looking back and looking ahead

2006
a year of surprises
and fun
oh my goodness -- it was fun!
what a year what a year what a year
thank you for being part of our lives
again
and listening sharing being with us
we wish you
good health
happiness
and FUN !
in the New Year
lots and lots of love
Ian Colleen Scott Kyle Dom
2006

and then...

the phone rings
and you say
let's go for a
walk
the up and over trail
through the forest
the trees
the trail
our words
and being with
people like you
fill me with energy
and then all
is great
again

.

.

.

...

snow in the hammock

not every day
is a good day
sometimes things
don’t go my way
birds don’t sing
the phone doesn’t ring
lines start to rhyme
no, not all the time
things run

amok…
why some days there is
just
snow

in the hammock

...

rainbow

I write and write
and lift my head
look outside the window
and there’s a rainbow
touching the rock
lighting up the cove
it lingers and brightens
I run for the camera
and catch it
so I can remember -
then the light changes
the rainbow fades
and disappears.

gecko

there’s a gecko
on the railing
with a moth
in it’s mouth
wings crushed
half in
half out
gulping
slipping
a bulge
as it swallows
the moth
down whole
he turns
looks back in the hole
for more insects
to eat

photo by Teresa Coulter
taken at Kona Hawaii Dec 2006

...

a not so average morning

.

.

.

woke up early
sun just emerging
over Kealakehua Bay
put on a pot of coffee
and sat on the deck
gazing at the cove
spotted a few black fins
.............dolphins!
swimming
jumping
chasing fish
circling the snorkellers
gotta get out there
slide the kayak into the cove
slip out between the rocks
paddle hard
there they are!
drift
watch
so many!
must be 25 or more
arching
swimming
spinning
here they come
towards us!
masks on
snorkels up
slip into the water
dolphins around us
under us
jumping beside us!
!!!!!!!!!
baby dolphins
mother dolphins
et moi
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

did this just happen?