Autumn 2015 – Ontheland

Lake Ontario Excursion—Weekly Photo Challenge: ‘Boundaries’

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Boundaries.”

This week the Daily Post invited us to explore limits, borders, and dividers–real or otherwise constructed. I wanted to post before the end of the weekend and my one window of opportunity was Friday evening. Already, after grocery shopping, sunset was fast approaching. To take photos, I would have to challenge a looming boundary: the end of daylight. I drove over to a nearby park, beside Lake Ontario, and found a physical boundary:

At the edge of the parking lot was a sign setting out park rules. Park signs are often amusing, and this one was no exception, despite the importance of the message:

As I stepped into the park, I saw the tree–part was green and the other half was orange. I had come upon the border between summer and fall:

Nearby, three Canada geese were hanging out. I am not afraid of geese, but I have heard they can be agressive if threatened. I approached slowly so as to not annoy my subjects, carefully testing their boundaries. It looks like they were ignoring me:

My final shots were taken at 6:45 PM–already the sun was low on the horizon–sadly the long days of summer are over:

I hope you enjoyed this small excursion. For more photo explorations of boundaries please visit The Daily Post.

Harvest Morning Music

Crickets buzz, birds tweet

Faraway traffic rumbles

Leaves rustle, wind gusts

Autumn morning sounds that sooth

Country garden harvest time.

“Run Deer Run”— Ronovan’s Haiku Prompt #63: Stag & Noise

An interesting combination of prompt words this week from Ronovan of Ronovan Writes: ‘stag’ and ‘noise’. When ‘stag’ refers to a deer, one thinks of a peaceful, graceful creature, such as the one who passed behind my house in July. The above picture, taken through a glass door from afar, isn’t great, but for me special, nonetheless. The deer was on the move, undoubtedly not feeling welcomed by our barking dogs. And there it is, when these peaceful creatures pass by, noise often occurs as noted in Ronovan’s opening Haiku:

THAT TIME
WHEN DEER RUN FROM THE FOREST,
THEY BRING NOISE FROM BRAKES.

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Around where I live, hunters and poachers are out on the prowl for wild turkey, rabbits, and deer. Sometimes at night, especially later on in the year, we hear gunshots. We keep our back light on to remind them that there is a house in range. Here is my haiku:

Hunters are roaming,

Gunshot din punctures silence,

Run doe, Run stag, Run!

This post was written in response to Ronovan Writes Monday Haiku Challenge #63. To read more haiku using the prompt words “Stag” and “Noise”, please visit Ronovan’s Prompt Post. There he offers his opening haiku and explains how to participate; participants post links to their haiku contributions in the Comments section. On Sunday, September 27, visit RonovanWrites for a Roundup with links to all of this week’s entries, plus an informative and entertaining commentary.

Autumn

On Monday (September 14) I posted a haiku: “Hot September”. As warm temperatures persist, I am missing the pleasant cool autumn days of the past, and saddened by diminishing daylight hours.

As days grow shorter,

Remembering past autumn breezes

in blinding hot sun.

“Hot September”

This year, as children returned to school and summer vacations ended, September brought almost tropical weather to Eastern Ontario–it persisted during the evening with balmy nights and then, with little warning, switched to cold, sweater evenings. Apparently we will be having more temperature fluctuations this Fall, with a dip in temperatures by the end of the month, followed by a warmer period before winter.

This haiku is a reflection on recent weather events:

Chilly nights follow humid hot September days,

Humid hot September days, Autumn’s beginning?

This poem was written in response to Ronovan Writes Monday Haiku Challenge #62. To read more haiku using the prompt words “Start” and “Hot” please visit the Prompt Post. There Ronovan offers opening haiku and explains how to participate; links to haiku contributions are posted in the Comments section. On Sunday, September 20, visit RonovanWrites for a Roundup with links to all of this week’s entries plus an informative and entertaining commentary.

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