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Flowers, Acrostic Poems, & a Giant Pink Flamingo

6/30/2017

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Dog Walk Discoveries (April to June, 2017)

​In early spring, glimpses of blue...
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The statue and the stump have the same attitude.

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Some pictures make it very tempting to play with all those filters
that are so readily available on our computers and phones. 
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Lucky for me it's an easy walk to get to this path in the woods. 

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​Sidewalk acrostic poems! Danae, I totally believe that you are delightful, awesome, nice, and elegant. Destiny, I'm sure you are delightful as well and I'm hoping you will finish your poem!


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Batmobile!
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That is one big pink flamingo.
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Finally got a shot of this monkey! (Or whatever it is!)
For almost a year, every time I've walked by there's been a tall van parked in front of it. 
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​I know this is hard to make out, but there's a black spiky light fixture next to blackened flower pots and dead flowers. Makes me think of a Tim Burton movie. 

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This has got to be an optical illusion, right? Or else:

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile.
He found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile.
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
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A birthday tree! I had never seen one of these fun tree wraps before, 
but my son told me he's seen them in Cedar Rapids (Iowa).
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Cool shadows
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Curious...
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Tie some netting onto a wheel and you've got yourself a bird feeder.
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A river of mulberries, flowing down to the street. One of my earliest memories is helping my mom spread a sheet beneath a mulberry tree and gently shaking the branches so the ripe mulberries would drop down.  

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4 Comments
Karen Henry Clark link
7/20/2017 10:09:28 am

Truly great pictures of the extraordinary things surrounding us on what seems like an ordinary walk.

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Nancy Loewen link
7/21/2017 08:55:00 am

Thanks, Karen! I'm reminded of a birthday card with a regal-looking cat that says, "There are no ordinary cats." There are no ordinary walks, either!

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NMPL link
5/27/2021 11:07:14 am

You are very observant! See the beauty in the little things!

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Sun Chasing link
7/8/2024 03:02:25 pm

Thaank you for writing this

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