Front Yard Mushrooms

Of all the front yards

in all the world,

these mushrooms picked mine

to show up in.

They were tiny.

Their canopies no larger than a dime.

Nestled as they were

among the pine needles,

the eucalyptus leaves,

and the mulch,

they were real

attention-getters,

practically screaming out

in their squeaky imaginary voices,

"Me! Me! Take my picture!"

So, you see,

I couldn't help it.

The voices told me to do it.

Taken 16 December 2012.

Eucalyptus 2

Colors, textures, patterns, lines, shadows...

nature presents enticing artwork.

Taken 11 July 2010.

Chair #5

Weathered,

forlorn,

guano-stained...

Not terribly inviting.

But probably have some stories to tell.

Taken 11 July 2010.

Chair #4

OK.

So it is not

literally

a chair.

On my blog

benches count

as chairs.

There is something

...ah...

emblematic

about an empty

park bench.

Inviting,

but ominous.

Crier

for the benefits of relaxation,

yet Critic

of the idle moment.

Taken 11 July 2010.

Back to the Bark

Today marks the close of the first year

since I posted my first entry

on this blog!

A lot can happen in a year, eh?

This picture of a eucalyptus tree

was taken just two days before I created this blog.

I really thought I was going to upload

a long series of "bark" pictures,

but once I got started

the bark-pics

seemed a little,

well,

boring.

However,

this estimable eucalyptus

has its charms;

not the least of which

is that I find it

a fitting enough

bookend to mark

my one year anniversary.

Also,

I did not manage

to create a montage,

and I couldn't pick

a "top ten" group.

Anyway,

thanks to all who

pass this way

for taking a moment

to stop

and smell

the eucalyptus.