Noisy World

Social media

Manufactured division

Noisy world gone mad

Corporate media generating fear

Government cults generating division 

the powers that be

waging war for control

rage baiting controlled ideological thought

virtue signaling 

us vs them

are we truly masters of our own minds

or are our minds controlled by our masters

Marooned in this noisy irrational world

Delicate Baubles

Fragile glass baubles

Colorful delicate orbs

A gently packed pipe 

Rossi 8673

 

Rossi eight six seven three

Notte Rubino Antico

Daycare implements

Briarwood Daycare

 Wife running errands

Home alone retired old man

Briarwood daycare

eReader Adventures

Old Tom Bombadil
New electronic reading
English or Burley

It’s been well over 40 years since I’ve read Tolkien.  My ratty paperback copies stuffed in my back pocket to read on the bus to school. The paperbacks are long gone, subjected to abuse between readings.  I think it’s time to rediscover Tolkien on this old Kindle eReader; easier to hold and read with arthritis.  While reading, Earl Grey or Oolong tea?  Or bourbon or rye, English blend or Burley blend?

 

Need for Selah

Metro living chaos, noise, congestion

Urban warfare corruption and greed

Together in collective loneliness 

     Alone

Instant gratification in fast paced idolatry

Distractions

Plague of anxiety and depression

Homogenous glass and concrete dystopia

Political angst, control and fraud

Two opposing political cults

     Buying devotion

Congregations of feeble mindedness 

Propaganda arguments and hate

Quiet reflection and contemplation are

     Lost and gone

Unnecessary collective

     Escape 

Selah Moments

     Psalms

A place of peace 

Away from the urban jungle

A walk through the woods

A sitting rock upon the shore

Remove all harried toil and futile busyness

     Balance and reflection

Return inner peace back to God

Guardian angels guiding light

Protecting our journey

Heaven’s starlight shining from above

Waning moon and wandering planets

Infinitely small

     Alone

     Yet tranquil

Covered by a blanket of peace

God’s heavenly mysteries partially revealed

Calming our heart and soul

A chance to breathe

     Rebreathe again

Morning Smoke

 

Early morning mist

Walleyes over island reef

Exhausted Rooster

Koi Pond

Koi fish indoor pond

Warm humid sanctuary

Outdoor snowy squalls

 

Tropical Conservatory

 Damp tropical warmth

Wintry Conservatory

Foggy spectacles

Driveway Snowscape

 Clearing driveway snowscape

The dance of the snowblowers

Smokey Old Joe Krantz

Aurora

Vibrant night colors

Aurora Borealis

Live Technicolor

 

Ocyober Sunset

 October sunset

Lake Vermilion sun glow

Soon snowflakes will fall

Autumn Glory

 Glory of autumn

Bright colors during blue hour

Cigar ash in lap

Orion

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Orion shines bright

Hunting across the heavens

Swatting mosquitos

Code Inspector

 I caught my chipmunk buddy napping.  While enjoying a cigar and bourbon on the deck, he’d sit on my shoe and enjoy the day.  Like me, he seems to prefer La Gloria Cubana Serie S Maduros.

He’d also scurry around our tools and feet as we rebuild the deck.  Probably a supervisor making sure we build his deck right.  Gosh, I hope he’s not the code inspector! 

Entertaining little buggers.

Pink Orb

 The perfect pink orb

Zinnias in the sunshine

Bee stinging elbow

Watermelon Slice

 Forest floor small world

Home of beetles and mushrooms

Watermelon slices

Old notebook

 Old pocket notebook

Jottings and thought scribblings

Coffee stained writing block

Soggy Rooster Sunrise

 Five thirty sunrise

A break between thunderstorms

Soggy rooster crows

Coffee Buddy

 Damp chill morning air

Relaxing morning siesta

My coffee buddy

Sun Sinks Away

The sun sinks away

Ending to a glorious day

Fishermen head home

 

Little Cedar Tree

 Little cedar tree

Standing strong against west wind

Loon calls across lake

Yeti of Bourbon

 

Yeti of bourbon

La Gloria Cubana happy hour

Traeger smoke in wind

Fishing Opener

 Fishing Opener

Walleye flotilla on reefs

Rainbow of good luck

Linda’s Blue Bayou

 Harvest moon glow

Fishing boats marina bound

Linda’s Blue Bayou

Charlie Brown’s Kite

Spring sky kite flying

Baby shark doo doo da doo

Charlie Brown’s lost kite

 

Every Grocery Cart

My grocery cart

Squeaky wobbly front wheel

Clean up aisle seven

Every shopping cart 

In this grocery store

            Wheels that wobble

               Wheels that squeak

An olive jar

High up on the shelf

       Met it’s match

               With Newton’s gravity

Favorite Products

Brass Zippo lighter

La Gloria Cubana

Galactic Face Slap

Outdoor Poetry

 48 degrees

A beer a cigar a book of poems

Chickadees serenade 

Dragonfly Siesta

Morning visitor

A dragonfly’s siesta

Outdoor coffee mate

 

Ursa Karhu

Little bear chases

Big bear circling each night

Satellites streak through 

Birthday Snow

Trees begin to bud

Rain turns temperature drops

April birthday snow

 

Parisian Pondyachts

Little toy boats

Sailing Luxembourg Gardens

Children skippers

 

Catching sunfish

Pink cotton candy sky

Raindrops pattering calm lake

Catching sunfish

 

Little Round Tables

Little round tables

Cold beer red wine olive tray

Man selling roses

 

Bald Eagles Calling

Deafening silence

Pine boughs whispering

Eagles calling

 

Campfire

 Orange embers glowing

Flames tickling pine smoke rising

Chili in the pot

World Poetry Day 

Night’s Darkness

Night’s silent darkness

Heavens reveal twinkling stars

Aurora shimmers

 

Charlotte’s Home

Silky web black hole

Tree stump cavity netting

Charlotte’s summer home

 

Angel Aurora

Aurora floating high

Shimmering neon colors

Angel in the sky

 

MN Vikings Haiku

Pre season trading

Superbowl contenders

Rodgers in purple

 

Images borrowed from the googles

Metro Abbesses

Screeching Metro train

Bounding tunnels of blackness

Lone man serenade