Melinda Green Harvey

Then there was that one
time when Blue Hour took itself
quite literally.

Digby, Nova Scotia
photographed 7.27.2015
#haiku #poetry #bluehour

Fish and a wedge of sun in a street market in Palermo.

Palermo, Sicily
photographed 1.17.2025
#palermo #market #travel

For reasons I can’t
imagine, this rug was stabbed
into barbed wire fence.

Nazareth, Texas
photographed 12.7.2024

Here’s a statue of King William II of Sicily offering a model of the cathedral to the Virgin Mary. The sand color of the statue and the texture of the stone will forever make me think about this as a sand sculpture.

Duomo di Monreale
Monreale, Sicily
photographed 1.30.2025

My dad wrote “leg show”
on the back of this phot
of my mom – silly!

vintage family photo
date and location unknown
#haiku #poetry #vintagephoto

A tiny room off the nave and sanctuary had beautiful marble sculptures that held great meaning. Some people found great religious significance in them; I found photographic solace there.

Capella del Crocifisso – Duomo di Monreale
Monreale, Sicily
photographed 1.30.2025
#sicily #monreale #travel

My town is not at
all walkable – nice to go
to a place that is.

Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023
#haiku #poetry #scotland


One year ago, I was in Sicily on a photography trip.

The late afternoon light at the cloisters beside the cathedral in Monreale was beautiful, bringing out the reds and oranges in the old stone. Look at the tops of those columns: every one is different.

Monreale, Sicily
photographed 1.30.2025

Cliff and its castle
have spent centuries blending,
one to the other.

Duntulum Castle
Isle of Sky, Scotland
photographed 11.7.2023
#haiku #poetry #scotland

Today I’m moving from discussing shades of orange to talking about the dark pink part of this sign. Or, as the book would call it, Colour 92, Lake Red. It’s “the crimson red of Werner” and features “arterial blood red, with a portion of Berlin blue”.

the snow day series
Lubbock, Texa1.24.2026

The dark corners of
cathedral seem warmer and
more contemplative.

St. Giles’s Cathedral
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.14.2023
#haiku #poetry #st-giles-cathedral #edinburgh

This is a lovely piece of public art, made by BC Gilbert, called the Friendly Cowboy Western String Band (or, if you want, TFCWSB.)

the snow day series
Lubbock, Texas
1.24.26

One time, I got caught taking
pictures inside Whole Foods: they
thought I was a spy?

Boston, Massachusetts
photographed 9.1.2021
#haiku #poetry

Now, then, about this book Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours…this shade is similar to Colour 78 – Orpiment Orange, described as “the characteristic color…about equal parts of gamboge yellow and arterial blood red.”

the snow day series
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.24.2026

This must have been made
the one day my dad thought he
could be artistic.

vintage family photo
unknown location
unknown date
#vintagephoto #haiku #poetry

It snowed the other day so I went out to get some photos. The thing I noticed mostly was how much orange will stand out in a mostly-monochromatic field of colors; almost all of the photos have a spot of orange in them.

the snow day series
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.24.2026

Today I spent approximately 78 hours at the Dallas Fort Worth airport.

Travel during Winter Storm Fern was a spectacularly bad idea.

But I got a photo so at least there’s that…

DFW International Airport
1.27.2026

PS How is it possible that it’s still January? This year is already…a lot.

Part of a person
strides confidently in front
of a long row of bikes.

Boston, Massachusetts
photographed 9.3.2021
#haiku #poetry #taketimetolook #taketimetosee

I appreciate an unlocked church. I like the silence and the way everything is still, as if waiting for something important to happen.

And I mostly appreciate the trust of someone who decided to leave the church open, in case someone needed to be in it that day.

San Elizario, Texas
12.15.2025

Check out the workplace
safety provisions used in
the 1950s.

Vintage family photo
Borger, Texas (probably)
undated
#vintagephoto

I saw an interesting store display in El Paso last month. It was like a “compare and contrast” essay about the differences between European and Mexican versions of Catholicism.

On a side note, this sighting did increase my annual “white baby Jesus” tally by one.

El Paso, Texas
12.14.25

Someone wrote “Magic
City” on this – but that was
all they had to say.

Vintage family photo
unknown location
undated

Here’s a woman I saw in downtown El Paso last month. She and Jesus were out taking a bit of a stroll and they were kind enough to pause for 1/480th of a second.

El Paso, Texas
photographed 12.14.2025

That anxious dog put
on his “I am chill” face for
his daytime outing.

Edinburg, Scotland
photographed 11.11.2023
#haiku #poetry #streetphotography

There’s not all that much to see in Orogrande.

But I did see this place, which seems to be aging itself out of existence. The circumstances of small-town New Mexico have already aged it out of usefulness.

Orogrande, New Mexico
photographed 12.14.2025
#roadtrip #newmexico #abandoned

I wonder how this
water decides which path is
the right one to take.

Loch Lethan, Scotland
photographed 11.7.23
#scotland #fujifilm

I need some technical advice from camera people. From time to time I get stuff like this on my camera; I’m wondering if it’s something on the sensor?

Also my friend Don Toothaker was in the immediate vicinity every time. Weird

White Sands National Park, New Mexico
photographed 12.12.2025

Paper plate put in
service as a sign: reason
to take this photo.

Boston, Massachusetts
photographed 9.5.2021
#haiku #poetry #northendboston #bovabakery

Side entrance to the Cotton Club, with a little grill and some other crap providing a Maginot Line of defense between a vacant lot and the door. Also, I know the door was locked because I’m agile enough to get around the strategic defense placement.

Cotton Club
Lubbock, Texas
1.17.2025

Sometimes you’ll find out
that waiting out the storms will
land in your favor.

Eilean Donan Castle
Isle of Skye, Scotland
photographed 11.8.2023
#haiku #poetry #scotland