blue canoe
    ducks drift alongside —
        in grass a crouched cat




pentax pal
    shot the mountains
        perfect exposure




icy water churns
    through canyon boulders
        falls to green pools




hands on mountain land
    my child's feet once knew —
        ghost house




Sierra Buttes lookout
    metal on crag
        liquid wind




250 miles north
    snow striped blue cone —
        that's Mt. Shasta?




down the mountain trail
    wild chirp in tall cedars —
        rattler!




far below us
    canyon walls of rock...
        twice the golden eagle




jump stump to stump
    winding mountain creek
        the cat springs behind