Buckeye Photo Gallery #1

It has been quite some time since some of my photography has been posted.  Here are some camera captures from the past few months.  Enjoy a Buckeye journey with  filled with images from spring, autumn, and winter.

Sometime in April, 2024, these photos were taken at Walnut Woods Metro Park, which is a short drive from my home.  On the left, Walnut Creek peacefully flows along a boundary of the park.  On the right, an unidentified bird enjoys a quiet moment surveying the landscape below.

My camera accompanied me on a neighborhood walk in October, 2024.  The tree-lined boulevard welcomes visitors with brilliant autumn colors.  A pair of ravens perched rooftop captured my attention.  They pretty much ignored my presence.

Recently, my wife and I were dog sitting for our oldest daughter and her family while they were traveling.  The date was December 29, and we experienced very unusual weather for this time of the year.  A thunderstorm arrived, followed by warming inspiration from the sun, and we captured this nearly full rainbow from the backyard patio.

New Year’s winter comeback as photographed from our home’s deck (January 3, 2025).  

While putting this gallery together, it seemed appropriate to allow God’s Word to have the final thought.  From Psalm 96:11-12:

“Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar and all that fills it; let the field exult and everything in it.  Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy.”

 

Precious Experiences (Haiku Series #290)

Invitation

Dawn’s welcoming sign

Sunrise offers daily grace—

Unforgettable

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Resplendent

 Morning showers fade

Rainbow’s vividness appears—

Testament of peace

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Breathtaking

Evening’s curtain drops

Serenity’s sunset glows—

Time’s faithful footnote

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Morning’s Gentle Spirit

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Gray, overcast skies

Precious rain descends

Morning’s gentle spirit

Welcome back dear friend

 

Time’s hands standing still

Serenity shares

Fine mist of heaven’s grace

View from kitchen chair

 

Songbirds’ harmony

Nearby thicket sings

Always perfect pitch

Soft feather’s bowstring

 

Everlasting gift

Calm shower transcends

Sweetness cascading down

Thank you dearest friend

 

Grateful for this day

Filled with freshest hope

Morning calls, “Come again”

Now, down periscope

 

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Autumn’s Rainbow

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Autumn’s faithful gateway

Crisp mornings rolling out

Season’s changing screenplay

Brilliant colors now shout

 

Kaleidoscope of tints

Autumn’s happy exchange

Day’s colorful blueprint

Fallen leaves to arrange

 

Summer’s heat fades away

Winter patiently parks

Autumn’s vibrant bouquet

Each color-filled trademark

 

More gentle days ahead

How quickly they will go

Each vivid, glossy spread

Autumn’s colored chateau

 

Few more colors glowing

Nature quiets her pace

Autumn’s rainbow slowing

Full of Creator’s grace

 

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Morning’s Rainbow

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Someplace beyond morning’s rainbow

Hidden behind radiant sun

Residing in distant chateau

Tomorrow’s dreams forever spun

 

Clouds pushed aside for open door

Daily invitation calls out

Stirring every eagle to soar

Higher and higher, sky’s lookout

 

Opportunity always waits

Passage to high heavens above

Flying over more open gates

Treasured gifts, overflowing love

 

Visions transforming into night

Moonlight shining, fully ablaze

Dancing stars, filled with neon lights

Darkness anxious for sunny rays

 

Rain shadows early daylight’s peace

Sunrise waiting, shrouded in clouds

Rising colors, set to release

Morning’s rainbow, sweetness endowed

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