Photo Memory of the Week
Cloud of the Week
Ladies and gentlemen, meet this week's cloud(s). I stumbled across it while walking to a clematis-site sighting from the previous day. By the time I got somewhere without any intervening tree branches, the cloud and the colours had moved on. Forget carpe diem: this is more like arripe occasionem.
Place: Calgary
Posted: 2026 Oct 09Read my posts about clouds: here and here
Read knowledgeable stuff about clouds: here
Music of the Week
Quotes of the Week
Leucon, no one’s allowed to know his fate,Not you, not me: don’t ask, don’t hunt for answersIn tea leaves or palms. Be patient with whatever comes.This could be our last winter, it could be manyMore, pounding the Tuscan Sea on these rocks:Do what you must, be wise, cut your vinesAnd forget about hope. Time goes running, even
As we talk. Take the present, the future's no one's affair.
- Horace's Ode I:11Posted: Oct 08
Tag Archives: Poetry
The Hinterland Just Down the Road
Another look-at and listen-to loons. Continue reading
Finch: In Photo & Verse
A collaborative effort Continue reading
Four Easy Steps
I’m not sure they know what that word means. Continue reading
Ode to Old Mag-nole
But is the readiness all, really? Continue reading
An Ode to Survivors
Another paean to spring, such as it is. Spring, I mean. And the paean. Continue reading
Where Are They Now?
A little poem for a little bird, now little in evidence. Continue reading
Changing of the Guard
Spring wanders on. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Photos of Flora, Through the Calendar
Tagged Flowers, Poetry
2 Comments
Surprise Surprise
Everything’s normal until it isn’t. Continue reading
Spring-Challenged
From winter to summer with barely a pause in-between. It’s efficient, anyway. Continue reading