Posts filed under ‘Outdoors’
Monday in Paris #4

“I see dreams ~ ready to conquer…”
*This photo was taken from the Musee d’Orsay. On the left of the photo (behind the Hausmannian Buildings which run along the length of the photograph) is the Palais Garnier – Opera Nationale de Paris. On the right is Montmartre – home of Sacre-Coeur.*
reflections by Issi – part 2

ohhhhhhhh…………..what do we have here?
……………a straight line to where…………?
.…………..can it be my beloved……………….
….the handsome neighborhood stud muffin?
~ words by Issi as told to mommy ~
** Note from mommy: We live on the Des Plaines River Trail, which is another word for an interstate highway for all sorts of wildlife. One in particular is ‘stud muffin’, who we know to be a coyote. We see them on occasion and Issi certainly smells them. They have the coolest tracks – single file. How they manage to walk in a single file line with 4 legs/paws is amazing.
reflections by Issi – part 1

as I walk in the snow
with my mommy in tow,
she sings a song
while I sniff along………………………………..
………….to be continued….
~ words by Issi as told to mommy ~
**Isabelle is still working on this piece – this is her first installment.**
a lesson from above

there is much more to the eye
than a crystal blue sky ~
it is a powerful reminder
to be grateful
for each moment given….
to be alive.
**though we have had vortexes combined with snow, ice, wind gusts, rain, thunder, lightning, melting, flooding….all within a period of a few weeks…we have had a few sunny days with no clouds and beautifully incandescent blue skies….
the close of day

I am intrigued by sunsets ~
bewitched,
bewildered
&
frightened.
I see more than days
passing
into
nights
&
kaleidoscopes of color
swallowed
by
darkness.
I see moments approaching ~
slipping away
&
chapters ending ~
never to be lived…….
again.
the quints

strength and elegance
guardians poised to protect
a silent presence