Dana Clark-Millar

In honor of Matsuo Bashō, who died on this day in 1694. (With a nod to the bonded crows who live nearby.)

Using the spring season word: muddy road

#haiku #575 #poetsofbluesky #muddyroad

#haiku #575 #poetsofbluesky

#haiku #575 #poetsofbluesky #fourleafclover

The good old days.

#haiku #hotair #heaters #toomuchhotair

Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine

Yeah, I know. It's a fuckin' scary shit show for sure.

So nice to see you here! I've been thinking about you an awful lot with all that's going on. Hope you're doing well, considering.

Nothing like a cozy scarf wrapped up super snug... and a rainbow one at that!
#haiku #micropoetry #poetsofbluesky #scarf #leeks

it’s hard to believe
that the planets are aligned
did they sell out too?

#haiku #sellouts #planetaryalignment

You gained a new follower here!

The air wasn't clear (due to fires) but the pond sure looked shiny!

At the Lodge at Summer Lake.

Day 31: Shiny

#januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #shiny

Word of the year. Or next 4 years +.

Day 30: proclaim

#fuck #besthat #januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #wordoftheyear

He is! But he lives up to his name and can be a total pest. His cuteness saves him.

January 2024. Morning sun reflecting off a metal barn in a field thick with solid ice. Frigid nighttime temps and thawing daytime temps created these thick layers of ice everywhere in Bend and Central Oregon.

Day 29: reflect

#januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #ice #centraloregon #reflect

Bugsy. The one cat remaining. I found him as a kitten in the alley behind our old house, he was hunting bugs. He turns 11 this year and will likely be the last cat we’ll have, at least for a very long while.

Day 28: solo

#januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #catsofbluesky

I happened upon this cool creation when walking through Tokyo. Called Ni-Tele Really Big Clock, it is made entirely of hand-worked copper and steel plates. 12 meters tall x 18 meters long, it contains 32 separate moving mechanical features.

Day 27: time

#Januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #sculpture

I thought I grew a super-sized cabbage at 7 1/2 lbs but then I saw a pic of my grandmother with her 11 1/2 lb cabbage!

Day 26: Big

#cabbage #januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #big #gardening #growfood

Beautiful!

Ugh. I’m sorry. Hold tight to that thread! Things will improve.

She did not like him, that I could understand.

Tin Hau temple, Lamma Island, Hong Kong, 2019.

On this tiny island outside this tiny temple, a Chinese woman, in very broken English, asked me if I liked Trump.

The world is watching.

Day 25: faith

#januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #TinHau #politics #HongKong #temple #faith

This was a happy time, hiking and camping at Havasu Falls with my then boyfriend (now husband) along with my older brother. Happier even when I saw this little beauty.

Day 24: happy

#havasufalls #bighornsheep #backpacking #arizona #wildlife #havasupai
#januaryphotographychallenge
#jpc

Day 23: warm

#januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #warm #dogsofbluesky #fireplace

Icicles.

Mossy Cave
Bryce Canyon, Utah.

Day 22: cold

#januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #icicles #utah

If we ever get any snow accumulation again, this is one way we like to play on our property.

Day 21: play

#januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #xcski #snow #centraloregon #iphonephotos #play

Thank you. Not like I created it myself. Lol. But it is one of my favorite pictures. The view is already stupendous but throw in some alpenglow and it’s beyond beautiful.

These hoodlums have learned how to find us up at the house. Here they are, looking in the window, happy to have found "mom."

Not sure of their purpose, they don't eat all the things we want them to. But they do make us laugh!

Day 20: purpose

#januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #pygmygoats #purpose

Politics be damned.

What a gift it is to be alive in this beautiful world.

Day 19: gift

#januaryphotographychallenge #jpc #iphonephotos #mountains #alpenglow #centraloregon #gift

I’m listening to this one now.