Psalms to pray
and poems to read
sun on seawalls
taking care each day
now and for the future
Earth Day
Earth Day
Tag: Conservation
“Ash Tree Management”
When I visited the Town of Holland Sheboygan County – Wisconsin site yesterday, I saw they have “Information about Ash Tree Management in the Town of Holland.”
They link to ROOTS “Restoration of Our Trees – Sheboygan.”
My poem, Seasons, is from October 24, 2019.
SEASONS
once the tree grew tall
before the Emerald Ash Borer
and then a storm
hosta plants
grew green again
around the stump
in Spring
they grew large
and flowered well
so blessed by rain
and a red begonia planter
now there is an
orange pumpkin
on the ash tree stump
and hosta leaves are gold
in the brilliant morning sun
sun through leaves
sun through leaves
after rain in the morning
ribbons of navy blue
and turquoise
in the water
The turquoise images are from the rocks minerals category at wpclipart. I have also looked to boxes of crayons for words to describe the colors of Lake Michigan.
September Beauty
There are a few more gold leaves on our birch tree. A few poems from my September archives:
stars in the night
and colors
of garden mums
in the rain . . .
new poems begin
September 21, 2018
golden sun
on gold leaves
unconditional love
seagulls
down the beach
silver in the sky
September 24, 2012
twenty years
and more
since I came here
soybean fields
now gold
September 25, 2013
Poems by Ellen Grace Olinger
Sheboygan County
Kohler-Andrae State Park
September 8, 2018
Photos by Karl
Note today: I see there is an updated website for
Kohler-Andrae Wisconsin State Park System.
poem
wearing
my old sweater
worn thin
Queen Anne’s lace
along country roads
(favorite old poem)
Queen Anne’s Lace
Sheboygan Interurban Trail
July 27, 2018
Photos by Karl
Images
reflection of the lamp
in the window
and evergreens
covered with snow
peaceful blessings
of routine work
and time to read
my reward for a time
poetry journals
and books
by my chair
and on shelves
mandevilla plant
lives in the sunroom now
surely one of the stars
in the yard this year
And so happy we were able to walk by The Sheboygan River at Kiwanis Park again this year (Sheboygan, Wisconsin).
Photos by Karl, 2019
Lake Michigan
These are some of Karl’s photos of Lake Michigan so far this year. Interesting to look back, as we look forward. One day at a time.
January 23, 2019
February 1, 2019
The cold Winter, and then pelicans in Spring!
May 30, 2019
The first set of photos are from Oostburg, Wisconsin.
Amsterdam Park
Town of Holland – Sheboygan County
Wisconsin
July 7, 2019
Kohler-Andrae State Park
Sheboygan County
Wisconsin State Park System
August 23, 2019
Karl’s photos of Lake Michigan over the years are an interesting record of this Great Lake in the Midwest.
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 