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rainbows swim out to sea ~~ steelhead

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hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 17h

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comb-over hills
of fallen stems
columbus day storm

#dailyhaikuprompt |stem & fallen|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 5d

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my corks
on jackstrawed fir –
i still fall, daily

#dailyhaikuprompt |straw|

cork (or caulk) boots have metal spikes on the bottom, which help foresters and loggers walk on/over areas like this with minimal (most of the time) injury.

A forest of grand and Douglas-fir with many stems on the ground or hung up on other trees. This mortality is primarily caused by root rot. Foresters describe this situation as a jacktrawed mess.

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 10d

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volcanic flour
our pillow talk
runs out of steam

#dailyhaikuprompt |flour|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you Kai ☺️

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 11d

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alchemy turns
green into gold
liquidambar

#dailyhaikuprompt |yellow leaves|

*liquidambar styraciflua is the scientific name for the american sweetgum tree

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 11d

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elk bugles
break our silence
frost meadows

#dailyhaikuprompt |frost|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 17d

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if these walls
could talk
eaves-dropping

#dailyhaikuprompt |eaves|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 19d

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her dapples
give away the ending
palomino bones

#dailyhaikuprompt |dapple|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 19d

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the fuel
for my arthritic fire
shelling walnuts

#dailyhaikuprompt |walnut|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 20d

….. …..

a pace
is two
a stride, just one —
mine is six feet,
standing still, none

#dailyhaikuprompt |footsteps|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 21d

< ((( ° >

she’s digging
her own grave
salmon redd

#dailyhaikuprompt |salmon|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 24d

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our faults
lift us toward heaven
cascade range

#dailyhaikuprompt |cascade|

A black and white landscape photo looking down a mountain valley with Mount Rainier centered in the distance.

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · 29d

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she knows me
better than i do
doe-eyed mule deer

#dailyhaikuprompt |deer|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Sep 14

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my inner thomas
gets louder
altar mums

#dailyhaikuprompt |chrysanthemum|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Sep 13

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porch pumpkin ~
he won’t be smiling
in december

#dailyhaikuprompt |pumpkin|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Sep 11

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thunderheads
on the road ~
pillows in puddles

#dailyhaikuprompt |puddle|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Sep 10

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american
exceptionalism ~
digging our own grave

#dailyhaikuprompt |grave|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Sep 9

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no rain
since june ~
harvesting dust

#dailyhaikuprompt |harvest|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Sep 8

^^^^___

the little ones
still throw shade
coyote willow

#dailyhaikuprompt |willow|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Sep 8

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twenty years
of laughing it off ~
glue sticks

#dailyhaikuprompt |laughter|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Sep 4

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nothing new
lies
under the moon

#dailyhaikuprompt |new moon|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Sep 2

donning masks
to hide their smiles
ice spice

#dailyhaikuprompt |spice|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Sep 1

-)—

how the snail
swallows a sword
fern

#dailyhaikuprompt |snail|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Sep 1

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licking a banana
slug ~
my first french kiss

#dailyhaikuprompt |snail|

hobolog @hobolog.bsky.social · Aug 31

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this apple
is a migrant too ~
harvest morning mist

#dailyhaikuprompt |mist|