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Zoo Portraits: Tokyo, Japan

April 16, 2018by tompostpile 2 Comments

  I, the photographer, was trailing behind the rest of the family as they headed off to find the flamingos. We passed by the snow monkeys’ enclosure. They were fascinating. […]

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2018, Essay, Haiku, Japan, Nature, photograph, Travel

Medusae from a Pier: Naoshima

March 25, 2018by tompostpile Leave a comment

One of our stops on this Japan trip was Naoshima, an island in the Seto Sea. We came to this island to experience its constellation of major and minor art […]

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2018, Abstracts, Color, Haiku, Japan, Nature, photograph, Travel

Through the Hills at Nightfall

March 16, 2018by tompostpile 1 Comment

  We left Mount Fuji behind us, and continued into the darkening land. Details reduced in the dimming light, and shapes took over. As we went through this place I’d […]

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2018, Abstracts, Color, Essay, Haiku, Japan, Landscapes, Nature, photograph

Mount Fuji

March 16, 2018by tompostpile 2 Comments

Mount Fuji, emblem of Japan. You can’t always see Mount Fuji. But we’ve been lucky enough to have some moments when we could see her. Fuji was kind enough to […]

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2018, Color, Haiku, Japan, Landscapes, Nature, Travel

First Walk.

March 9, 2018by tompostpile 2 Comments

To travel twenty-four hours with little sleep makes a person dead-tired. I may even have been asleep before my body touched the mattress. The night’s sleep was an expedition to […]

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2018, Architecture, Color, Essay, Flowers, Gardening, Haiku, Japan, Landscapes, Nature, photograph, Travel, trees, Words

Go With The Flow

January 13, 2018by tompostpile 3 Comments

  There’s always something to think about, at Quansoo. There’s always something to see.   Something was leaving. Contorting, carried along, Going with the flow.   Along the edge of […]

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2018, Abstracts, Haiku, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph, Quansoo

How to Clean Dirty Feng Shui

June 30, 2017by tompostpile 3 Comments

A friend recently failed to clean his feng shui in a timely manner, and in a post elsewhere, online, has written:  “I was cleaning my apartment again when I came […]

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2017, Essay, Haiku, Martha's Vineyard

Feet at the Beach

February 4, 2017by tompostpile Leave a comment

There’s nothing like a working pair of feet. It’s been good walking weather. Our winter continues mild. So I went walking. I went walking to a beach someplace up-Island, though […]

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2017, Color, Essay, Haiku, Landscapes, Martha's Vineyard, Nature, photograph

Open Winter Natural Tableau, a Photo

February 2, 2017by tompostpile Leave a comment

One photo today. Of a natural tableau I found in the swamp. I’ll post tomorrow About this scene in the swamp Found next to a ditch.

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2017, Haiku, Martha's Vineyard, Mill Brook, Nature, photograph, West Tisbury

Nantucket Sound Horizon

October 9, 2016by tompostpile Leave a comment

  On a cloudy day. Nantucket Sound is big, Full of textured gray.     The “Patriot” boat Shuttles Falmouth to Oak Bluffs And then back again.     The […]

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2016, Abstracts, Ferry, Haiku, Oak Bluffs, photograph

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