Battered, stressed
flowers await the moment of bloom.
22 February 2014
Seattle, Washington
Category Archives: Photo
Purple flowers, Seattle Peace Garden 2
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Purple flowers, Seattle Peace Garden
Potential blooms,
evoke possibilities of peace.
22 February 2014
Seattle, Washington
Chihuly Garden and Glass, purple not flowers 2
Standing guard
in line
as though someone had
planted rows of flowers.
22 February 2014
Chihuly Garden and Glass
Seattle, Washington
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Purple flowers, Republic of Korea 3
A stew of purple beauty
greets visitors to the
Traditional Korean House Gimhae.
26 March 2013
Gimhae, Republic of Korea
Chihuly Gardens and Glass, purple not flowers
Not flowers,
but they evoke something floral
22 February 2014
Chihuly Garden and Glass
Seattle, Washington
Purple flowers, Republic of Korea 2
Purple flowers, unplanted, mark
the site of the
Seotal Oreum Massacre:
In 1950, after the Korean war broke out,
the Korean government issued orders
of “preventative detention”
of suspected communists and communist sympathizers.
Of the 344 people the Moseulpo Police detained,
210 were illegally massacred in two mass killings at the base of Seotal Oreum.
The people
and the flowers
remember.
23 March 2013
Seotal Oreum, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea
Filed under Human Rights, Photo
Scouring the Shire, part II
10:04:54
15 February 2014
Physically exhausted,
emotionally drained,
the scouring continues.
After a nap.
See you along the Trail.
Scouring the Shire
09:58:34
15 February 2014
Snow blankets the Shire, powdered sugar on pastry.
The aroma of coffee, strong coffee, fills the air.
A friend comes to visit soon,
no mark on the door needed for me to know.
Time to prepare, to make ready, to clean.
Enthusiasm seizes me, energy surges through me,
the scouring begins.
See you along the Trail.
Home
Thanks to a friend, I will always know when I am home.
May everyone have reminders of safe places they can call home.
See you along the Trail.
Purple flowers, Central Park 11
Multi-segmented purple worms
fly through the air
with the greatest of ease.
Central Park, Manhattan
23 November 2012
