Tag Archives: outdoors

Roads and Paths

Posted on May 9, 2017 by poemsandponderings

Inspired by a recent post from Minnesota Prairie Roots@www.wordpress.com by Audrey Kletscher Helbling, author and photographer extraordinaire on traveling the interstate highway systems. Thanks Audrey for the motivation! Give her blog a visit you’ll enjoy her down home American Midwestern … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana, Challenges, Christmas, Family, history, life, Poetry, Promise Land, Words on Wanderings | Tagged CHRISTMAS, community, Holiday, Jack Downing, Jake, outdoors, Recreation, relationships, travel, United States, vacation, WordPress | 1 Comment

The Journey Beckons

Posted on November 2, 2016 by poemsandponderings

I have not ceased to be nor write, nor to be somewhat contrite, for my leisure in posting on this here blog and for that I blame not spell nor grog. The cause of course is … Continue reading →

Posted in demise, early risers, journey, life, peace, poet, Poetry, sailors, seafarers, the shore | Tagged Jack Downing, Jake, Life's questions, Life's travelings, nature, outdoors, Poetry, The ocean's tides, The seashore | 8 Comments

Haiku’s For The New Fourth

Posted on July 2, 2016 by poemsandponderings

I’m sorry if the following offends any of you in any way, but I’m saddened by what is happening to my beloved country and these haiku’s are not in the least “politically correct” but they are my honest … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana, beer, bull, God, Haiku, history, in my opinion, old days, poet, political, politicians, Spirits, The right to bear arms, warning, Wine | Tagged Fourth of July, God, Haiku, Jack Downing, Jake, outdoors, United States, warning | 13 Comments

A Day At The Shore

Posted on June 9, 2016 by poemsandponderings

The following photographs are of Perkins Cove, Ogunquit Me. one of the most picturesque of shoreline locations. I will personally attest to the quality of the food, the fishing and the quaint ambiance oh, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana, Animals, craft, in my opinion, Land Lubbers, oceans, poet, sailors, seafarers, Summer, the shore, tranaquility, Words on Wanderings | Tagged coast of maine, Jack Downing, nature, outdoors, Perkins Cove, Poetry, Recreation, Seafood, travel, United States, vacation | 12 Comments

Hi, Neighbor

Posted on April 22, 2016 by poemsandponderings

Well, would you look at this, (please do) two consecutive days of new posts by yours truly. I don’t know how or why it happened all of a sudden, after what has been a significant creative drought, but … Continue reading →

Posted in humor, illegal, mischievious, misery, Neighbors, night shades, passion, Peeping Tom, poet, Poetry, Summer, warning, Why is it?, women | Tagged Home, Jack Downing, Jake, nature, Neighbors, outdoors, Poetry, relationships, Saturday | 8 Comments

The Old Apple Tree

Posted on November 21, 2015 by poemsandponderings

A salute to the wonders of youth and imaginations that have no limit. The Old Apple Tree What wonder lies behind the eyes of the child not yet deceived? Where impossible dreams, though beyond their means, are not imagined but … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana, children, craft, fleeting time, history, Make Believe, oceans, poet, sailors, seafarers, ships, thoughts | Tagged Apple Tree, Astronaut, Crow's nest, Fortress, imagination, Jack Downing, Jake, outdoors, Pirate ship, Reality, Skull and Cross bones, Space ship | 4 Comments

Generation One-Eighty

Posted on June 13, 2015 by poemsandponderings

Now some of you, heretofore referred to as us/we, seem to have a different (make that old-school) perspective on what is now considered to be the “norm,” in regard to corrective action for our own, or anyone else’s, offspring’s deviation … Continue reading →

Posted in children, Family, history, humor, Kingdom, old days, ponderings, tyrant | Tagged advancements in technology, childhood punishments, generational differences, Jack Downing, Jake, outdoors, Recreation | 4 Comments

Winter In New England

Posted on February 9, 2015 by poemsandponderings

In case you haven’t heard, we are having one heck of a winter here in New England and that’s just in the past two weeks, give or take a day or two. Foot upon foot of the white … Continue reading →

Posted in Americana, Animals, beer, Earth and Us, ecology, environment, football, humor, men, repent, Seasons, Sports, Winter, wishing | Tagged Blizzard, community, Home, Jack Downing, Jake, nature, outdoors, snowy weather, Sunday, Super Bowl XLIX, United States | 8 Comments

The Money Tree

Posted on January 17, 2015 by poemsandponderings

The following is a mixture of fantasy, folly, humor and humility, wrapped up in a moral. What if,,, money did grow on trees? Enjoy, Jake. The Money Tree I’ve wondered how different my life would … Continue reading →

Posted in dog, Gardens, gun, humor, husbands and wives, joy and sorrow, Make Believe, old days, Seven Deadly Sins, wealth and worth | Tagged greed, Jack Downing, Jake, Money, Money Tree, nature, outdoors, regret | 6 Comments

Halo ‘Round The Moon

Posted on November 6, 2014 by poemsandponderings

The full moon is upon us and with a halo sends a warning! Be wary my friends, of strange birds and the howling wind. Not all winds are fair nor foul, just ask the wolf … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Earth and Us, environment, humor, mischievious, poet, warning | Tagged Jack Downing, Jake, nature, omens, outdoors, Thought, weather | Leave a comment