Cherry Blossoms In December

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"Cherry Baby, It's cold outside. 

Save your blooms for spring.

The Autumn Flowering Higan Tree 

blossoms will make December sing." 

-Rick Burnett Baker  

Mild autumn and winter temperatures in Western New York have everyone a titter.  Even the cherry trees. 

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Last Wash: Deep Thoughts Tumbled Dry

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"Quarters. Soap. Cycle. Rinse. 

Tumble dry.  Life is ritual. 

Closing time is posted, but 

hand written.  Pay it no mind."

-Rick Burnett Baker 

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Photo taken on Lake Ave., Rochester NY 

Waiting

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"I dare not disturb this 

lonely bench in its solitude. 

An autumn leaf 

came to rest on one corner, 

waiting." 

-Rick Burnett Baker

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Alive

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alive

look to the 

soul of a forest, 

skull-bone trees -

I swear they 

see me watching, 

my eye to the sky

as the great dying 

falls crimson red 

around my feet. 

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Lifespans

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collect 

cycle and re-cycle; 

reflect and collect. 

each day is a day

seasons gather, 

and we gather 

different, the same.

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Beyond Limits

"We humans create boundaries 

to set limits.  

Nature lives beyond 

all that fakery."  

-Rick Burnett Baker

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Believe In Power

"If you believe in the 

power of humans, 

a quiet walk through the woods on 

a cold autumn day will show you 
what power really is."  

-Rick Burnett Baker

Photo/Text © 2013, 2015  Rick Burnett Baker 

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