Palm Bark
Exeter, California
2017

Bulldog
Bozeman, Montana
2017

Flowerpot
Bozeman, Montana
2017

It’s been snowing for two days now. It is not that cold out though so the pristine look of new snow will not likely last long. This has been happening a lot in recent years so I’m trying to learn to get out and photograph it (as well as ski on it) quickly before it turns to mush.

Matters of Scale
Sequoia National Park, California
2017

I am continually fascinated by the similarity of the internal structure of tree leaves to the structure of the entire tree.

Caught in the Middle
Sequoia National Park, California
2017

“Caught between a rock and a . . . “, well, you know how that saying goes. I’d like to be able to come back in a couple thousand years to see how this giant sequoia fares in its upcoming battle for space with these two granite boulders. I’m betting on the rocks moving before the tree does.

lingering sunset;
in the rear-view mirror
a faint rainbow

Cleaning my desk today (a long overdue chore) I came across this haiku I wrote, or at least I think I wrote it. It is in my handwriting but I really don’t have any recollection of writing it or what might have inspired me to do so. I do like it, so just for today I thought I’d let the P in POTD stand for poem rather than picture. In my mind anyway, this poem creates an image I could not hope to ever capture with a camera.

Relative Size
Sequoia National Park, California
2017

They don’t call them giant sequoia’s for no reason. This one was so big it easily held the shadows of two full size fir trees nearby.

Pour Over
Sequoia National Park, California
2017

Another static hunk of root showing a surprising amount of implied movement.

Portal
Sequoia National Park, California
2017

A Sense of Motion
Sequoia National Park, California
2017

For something that grew, and is now decaying, at a glacial pace, this root structure imparts a sense of motion. It reminds me of seaweed in the ocean floating with current.