2150. standing tall

standing tall

blowing in the wind

dahlias 

 

Seasons change. Summer ends turning over to Fall. Temperatures fall, overnight it seems, and the wind blows bringing things to an end, falling down to the ground—leaves on trees and summer flowers, cicadas, crickets, beetles, fireflies, too. Yet some things stand tall and keep blowing in the wind. 

Dahlias are known for standing out in a crowd. They like to stand tall, some as high as 6 feet with blossoms 8 to 12 inches across! The dahlia flower is a symbol of inner strength and perseverance in times of adversity and in 1963 was declared the National Flower of Mexico.

2149. road trip

a man and a woman

flew by on a motorcycle

saddlebags bulging

 

Now that looks like fun!

2148. to be a pig

cars, trucks, trailers

whiz by morning, noon, and night

pigs go on chillin’

On the go—minute by minute 60, 70, 80 miles an hour—cars, trucks, long-distance trailers whizzing by endlessly. On the other side of the turnpike guardrail, pigs on the farm loll about in the fresh air surrounded by grassy green fields and the blue mountains and the wide open sky, nowhere to go nothing to do just chilling, fat and happy, endlessly. Oh, to be a pig…🐷 😘