There are few colours that capture the human condition’s imagination quite like blue. The colour of the sky, it is heaven where it lands upon the eye. Sapphire in a kiss, the Mediterranean waters I always miss. Yet blue is a colour that Mother nature reserves for few and rare it is to discover it…
A Force of Nature
I erupt with strength through hard ground Through sidewalks and walls I abound I dirty knees and nails that try to resist Innocent, I yellow cheeks with a lemon kiss Fill the sky with chutes of gossamer Spread my seeds and choke life everywhere But I am sunshine painted on petal’s hue Each one a…
Floating Dragon
My heart is a dragon afloat An open mouth of violet Tender lips on a pool of glass Heaven in an azure mirror A tongue of gold spins The love of my soul Silken threads protect Project long quills as teeth Submitted to life’s current Pressed against satin scales I am a wild snap dragon…
Monarch’s Reward
Few if any other creatures have to work as hard as they do for their reward than the ephemeral monarch whose journey will take it from toe to tip of this continent in search of milkweed. While milkweed is the monarch’s reward for its thousands of kilometer long flights, milkweed is also disappearing as part…
A Study in Yellow ~ No.5: Butter
“A Study in Yellow #5: Butter” This was a flower that filled my grandmother with love and no matter her age, she always beamed as bright as the flower itself when she spied the first ones of spring. And so I grew up with this flower as the symbol of new beginnings, of the rebirth…
A Study in Yellow #1: Echinacea
“A Study in Yellow #1: Echinacea” Sunshine on stem Reaching for a season Fertile for a reason Yellow in my eye. All text and images © Dale Schierbeck See more of others submissions to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge on “Yellow.”
A Million Bells at Nighttime
© Dale Schierbeck 2014 © Dale Schierbeck 2014 The notion of pictures at night are indeed a beautiful theme. There are so many elements to the night and so many variables that can be incorporated with the play between the shutter speed, aperture, and even the use of a flash, light and the absence of…
An Enduring Bloom
© Dale Schierbeck 2014 Flower blooms are often ephemeral, lasting for a few short days or weeks, but the orchid, for all its delicate folds and appearance of fragility is an amazing flower that can endure for months at a time. This bloom has been providing me warmth since late winter where it sits next…