Morning Zoom Shots From the Balcony

I can be lazy, sitting on the balcony with a cup of coffee and still get close up shots of life going on below, thanks to the zoom feature on my camera.  Life is good.

In Lieu of Photos, Here's Haiku

My camera battery died, my mistake.    Lacking photos to show, I wrote verse instead.

In a nice lounge chair
I watch the waves washing in.
Never, ever done.

The sky once clear blue
Hides behind puffy white clouds
Yet peeks out, see it?

A swim early morn,
Then breakfast and a long stroll
Earn me some down time.

I came upon friends
On the beach from times gone by.
We stopped to catch up.

In my chair I read
And work on crossword puzzles,
Finally, I write.
,
I write some"haiku."
First and third lines each contain
Just five syllables.

The second line must hold
Seven syllables, it's true.
That's the rule, you see?

I think of something
And gather the words I need
To express myself.

It's easy to do.
Just remember to count them.
Syllables matter.

To master "haiku"
Grand eloquence just won't do.
Choose words carefully.


Haiku is a type of verse that consists of three lines as described above.  It's actually not all that easy although practicing helps.  After getting the rhythm, it moves right along.  (I bet I looked funny, counting on my fingers this afternoon on the beach as I wrote!)

 

Monday Afternoon on the Beach

The people and feathered fellows in these photos are in no way related to me.  They all just happened to be in the right place at the right time for me to capture what they were doing.  

Morning Coffee With A View

Morning coffee with a view,

  

 

...followed by a hearty breakfast.

Ahh...

A beach,

chairs,

a good book, paper and pen and a crossword puzzle book

make me very, very happy.

 

No Photos, No Nothing Much

It's Thursday and it's 12:15.  I'm at work (don't say a word about that, okay?) and I'm just trying to make it through the day. 

I have no relevant picture to post and no tale to tell.  I just need to be doing something other than working!!  Does that ever happen to you?

Wait a minute.  I may have a photo in my archives after all.  Hang on.  I'll go see.

Shucks, I can't easily access my stockpile on this computer.  And darn it all, there's work to do.  I hate when that happens on the job!

Bye.   

Oh No, A March Snow!

It's March.  Snow is in the forecast.   

At 1:30 on Friday, I looked out my patio door. 

At 2:15, I looked again.



The sky wept big white, wet teardrops. 



By nightfall, I was crying too as I took one last look and pulled the window blind down. 

Earlier in the afternoon, I snapped this...

...and this...

...and this...

...and a female and male cardinal and...

...Mr. Squirrel as dismayed as me and...

...this and...

...a snowed-in birdhouse and...

...a feeder full of hungry, not angry, birds and...

...the chili I made to comfort me and mine.

Comforting too is the fact that it'll all be gone very, very soon.  That goes for the chili and the snow!

Comfort #3:  The photos of the snow are a pleasant sight to see and they won't go away.