Field of Gold – The Fog will Follow

      

“Field of Gold” – Keystone State Park – Westmoreland County, PA –

 

A collaboration with nature…

 

 

Sitting in a flowering meadow… Myself and the swallows…
When this wind stops blowing the evening fog follows…
Sunset… Magic in nature… Magic in our short little lives…
Like these tiny swallows our energy rises and dives…

 

 

Water droplets from the relentless rains… Clinging to the trees…
A warblers song suddenly brings me to my knees…
Persistent decrescendo… Thunder rolling in the distance…
Between sunshine I imagine cooperative coexistence…

 

 

Existence with nature is simpler than existence with each other…
It’s easy to hug a tree but impossible to hug your brother…
Community is common unity… Unity is a social experiment…
The idea we can all get along is somewhat of an embarrassment…

 

 

We all have best friends… And we will all make enemies…
Value both… Learning experience taken from the centuries…
Unconditional love is thicker than water… Like a raging flood…
After the clouds comes the sun… Then the rain becomes mud…

 

 

plant petunias and question everything – chriscondello

 

 

 

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Peony Blossoms – Darkness Leads to Light

Another beautiful post and poem from the Wilkinsburg urban gardener.

by Chris Condello

      

“Solo Pink” – Center Street – Wilkinsburg, PA –

Many of my flower shots would not be possible if not for my urban environment…

In fact… Many of my plant photographs are located on abandoned property…

Or in this case…

Relocated from abandoned property onto property

that is more fitting for the long-term survival of the plant…

I can only speculate age in most cases…

This particular Peony came from a house that was 100 years old and 15 years abandoned…

The original clump was 3-4 feet around…

Darkness Leads to Light

Scent of honeysuckle and peony blossoms…
Dogs barking over police siren cautions…
After dark observations of cats and raccoons…
Crickets are chirping at the crescent moon…

The sound of the breeze in the urban trees…
Cool air against my warm extremities…
Its past midnight and this breeze is just right…
Time in the dark brings meaning to the light…

Time spent in the dark brings meaning to the light…

“Pink Choir” – Center Street – Wilkinsburg, PA – Another salvaged Peony…

Saved by a salvaged human being… Saved from the wrecking ball…

Pulled from the shadows of a collapsing world… Saved for a purpose…

Like me… And you…

After all we all have a purpose…

We all have a meaning…

We all have the ability to shine light on the darkness surrounding us…

Shine on people…

 

Shine on…

 

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plant petunias and question everything – chriscondello

http://chriscondello.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/peony-blossoms-darkness-leads-to-light/
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