GR Higginbotham
@gr2higg.bsky.social
Husbad; father; FoD; Physical Therapist; musical hack; playlist curator extraordinaire; hoarder or gewgaws, knickknacks, and other folderol.
All photos by me.
There are four lights.
#FriendofDeSoto
I wrote a book!
https://a.co/d/gKV886N
All photos by me.
There are four lights.
#FriendofDeSoto
I wrote a book!
https://a.co/d/gKV886N
Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,
Out where the smile dwells a little longer,
That's where the West begins;
-by Arthur Chapman
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #nps #stlouis #thearch #nationalparks #stlouisarch #scenic #scenery #parks #outwest
Out where the smile dwells a little longer,
That's where the West begins;
-by Arthur Chapman
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #nps #stlouis #thearch #nationalparks #stlouisarch #scenic #scenery #parks #outwest
January 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,
Out where the smile dwells a little longer,
That's where the West begins;
-by Arthur Chapman
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #nps #stlouis #thearch #nationalparks #stlouisarch #scenic #scenery #parks #outwest
Out where the smile dwells a little longer,
That's where the West begins;
-by Arthur Chapman
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #nps #stlouis #thearch #nationalparks #stlouisarch #scenic #scenery #parks #outwest
Leaning into the afternoons I cast my sad nets
towards your oceanic eyes
- excerpt from Pablo Neruda
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #art #animals #cats #leopard #safari #bigcats #kittens #eyes #beautifuleyes #beautiful #cuddles #bluesky #blueskyphotography #wildlife
towards your oceanic eyes
- excerpt from Pablo Neruda
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #art #animals #cats #leopard #safari #bigcats #kittens #eyes #beautifuleyes #beautiful #cuddles #bluesky #blueskyphotography #wildlife
January 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Leaning into the afternoons I cast my sad nets
towards your oceanic eyes
- excerpt from Pablo Neruda
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #art #animals #cats #leopard #safari #bigcats #kittens #eyes #beautifuleyes #beautiful #cuddles #bluesky #blueskyphotography #wildlife
towards your oceanic eyes
- excerpt from Pablo Neruda
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #art #animals #cats #leopard #safari #bigcats #kittens #eyes #beautifuleyes #beautiful #cuddles #bluesky #blueskyphotography #wildlife
STILL and calm,
In purple robes of kings,
The low-lying mountains sleep at the edge of the world,
- from The Blue Ridge by Harriet Monroe
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #scenic #blueridgemountains #mountains #scenery #bluesky #green #virginia #stateparks
In purple robes of kings,
The low-lying mountains sleep at the edge of the world,
- from The Blue Ridge by Harriet Monroe
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #scenic #blueridgemountains #mountains #scenery #bluesky #green #virginia #stateparks
January 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
STILL and calm,
In purple robes of kings,
The low-lying mountains sleep at the edge of the world,
- from The Blue Ridge by Harriet Monroe
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #scenic #blueridgemountains #mountains #scenery #bluesky #green #virginia #stateparks
In purple robes of kings,
The low-lying mountains sleep at the edge of the world,
- from The Blue Ridge by Harriet Monroe
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #scenic #blueridgemountains #mountains #scenery #bluesky #green #virginia #stateparks
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
-from The Layers by Stanley Kunitz
#landscapephotography #blueskyartproject #devilstower #poetry #poems #photography #travelphotography
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
-from The Layers by Stanley Kunitz
#landscapephotography #blueskyartproject #devilstower #poetry #poems #photography #travelphotography
January 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In my darkest night,
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
-from The Layers by Stanley Kunitz
#landscapephotography #blueskyartproject #devilstower #poetry #poems #photography #travelphotography
when the moon was covered
and I roamed through wreckage,
a nimbus-clouded voice
directed me:
"Live in the layers,
not on the litter."
