Peonies
We are a few months away from peony time. Outside it’s still freezing. March has almost arrived. Under what might be the last remnants of this winter’s snow, our bulbs […]
Category Archives: Nature
Flowers of June Tooth
Let us present to you a June Second, 2018 album of flowers blooming in and around the yard at Wishetwurra Farm. Chive flowers are pale and pleasing. It’s iris time. […]
Wishetwurra Farm, April 28, 2018
Despite the joyful and consuming arrival of last fall’s miracle, Coquina the Wonderdog, and other diversions such as the trip to Japan, Wishetwurra Farm still functions. Winter was hard on […]
Carpy Diem
Our visit to Japan has not been highly choreographed or scheduled. Much of my time has been been spent as an exercise in being present, of hoping to be […]
A Blue Grosbeak Visits Wishetwurra Farm
It was late afternoon at Wishewurra Farm. I looked out the window too look at the bird feeder. WHAT was that bird?? I’d noticed because it was not a bird […]
Zoo Portraits: Tokyo, Japan
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. […]
Stone Wall, Revisited and Crossed Over
Here is one photograph for you to consider. When I pressed the shutter for this picture, I thought, “Oh, I hope I got that.” With a little cropping, I think […]
Off on the Ridge Trail
When I was young, fields and woods started at the edge of our yard, and went southwest for miles, with hardly a house to be seen. In my short lifetime […]
Vegetables in the Markets: Japan
I loved going to food markets in Japan. There was real wasabi in a Kyoto market stall. Daikon radish is everywhere…. There were many radish and cole family plants…the climate […]
Early Spring Opening.
Most of the tompostpile’s March has been “Japan”. I’m not done with Japan. I never will be. Sorting through the experience, and through the thousands of photos taken, will take […]
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