Posts Tagged ‘creativity’

Juglans nigra

October 12, 2009

 
    This green parking garage stub Poplar & Walnut – 12 makes the pick of the litter, to pick up where we left off. The black walnut grows here; Juglans nigra, with its round green nut casings aplenty, secreting pungent messages. The tulip poplar is one of the more dominant trees in these forests. Tall and proud [...]

Ron, Walk

October 11, 2009

 
 
   A rise in nuts. Tears from fears. Can the squirrels keep up? Can I get back on the horse? Woe is not me! Whoa, maybe.
   Ron reports he thinks there are more black walnuts on the ground this year than ever before. He says take care walking or running on the trail, not to turn an ankle. A non-walnut [...]

Pick Five 4

September 27, 2009

  
  
 
 
 Wet. Wet. Wet.
 That’s what we get.
 Straight from the grocery store,
 sticky. Pick 5 for:
 Why are you rhyming?
 Checking my timing.

Shelly

September 25, 2009

  
 
 How out of  joint can a morning be?
Tiny writing on the back of the yellow trivia card. Great big Shelly in cursive writing on the towpath. Walk done when I see the sun.
   What is the straight and narrow? A heron wades in the straight and shallow waters. Strait and wide.
   Even so, find odd [...]

DURO 6 Arias, Constitution Day 2009 and the Paper Czar

September 17, 2009

 
 
   We the editors of  The Heron Report present the preamble of the United States Constitution and some items donated by the Paper Czar.
   Our own day begins with a kind of preamble. We walk along the creek. We come to the studio and office and and convene with our in-house representatives, including the Paper Czar. We [...]

Target This: Lifted Shop!

July 27, 2009

   A little green heron at the locks eludes the trusty lens. This bird is quicker than the eye. Delicate.
   While looking for Phillies logo tissue boxes (sold 0ut) at Weis market and Target D”Wyomissing, spotted triangular Kleenex®  brand boxes with watermelon and juicy citrus colors. Bought 2. Paid cash. Whoa! $6.34.
   New brand with arrow ⁄↑ up & [...]

Weekend Warrior: Step Back in Time 7.19

July 20, 2009

  
    There are happiness islands. There are treasure islands.
   What is the nickname for Berks County? The Green Diamond!  And so it was set, Sunday, with a jewel-tone day at the Heritage Center, happiness and treasures both.
   Berks County Parks and Recreation placed the accent on recreation, as park staff, volunteers and presenters beckoned: Step Back in [...]

/Frederick K. Wal/

July 19, 2009

  
   So reads a strip of paper under the overpass. A signature. Pick of the litter. 
   When is a tree more like a mushroom? This uprooted, toppled over, sawn to a long stump tree has been left to grow moss and grass. A sculpture, this remnant. Plump mushroom cap and stem.  
   A heron sounds, satisfying the requirement [...]

lizness katthundheit!

July 11, 2009

  
 
   Cherchez le chat?  God bless the animals!
   July’s edition of Furry Friday at the  Humane Society of Berks County www.berkshumane.org unleashed the work of Liz Hess, a bilingual Lancaster, Pennsylvania artist who speaks the language of Sweden, where dog is hund and cat is katt.
    Behind every great artist is a fine fuzzy friend or two; Hess’s [...]

Picket Charge

July 4, 2009

   For the Fourth, Warrior and Edgar visit a painted picket fence with artwork in lieu of fireworks. Free admission.
 
I heart USA.