Bringing the car to a halt, to soak the ambient hues of blue skies.A newfound friendship that blossomed through countryside drives, peaceful hikes and crisp autumn days.The sheer power of nature is nurturing in the most content and unexpected ways. Reflections come in the darkest of times, the lightest of minds and in the deepest of tides. 

Mobile photographyMobile photographyMy sister through my eyesHer priceless smileMy camera is my whole worldRelaxing in the woodsPerfectionAmazing way to end your dayTo the moon and backSun gate 

New photo by karen stetner photos.google.com Spent a lot of time camping in Ohio this summer and one of my favorite views was from the Pymatuning Reservoir. Took this photo on an early foggy morning.

Mist rises to steamlike the bow crosses theviolin, shallow glasson the sheet of the surfaceleavening the humlike dough in the oven.The sunken sirens stretchthe temper of our trust,the darkness of night,the melody transpiringin the whisper of waves.How sacred to wade through tearsroam the hum of old roadscrescendo of calmand then the pullof tidecollapsing ashore likethe wind-chime ringof falling...

a black shadow castsitself underneath crashingfrothy feisty foamcapped sunset riding waves thatsing life back into her soul — -©g.a.meeder, 2021® 

1. A Drowning The whole city is drowning andonly you I hold. Nails puncturing skin. To wake you.I shake you.  I can pretend that you are still warmwith a beating lung in your quiet hull.  I can pretend the flood never came,and it was all snow.  2. And then the water caught me   And then the water caught me, a crumple of soaked red leaves.Skin pinched with searching debris. A washed up thing. Th...