-from The Layers by Stanley Kunitz
#landscapephotography #blueskyartproject #devilstower #poetry #poems #photography #travelphotography
while we live, in love let’s so persever,
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
-Anne Bradsheet
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #love #animals #safari #kenya #travelphotography #cuddling #romance
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
-Anne Bradsheet
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #love #animals #safari #kenya #travelphotography #cuddling #romance
January 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
while we live, in love let’s so persever,
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
-Anne Bradsheet
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #love #animals #safari #kenya #travelphotography #cuddling #romance
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
-Anne Bradsheet
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #love #animals #safari #kenya #travelphotography #cuddling #romance
The misty solitudes,
As though they perfectly knew
The old lost road through the woods.
But there is no road through the woods.
-Rudyard Kipling
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #scenic #forest #blm #virginia #rhododendron #fog #mist #hiking
As though they perfectly knew
The old lost road through the woods.
But there is no road through the woods.
-Rudyard Kipling
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #scenic #forest #blm #virginia #rhododendron #fog #mist #hiking
January 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The misty solitudes,
As though they perfectly knew
The old lost road through the woods.
But there is no road through the woods.
-Rudyard Kipling
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #scenic #forest #blm #virginia #rhododendron #fog #mist #hiking
As though they perfectly knew
The old lost road through the woods.
But there is no road through the woods.
-Rudyard Kipling
#landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #scenic #forest #blm #virginia #rhododendron #fog #mist #hiking
chirps
crickets
the pleasant but irregular blowing of the wind
fireflies dancing in step with the light of the moon
how strange it is to become aware of another's heartbeat but forget one's own
-Marcellus Khaliifah Williams
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #wildlife #safari #africa
crickets
the pleasant but irregular blowing of the wind
fireflies dancing in step with the light of the moon
how strange it is to become aware of another's heartbeat but forget one's own
-Marcellus Khaliifah Williams
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #wildlife #safari #africa
January 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
chirps
crickets
the pleasant but irregular blowing of the wind
fireflies dancing in step with the light of the moon
how strange it is to become aware of another's heartbeat but forget one's own
-Marcellus Khaliifah Williams
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #wildlife #safari #africa
crickets
the pleasant but irregular blowing of the wind
fireflies dancing in step with the light of the moon
how strange it is to become aware of another's heartbeat but forget one's own
-Marcellus Khaliifah Williams
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #wildlife #safari #africa
And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.
-Anais Nin
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poem #bird #birds #hornbill #safari #africa #kenya
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.
-Anais Nin
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poem #bird #birds #hornbill #safari #africa #kenya
January 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.
-Anais Nin
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poem #bird #birds #hornbill #safari #africa #kenya
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.
-Anais Nin
#wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poem #bird #birds #hornbill #safari #africa #kenya
Excited that there will SOMETHING out there to fill the Lower Decks sized hole that seems to get it. How much control/input do you have/want @markmcmahon.bsky.social ?
January 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Excited that there will SOMETHING out there to fill the Lower Decks sized hole that seems to get it. How much control/input do you have/want @markmcmahon.bsky.social ?
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
-Robert Frost
#forest #landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #woods #trees #leaves #autumn #landscape #scenic #nps #stateparks #nc
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
-Robert Frost
#forest #landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #woods #trees #leaves #autumn #landscape #scenic #nps #stateparks #nc
January 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
-Robert Frost
#forest #landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #woods #trees #leaves #autumn #landscape #scenic #nps #stateparks #nc
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
-Robert Frost
#forest #landscapephotography #photography #poem #poetry #woods #trees #leaves #autumn #landscape #scenic #nps #stateparks #nc
This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss...
-Longfellow
#landscapephotography #photography #nps #greatsmokymountains #poetry #poems #scenic #creek #tennessee
Bearded with moss...
-Longfellow
#landscapephotography #photography #nps #greatsmokymountains #poetry #poems #scenic #creek #tennessee
January 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss...
-Longfellow
#landscapephotography #photography #nps #greatsmokymountains #poetry #poems #scenic #creek #tennessee
Bearded with moss...
-Longfellow
#landscapephotography #photography #nps #greatsmokymountains #poetry #poems #scenic #creek #tennessee
"to guide the new year in, the days and nights far out upon the sky’s
dark sea. Your mouth is snow now on my lips, cool, intimate, first kiss,
a vow."
