Cool Grass, Crazy Mutt

Trouble wallowing in the cool grass at de Koevend Park in Centennial, CO

Action Dog®

Action Dog® in Thrilling 5-Shot Action Sequence®!

Ready.

newborn …

… a budding red maple (I think) in the forest at my university.

surrounded …

… leaves in a trunk felled by logging in the forest at my university.

faces …

… on a log in the forest at my university.

Here Comes the Sun: Australian Cattle Dog and a Moment of Zen

Trouble the Blue Heeler enjoys the morning sun

Goofy: Australian Cattle Dog

This is Trouble. He’s very happy at the moment.

Australian Cattle Dog rolling in the grass

bubbles, tiny bubbles …

… well, drops, actually, not bubbles.

moss …

… a patch about two inches in diameter on a rock in Deerfield, New Hampshire, USA.

the underside …

… of the bark of an old, crumbling birch tree. This is an area about two inches across.

a hidden pearl …

Art & Architecture: Denver Art Museum

Denver Art Museum

Green Art: Denver Art Museum

Denver Art Museum

Angular: Denver Art Museum

Denver Art Museum

wet …

… at a friend’s house in Deerfield, New Hampshire.

As to Be in Plain Sight, v2: Denver Art Museum

As to Be in Plain Sight: Denver Art Museum

after the rain …

… early this morning outside the front door of a friend’s home.

woodland lava …

… well, no, of course. Bark.

promise & fulfillment.

when I was in elementary school in Colorado, I was introduced to the idea of a state flower. ours is the Columbine, I was told. being an Army brat, I had never “owned” something from a place I lived. never had something to identify with. and now here, on one spring day, I was given a flower as my own, as a way to know myself.

convolutions …

… in a debarked log in the forest at my university.