11 December 2023

Essex Minutes

John J. Donovan Reservation, Essex Greenbelt, Massachusetts

Wonderful to come to Essex and spend hours ambling across the rolling woods and meadows.
  The autumn vibrates through the maze of tree crowns,
     in the sparkles of sunlight and the rustles of browns, in the living shadows.

   A hawk is up in the blue, watching...  

Essex Greenbelt: ... autumn...

Essex Greenbelt: ... vibrates...

Essex Greenbelt: ... through the maze of tree crowns...

Essex Greenbelt: ... in the sparkles of sunlight...

Essex Greenbelt: ... and the rustles of browns...

Essex Greenbelt: ... in the ambles...

Essex Greenbelt: ... through the woods...

Essex Greenbelt: ... where just a touch...

Essex Greenbelt: ... makes the whole world...

Essex Greenbelt: ... dance...

Essex Greenbelt: ... where those close to the earth keep their green living...

Essex Greenbelt: ... while others turn to crimsons...

Essex Greenbelt: ... and assume the kingsley posture...

Essex Greenbelt: ... of pastoral spirits...

Essex Greenbelt: ... a hawk is watching...

Essex Greenbelt: ... and the living shadow waves back...


06 December 2023

Silvery Autumn

Essex Greenbelt, Massachusetts

 Coming close to the water and reeds are here,
    with their silvery plumes,
     reflecting sparkles of sunlight, and swaying in the rhythm of late autumn.

   The whole place is dancing... 

Essex Greenbelt: ... coming close to the water...

Essex Greenbelt: ... and the reeds are here...

Essex Greenbelt: ... with their silvery plumes...

Essex Greenbelt: ... swaying...

Essex Greenbelt: ... in the rhythm of late autumn...

Essex Greenbelt: ... the whole place is dancing...


30 November 2023

Pamet North

 North Pamet Trails, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts

... and then the pathway vanishes,
       in grasses up to my waist,
         but there is still a belief that it is HERE, so I follow.
 
    The grasses are on my way and I am on theirs, trespassing.
      This bee does not seem to mind...

Cape Cod NS: ... following the sparkles...

Cape Cod NS: ... with hellos from the ground...

Cape Cod NS: ... where pitch pines and scrub oaks know the rules...

Cape Cod NS: ... grasses are on my way, and I feel like a trespasser...

Cape Cod NS: ... this bee does not mind...

Cape Cod NS: ... amidst shining yellows...

Cape Cod NS: ... the path shows up...

Cape Cod NS: ... ascending...

Cape Cod NS: ... and then the views open up...

Cape Cod NS: ... in the silence of roaring waves...

Cape Cod NS: ... gently touching...

Cape Cod NS: ... and leaving the marks...

Cape Cod NS: ... of the wind and the ocean...

Cape Cod NS: ... and waiting...

Cape Cod NS: ... on the other side of life...

Cape Cod NS: ... where being alone connects and inspires...

 

23 November 2023

Body and Soul

Dune Trails, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts

 The glacial and marine journal of Cape Cod opens up its body and soul on these sand dunes.
  Softly rolling, ever-changing,
    where the power of sea and wind creates the dynamics of being and passing,

      and staying, remote and unbroken... 

Cape Cod NS: ... sand dunes...

Cape Cod NS: ... a body and soul of the glacial and marine journal...

Cape Cod NS: ... where each step makes a mark...

Cape Cod NS: ... and each view waits...

Cape Cod NS: ... for a moment...

Cape Cod NS: ... in this playhouse...

Cape Cod NS: ... where wind has the last word...

Cape Cod NS: ... and sand obeys...

Cape Cod NS: ... sweeps...

Cape Cod NS: ... ovals...

Cape Cod NS: ... in dynamics...

Cape Cod NS: ... of being...


Cape Cod NS: ... passing...

Cape Cod NS: ... and staying, remote and unbroken...


14 November 2023

Hello There

Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts

This group of seals has decided to take a rest at the exit point from dunes,
  where there is a good chance to meet humans.
   Why HERE ?... 

They see us right away, and it feels as if they know us. But do they trust us ?
 There is an exchange of views, in some kind of wonderland, 

   to remember... 

Cape Cod NS : ... this group of seals has decided to take a rest...

Cape Cod NS : ... they see us right away...

Cape Cod NS : ... and it feels as if they know us...

Cape Cod NS : ... but do they trust us ?...

Cape Cod NS : ... an exchange of views...

Cape Cod NS : ... in some kind of wonderland...

Cape Cod NS : ... to remember...