-from New Year by Carol Ann Duffy
#landscapephotography #photography #virginiaisforlovers #virginia #poetry #poem #love #newyears #mountains #scenic
dark sea. Your mouth is snow now on my lips, cool, intimate, first kiss,
a vow."
-from New Year by Carol Ann Duffy
#landscapephotography #photography #virginiaisforlovers #virginia #poetry #poem #love #newyears #mountains #scenic
January 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"to guide the new year in, the days and nights far out upon the sky’s
dark sea. Your mouth is snow now on my lips, cool, intimate, first kiss,
a vow."
-from New Year by Carol Ann Duffy
#landscapephotography #photography #virginiaisforlovers #virginia #poetry #poem #love #newyears #mountains #scenic
dark sea. Your mouth is snow now on my lips, cool, intimate, first kiss,
a vow."
-from New Year by Carol Ann Duffy
#landscapephotography #photography #virginiaisforlovers #virginia #poetry #poem #love #newyears #mountains #scenic
"Where there was something and suddenly isn’t,
an absence shouts, celebrates, leaves a space.
I begin again with the smallest numbers.
Quick dance, shuffle of losses and leaves,
only the things I didn’t do
crackle after the blazing dies."
-from Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye
an absence shouts, celebrates, leaves a space.
I begin again with the smallest numbers.
Quick dance, shuffle of losses and leaves,
only the things I didn’t do
crackle after the blazing dies."
-from Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye
December 31, 2024 at 1:12 PM
"Where there was something and suddenly isn’t,
an absence shouts, celebrates, leaves a space.
I begin again with the smallest numbers.
Quick dance, shuffle of losses and leaves,
only the things I didn’t do
crackle after the blazing dies."
-from Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye
an absence shouts, celebrates, leaves a space.
I begin again with the smallest numbers.
Quick dance, shuffle of losses and leaves,
only the things I didn’t do
crackle after the blazing dies."
-from Burning the Old Year by Naomi Shihab Nye
No, I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away
-Paul Simon
#cheetah #bigcats #animals #wildlifephotography #photography #paulsimon #babyanimals #safari #travel #africa #kenya #masaimara #wildlife #conservation
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away
-Paul Simon
#cheetah #bigcats #animals #wildlifephotography #photography #paulsimon #babyanimals #safari #travel #africa #kenya #masaimara #wildlife #conservation
December 30, 2024 at 11:54 AM
No, I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away
-Paul Simon
#cheetah #bigcats #animals #wildlifephotography #photography #paulsimon #babyanimals #safari #travel #africa #kenya #masaimara #wildlife #conservation
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away
-Paul Simon
#cheetah #bigcats #animals #wildlifephotography #photography #paulsimon #babyanimals #safari #travel #africa #kenya #masaimara #wildlife #conservation
"Doleful creature heart in question
Distinct from lion's regal brawn;
You are prince of isolation
And twilight realms of dusk and dawn"
-from Jackal by Nicasio Orlando
#wildlifephotography #photography #animals #poetry #poem #poetry #africananimals #safari #africa #wildlife #dogs
Distinct from lion's regal brawn;
You are prince of isolation
And twilight realms of dusk and dawn"
-from Jackal by Nicasio Orlando
#wildlifephotography #photography #animals #poetry #poem #poetry #africananimals #safari #africa #wildlife #dogs
December 29, 2024 at 3:58 PM
"Doleful creature heart in question
Distinct from lion's regal brawn;
You are prince of isolation
And twilight realms of dusk and dawn"
-from Jackal by Nicasio Orlando
#wildlifephotography #photography #animals #poetry #poem #poetry #africananimals #safari #africa #wildlife #dogs
Distinct from lion's regal brawn;
You are prince of isolation
And twilight realms of dusk and dawn"
-from Jackal by Nicasio Orlando
#wildlifephotography #photography #animals #poetry #poem #poetry #africananimals #safari #africa #wildlife #dogs
If the mountain seems too big today
then climb a hill instead;
If morning brings you sadness
it’s okay to stay in bed.
