The Park

Sketch

Wintry Mix

Sprig

Birdwatching

Morning Coffee

Up on the Rooftop

Wreath

Preparing for Another Holiday

Eltz Castle

Combo

Portrait

Fleeing for the Hills

Burger Manor

Ginkgo Leaves

Doha, Qatar

Writing at the Coffee Shop

“Writing at the Coffee Shop”

in this roomful of noise,

the words come and go,

conversations mingle table to table, with piped-in music—

buying coffee in its endless combinations,

trying to catch the servers

with substitutes for milk and substitutes for sugar

and substitutes for coffee—

every bite every sip suggests

some other word

(some older world, with calories with fats with caffeine)—

the offerings are actors upon a stage

presenting a performance of a sleepy trucker

at a diner counter warming his hands

around a battered mug—

today, what is the wi-fi?

where is the outlet?

is the internet down?

the desk is a tiny round table

cluttered with cups and crumbs,

I type

All's Hallowed

Brisk

Bit

Wisconsin Sunset--Smaller Version

A Very Gray Day

Chicken Coop

Waiting for the Food to Arrive

A Pale Day

Farmhouse

A Sunset

Chicken Coops

Wisconsin Farm House

Moon over the Lake

Garden Spider

Lake Michigan, Loyola Park, p.m.

Morse Avenue Beach--No Swimming Today

A poem by Ana Osan. The pictures are a repeat.

La playa bonita

A pesar de las numerosas nubes,

La playa de Bonita Springs

Se nos presenta

Como un lugar acogedor.

Desde una gaviota,

Hasta los niños que están contemplando en

Meterse en las olas del mar,

Y hasta unos turistas 

Que, bajo sus sombrillas

Apuran los últimos rayos de sol,

La playa de Bonita Springs,

En esta tierra florida,

Siempre se nos presentará

Para todos nosotros

Como un lugar acogedor.

The beautiful beach

In spite of the many clouds,

The beach of Bonita Springs

Always presents itself

As a welcoming place.

From the seagull,

To the kids who are contemplating

Going into the waves of the sea,

And even to the tourists

Who, under their parasols

Use up the last rays of sunshine,

The beach of Bonita Springs,

In this flowery land

Always presents itself

For all of us

As a welcoming place.

Power Pole

Stout

Gulf Studies IV

Gulf Studies III

Gulf Studies II

Gulf Studies I

Ft. Myers on the Gulf