Valleys of Green

Blogophilia Week 23.7 Topic: Unrelenting Spirit Bonus Points: (Hard, 2 points) Incorporate a Mary Poppins quote or line (such as “a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down”) (Easy, 1 point) Include two types of yellow birds in blog (goldfinch, meadowlark) Photo by Colleen Keller Breuning © 2014 Valleys of Green Life isContinue reading “Valleys of Green”

Aperture

  Aperture Shivering against the wretched cold As clouds bunch up in cerulean sky. Thoughts jumble into a tangled knot Like a splinter festering in the minds eye. Irreverent winds unharnessed by hula hoop, Robins cavort yet stray snowflakes linger. Old man winter wields one final blast, The trigger pulled by unsteady finger. Stark charactersContinue reading “Aperture”

An Early Spring

Photograph by Colleen Keller Breuning © 2012 An Early Spring Pink Cherry Blossoms sprout. Sun’s golden rays Make daffodils blush Beneath the turquoise skies. Mockingbirds herald the dawn Dew glimmers, ice water castles Melt on budding forsythia limbs. You are cordially invited to spring… Like Godivas riding their Aethenoths, Jonquils and tulips dance in theirContinue reading “An Early Spring”

Paradise

Paradise A balmy breeze ruffled the palm trees as they lay in the sun, in the sanctuary of their wooden cabana.  The gentle surf tumbled and pushed forth, leaving ripple marks in the sugar soft sand.  Overhead, black-headed seagulls dipped, scolded and cried out to their mates, landing on the barrier rocks searching for food. Continue reading “Paradise”