If the day ahead feels heavy and your plans feel like a curse,
There’s no shame in rearranging,
don’t make yourself feel worse.
-from The Mountain, Laura Ding-Edwards
#photography
then climb a hill instead;
If morning brings you sadness
it’s okay to stay in bed.
If the day ahead feels heavy and your plans feel like a curse,
There’s no shame in rearranging,
don’t make yourself feel worse.
-from The Mountain, Laura Ding-Edwards
#photography
December 28, 2024 at 3:38 PM
If the mountain seems too big today
then climb a hill instead;
If morning brings you sadness
it’s okay to stay in bed.
If the day ahead feels heavy and your plans feel like a curse,
There’s no shame in rearranging,
don’t make yourself feel worse.
-from The Mountain, Laura Ding-Edwards
#photography
then climb a hill instead;
If morning brings you sadness
it’s okay to stay in bed.
If the day ahead feels heavy and your plans feel like a curse,
There’s no shame in rearranging,
don’t make yourself feel worse.
-from The Mountain, Laura Ding-Edwards
#photography
"She sights a Bird—she chuckles—
She flattens—then she crawls—
She runs without the look of feet—
Her eyes increase to Balls—
Her Jaws stir—twitching—hungry—
Her Teeth can hardly stand"
-Emily Dickinson
#cheetah #bigcats #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #safari #africa #poem #cats
She flattens—then she crawls—
She runs without the look of feet—
Her eyes increase to Balls—
Her Jaws stir—twitching—hungry—
Her Teeth can hardly stand"
-Emily Dickinson
#cheetah #bigcats #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #safari #africa #poem #cats
December 27, 2024 at 12:14 PM
"She sights a Bird—she chuckles—
She flattens—then she crawls—
She runs without the look of feet—
Her eyes increase to Balls—
Her Jaws stir—twitching—hungry—
Her Teeth can hardly stand"
-Emily Dickinson
#cheetah #bigcats #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #safari #africa #poem #cats
She flattens—then she crawls—
She runs without the look of feet—
Her eyes increase to Balls—
Her Jaws stir—twitching—hungry—
Her Teeth can hardly stand"
-Emily Dickinson
#cheetah #bigcats #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poems #safari #africa #poem #cats
A fishing boat perched on the shore,
awaiting the next opportunistic tradesman,
offers itself up to anyone willing to take a chance
a public offering
maintained by the village
a service for all by all
free for the taking
never abused.
Come cast your nets,
success for one feeds us all.
#poetry
awaiting the next opportunistic tradesman,
offers itself up to anyone willing to take a chance
a public offering
maintained by the village
a service for all by all
free for the taking
never abused.
Come cast your nets,
success for one feeds us all.
#poetry
December 26, 2024 at 1:16 PM
A fishing boat perched on the shore,
awaiting the next opportunistic tradesman,
offers itself up to anyone willing to take a chance
a public offering
maintained by the village
a service for all by all
free for the taking
never abused.
Come cast your nets,
success for one feeds us all.
#poetry
awaiting the next opportunistic tradesman,
offers itself up to anyone willing to take a chance
a public offering
maintained by the village
a service for all by all
free for the taking
never abused.
Come cast your nets,
success for one feeds us all.
#poetry
I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love.
-Linus Van Pelt
-Linus Van Pelt
December 25, 2024 at 8:15 AM
I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love.
-Linus Van Pelt
-Linus Van Pelt
from spiralling ecstatically this
proud nowhere of earth’s most prodigious night
blossoms a newborn babe
-from A Poem for Christmas by e. e. cummings
#paintedchurch #photography #christmaseve #poetry #poems #art #origami #christmastree #hawaii #hawaiianchristmas #melekalikimaka
proud nowhere of earth’s most prodigious night
blossoms a newborn babe
-from A Poem for Christmas by e. e. cummings
#paintedchurch #photography #christmaseve #poetry #poems #art #origami #christmastree #hawaii #hawaiianchristmas #melekalikimaka
December 24, 2024 at 2:01 PM
from spiralling ecstatically this
proud nowhere of earth’s most prodigious night
blossoms a newborn babe
-from A Poem for Christmas by e. e. cummings
#paintedchurch #photography #christmaseve #poetry #poems #art #origami #christmastree #hawaii #hawaiianchristmas #melekalikimaka
proud nowhere of earth’s most prodigious night
blossoms a newborn babe
-from A Poem for Christmas by e. e. cummings
#paintedchurch #photography #christmaseve #poetry #poems #art #origami #christmastree #hawaii #hawaiianchristmas #melekalikimaka
Oh such tragedy!
