Oklahoma Sunrise/Sunset
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My husband and I decided we wanted to try out the new tent so we loaded up and headed out to the Sequoyah State Park, located on Ft. Gibson Lake in Oklahoma. We just started the campfire when I looked up and noticed the colors in the sky.
The white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata, is a common sphingid moth that occurs throughout most of North America, from southern Canada down to Central America. It has long, narrow, triangular forewings and shorter hindwings, with a wingspan of 2½ to 3½ inches. In poor light they can easily be mistaken for hummingbirds as they hover at tubular flowers, sipping nectar with a long proboscis, and are especially attracted to scented flowers. This one is nectaring on a Red Horsechestnut in my yard in NE Oklahoma.
The B-1 ‘Lancer’ was a long-range supersonic bomber with the capacity for low-level, high-speed flight. Top speed-900 MPH.
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About this Photo: Taken during a recent business trip to Oklahoma. This is a picture of sunrise along the Muskogee Turnpike near Ft. Gibson and Muskogee.
And then, there is my version of Dylan Thomas-like poetry...
Strangers to Life’s Inevitable Suddenness
By Don Iannone
You forget the golden sunrise, letting
the shifting sands of time, slip
through your fingers, like
life falls off the bones
of subtle lonely strangers
Knowing nothing of the waiting
shadows linger deep
just out of reach of tomorrow, where
hearts ready in quiet desperation
haunt us, then let us go
And then, just before surrender
to what beckons
you rewind, and
in your own unique suddenness
the inevitable happens