drifts/stone stone

#455 – April 2025

jpallen Nature Life April 17, 2025April 16, 2025april, haiku, spring 1 Comment

Color photograph taken through the branches of a willow tree in the spring with catkins and freshly sprouting leaves over the calm waters of a wide creek that is reflecting a blue sky. — Golden weeping willow (Salix alba)

splash!/the willow in a blue sky/without a ripple

#454 – April 2025

jpallen Nature Life April 13, 2025April 14, 2025april, haiku, spring 2 Comments

Dewdrop on the green leaves and a yellow bloom of a yellow avalanche lily at the base of a damp log. — Glacial Lily (Erythronium grandiflorum)

higher up/the mountain walking/more and more lilies!

#453 – April 2025

jpallen Nature Life April 10, 2025April 9, 2025april, haiku, spring 10 Comments

Color photograph of Steptoe Butte and the Palouse littered with shadows from passing clouds in early spring. — Steptoe Butte (photo taken from Kamiak Butte)

Knock knock/the woodpecker/patches of green

#452 – April 2025

jpallen Nature Life April 6, 2025April 8, 2025april, haiku, spring 1 Comment

Color photograph of water running in a culvert with duckweed in the Clearwater below a pocket of foam. — Duckweed (Lemna minor)

walking by/the water treatment plant/… a spring shower

#451 – April 2025

jpallen Nature Life April 3, 2025April 3, 2025april, haiku, spring, winter 2 Comments

lazily roaming/an empty field/spring clouds

#450 – March 2025

jpallen Nature Life March 30, 2025March 30, 2025haiku, march, spring 3 Comments

Photograph of dry tall grasses, bent over in spring runoff in the morning sun with shadows of tree branches, and a barbwire fence on the right side of the photograph.

flickering…/the flame of bare grasses/in morning breeze

#449 – March 2025

jpallen Nature Life March 27, 2025March 27, 2025haiku, march, spring 3 Comments

black-and-white photograph of a small piece of weathered high desert wood circling, with one open end, a basalt rock laying on a mix of dirt and stone in the midday sun.

Stone trees high above/the Columbia river/a new moon weaving

#448 – March 2025

jpallen Nature Life March 23, 2025March 22, 2025haiku, march, spring 1 Comment

Portrait photograph with wispy clouds rising from thick clouds into a deep blue sky

play in late snow/purple and orange/the crocus blooms!

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