Murdered for a piano-
Regal elephant.
- by Amy Green
#wildlifephotography #photography #safari #africa #wildlife #poetry #poem #haiku #elephant #animals #africananimals
Murdered for a piano-
Regal elephant.
- by Amy Green
#wildlifephotography #photography #safari #africa #wildlife #poetry #poem #haiku #elephant #animals #africananimals
December 23, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Oh such tragedy!
Murdered for a piano-
Regal elephant.
- by Amy Green
#wildlifephotography #photography #safari #africa #wildlife #poetry #poem #haiku #elephant #animals #africananimals
Murdered for a piano-
Regal elephant.
- by Amy Green
#wildlifephotography #photography #safari #africa #wildlife #poetry #poem #haiku #elephant #animals #africananimals
I asked the zebra
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Or you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
-from Zebra Question, by Shel Silverstein
#zebra #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poem #shelsilverstein #animal #wildlife
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Or you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
-from Zebra Question, by Shel Silverstein
#zebra #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poem #shelsilverstein #animal #wildlife
December 22, 2024 at 5:31 AM
I asked the zebra
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Or you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
-from Zebra Question, by Shel Silverstein
#zebra #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poem #shelsilverstein #animal #wildlife
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Or you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
-from Zebra Question, by Shel Silverstein
#zebra #wildlifephotography #photography #poetry #poem #shelsilverstein #animal #wildlife
I refused in the first life
to become a river
so geography would not force me
to swallow salt every day
in the cataracts of eternity
- by Muhammed Harbi
#travelphotography #photography #poem #poetry #egypt #cairo #giza #travel #pyramid #beauty
to become a river
so geography would not force me
to swallow salt every day
in the cataracts of eternity
- by Muhammed Harbi
#travelphotography #photography #poem #poetry #egypt #cairo #giza #travel #pyramid #beauty
December 21, 2024 at 6:37 AM
I refused in the first life
to become a river
so geography would not force me
to swallow salt every day
in the cataracts of eternity
- by Muhammed Harbi
#travelphotography #photography #poem #poetry #egypt #cairo #giza #travel #pyramid #beauty
to become a river
so geography would not force me
to swallow salt every day
in the cataracts of eternity
- by Muhammed Harbi
#travelphotography #photography #poem #poetry #egypt #cairo #giza #travel #pyramid #beauty
"Lo! they stretch,
In airy undulations, far away,
As if the ocean, in his gentlest swell,
Stood still, with all his rounded billows fixed,
And motionless forever."
-from The Prairies by William Cullen Bryant
#photography #poem #poetry #landscapephotography #nebraska #prairies #sunset #sunsets
In airy undulations, far away,
As if the ocean, in his gentlest swell,
Stood still, with all his rounded billows fixed,
And motionless forever."
-from The Prairies by William Cullen Bryant
#photography #poem #poetry #landscapephotography #nebraska #prairies #sunset #sunsets
December 20, 2024 at 12:15 PM
"Lo! they stretch,
In airy undulations, far away,
As if the ocean, in his gentlest swell,
Stood still, with all his rounded billows fixed,
And motionless forever."
-from The Prairies by William Cullen Bryant
#photography #poem #poetry #landscapephotography #nebraska #prairies #sunset #sunsets
In airy undulations, far away,
As if the ocean, in his gentlest swell,
Stood still, with all his rounded billows fixed,
And motionless forever."
-from The Prairies by William Cullen Bryant
#photography #poem #poetry #landscapephotography #nebraska #prairies #sunset #sunsets