Doctor HP Flowers

No Easter Egg

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Bass fishing ain’t no Easter Egg hunt,
Mind you.
No white pink-eyed bunny
Lounging in a wicker basket
Lined with fake green grass.

No, it’s kick ass.
Mortal combat
Mano-a-fisho
Destination skillet.

I chanst upon this drama
Easter Sunday morn.
Eight pounds of fury
Eight tons of joy and delight
Hoisting this prize in triumph.

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Stone Mountain Park
DeKalb County, Ga.
Sunday 4 April 2010



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A Message from the Sower

     My father planted a vegetable garden each year, a real necessity in those days for country folk of modest means.  And, he seemed compelled to expand its borders each year making it bigger and bigger exceeding the plot shown above several times over.  (Or so it seemed to me.)  "Why does he keep doing this," questioned the voice of disbelief from my adolescent sense of rationality.  With each annual growth ring I could see my play time shrinking below reasonable levels.  In fairness to him, even though certain tasks like potato planting or pole bean staking required additional hands, he seldom insisted that I forego play for garden chores.  Which, of course, was fine with me at the time.  Over the years, however, when confronted by reminders like this gardener, I feel a nagging twinge of guilt admitting that I fell short and could have helped him a lot more with little sacrifice.  A permanent message from the sower.








© d080423-019  Gardner with Buttercups
  Overton County, Tennessee
  Wednesday 23 April 2008

Above:  Vincent Van Gogh,  Sower with Setting Sun,  1888.


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The Contested Crappie

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     That's Tony relaxing on the left.  He looks happy and self satisfied.  That's Tony on the right too, showing off the 'contested crappie'.  (The only catch of the morning thus far.)  Now, notice Lonnie in the background watching these proceedings very closely.  For the picture Tony asserts ownership.  Not so, objects Lonnie emphatically; I caught it.  Tony claims to have given up the spot where the fish was caught.  Lonnie claims to have used his own rod to reel in the prize, location notwithstanding.  It might take the wisdom of Solomon to parse this dispute.  One thing for sure, the Native Azalea below is uncontested.

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Stone Mountain Park
DeKalb County, Georgia
Sunday 6 April 2008

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Say "Cheese"

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Those personal moments
Unaltered
Box brownie to digital SLP

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Stone Mountain Park
DeKalb County, Georgia

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Little Slice of Heaven

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Fifty degrees brisk
Tickles my nose
Till I sneeze.
Upside down squirrels watch
And groan strangely.
Crows land nearby
Curious about my calls.
The Sun and bright colors
Slow the morning walk.

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Stone Mountain Park
DeKalb County, Georgia
Friday 9 November 2007

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...ahh, college days

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Finish the English paper
Read a little Dostoevsky
Work on the problem set
Listen to some tunes
Toss the frisbee
Order a pizza
Pay the rent (maybe next week)
Take in a flick
See if she wants to go to the party
Do some laundry (maybe next month)
Pick up a six-pack
And, some onion dip
Maybe some z's
Maybe some z's
Maybe some z's

    

© r0267-23 Student with Bike
  Athens, Georgia
  Clarke County
  Monday 2 January 1989

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Pull for the fish

     Usually I pull for the fish.  But, his determination, sense of purpose, bling, flair, and joie de vie inspired me to wish him a day full of peace and a bucket full of good luck. 

    

© d070623-012  Fisherman with Umbrella
  Stone Mountain Park
  DeKalb County, Georgia
  Saturday 23 June 2007

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Be Right Back...

     I'm off,  … to my 9:30 am computer-generated appointment at the Regional Social Security Administration office for my compulsive enrollment in Medicare Part A and voluntary enrollment in Part B and prescription drug benefit plan Part D.  I'm instructed to bring: (1) a certified copy of my birth certificate with official stamp; (2) two picture ID's; (3) my divorce papers which I couldn't find if I had to because they're somewhere down in Starke, Florida in the Alachua County court house which probably burned down since then; (4) my US Army active duty separation papers form DD 214; (5) W-2 forms for the last two years; and, (6) the last two paycheck stubs if I happen to be employed, that is.  All of this is most unsettling for now. It's an uneasy state of affairs that's sure to pass.  (Oops! Never say 'pass' in front of a Medicare recipient.)

© 0285-24 Chair With Geranium
  New Hope, Virginia
  Augusta County
  Friday 2 June 2007

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Munchkins

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Innocent
And precious
Munchkins in Spring.

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Stone Mountain Park
DeKalb County, Georgia
Saturday 31 March 2007

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Bad Hair Day

     Last week I loaded the phrase 'bad hair day' into Google and pulled the trigger.  A shot heard 'round the world.  To my amusement cyberspace is permeated with blogs, businesses, and blather devoted exclusively to the subject like the cosmic microwave buzz from the grandest shot of all. Anecdotes, criticisms, pictures, self discovery, aftermarket headbands and clippers, and more counseling.  So I waded thru my resources and found this photo, my personal contribution to the nether.  By the way, Weird Al Yankovick has a few bad hair days too.

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© 1138-11 Dry Grass by Rock
  Tellico River Road
  Monroe County, Tennessee
  Saturday 4 November 2000

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