prologue: not big gas guzzling behemoths, or, um, anything else.

hummmmmm whirrrrrrrrrr zoooom....

There must have been at least 30 Humming Birds in the yard, swarming the red bottle brush shrubbery. I'd never seen so many in one place at the same time. It was breath taking.

so I went inside, prepared my camera, and sat in the yard and waited.

I soon discovered that humming birds are very cautious... after nearly an hour of sitting still they started feeding on the bush nearest to... read more

So there I was, hiking up the river valley, dismayed at how low the water level was.

Last year at this time the water would have been 15 feet above my head.

The sun was bright and the day warm, wildflowers covered the valley walls amongst the rock out-croppings, yet my thoughts were of a darker nature, personal strife, a broken heart, global warming, the shadow of the wars in the middle east... generaly bad thoughts.

Then I glanced down at the water and saw the hearts. Made of white... read more

Warm breeze lifts

up from the valley

edging away winters chill.

vultures cirle

over rotting carcass

nature's waste management.

wildflowers sway gently on the wind

insects dancing, eating, drinking, fucking.

ten miles from nowhere

i stretch in the sun

waiting for my lover

that i've yet to know.