Tag Archives: August

#241- breathe

breathe in cool night air

hurricane approaching soon

calm before the storm

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#240 southern love song

deafening love song

cicadas treetop chorus

ear piercing courtship

photo by Melinda Kolk

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#239 – beauty belies

late summer beach day

heat, sun, blue skies give no hint

hurricane coming

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#238 – Irene

Irene on her way

not a flashlight left in town

Mother Nature’s wrath

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#236- Uwharrie mountains

Uwharrie mountains

late August vacation South

hazy blue backdrop

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#234- Blue Mist

big boy sits atop

smiling black and white cement

one-eared country pig


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#235-monkey

blue plastic monkey

southern August afternoon

cracked, red, parched hard dirt

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#233 – turtle – GUEST POST

cold- blooded creature

laying in the sun, basking

waiting for heat here

My seven year old son wrote this – I am proud!

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#232- fun in the sun- GUEST POST

badminton in yard

summer heat mostly sweating

such fun in the sun

<My seven year old son wrote this one tonight as well- stalling about bedtime>

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#230- rage

summer’s harsh choices

punishing sun, wind, rain, drought

nature’s heated rage

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