A Carcass for Marcus

 A Carcass for Marcus

 A limerick and that's all.

 Enjoy!

© - KJA - 11/25

No Samples

 No Samples

A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

This Queen Bee (offering no samples) was spotted during an enjoyable visit through the Union Square Farmer's Market in New York City on a mid-November afternoon. For more information on the Union Square Greenmarket, please enjoy the video clips shown below.

KJA - 11/25 (limerick and still photos)

Black Cat Gray Squirrel

 Black Cat Gray Squirrel

A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

On a pleasant November afternoon, these two beauties were caught posing on a stump strategically placed within Gramercy Park in downtown Manhattan. While the black cat (being inanimate) could not move, the other (gray squirrel) most certainly could, but chose not to, posing patiently for several minutes. Definitely deserving a peanut.

For more information on Gramercy Park in New York City, please enjoy the videos shown below.

© - KJA - 11/25 (limerick and still photos)

Tree Amputee

 Tree Amputee

A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

A very large, old and quite contorted European beech tree spotted in the Boston Public Garden during a recent visit to downtown Boston. Having survived a drastic surgical procedure, this grande dame appears to be missing half of her trunk. Nevertheless, she flourishes, still providing shade, foliage and beauty within the first botanical garden in the United States.

For more information on the Boston Public Garden, please enjoy the videos shown below.

© - KJA - 11/25 (limerick & photos)

Ode to Hoot Owl

 Ode to Hoot Owl

A limerick, a tune and currently a work in progress.

Inspired by autumn night walks with barred owl serenades. Sometimes a solo performance. Often a call and response. Whatever the mix, always a listening delight.

© - KJA - 10/25 (tune, limerick & ceramic photo)

Blues for Bombus

 Blues for Bombus

Currently a work in progress.

A standard twelve-bar instrumental blues tune composed and performed by Kitty Allen on pedal harp, flutes, keyboard and laptop. Inspired by and dedicated to a hardworking bumblebee spotted pollinating a marigold during a beautiful October afternoon.

For more information on bees, please enjoy the brief videos shown below.

© - KJA - 10/25

Onward to Decrepitude

 Onward to Decrepitude

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMRX5n93/

A haiku and that's all.

Enjoy!

Inspired by this large multi-colored deteriorating leaf found along a rural CT road during a country walk on the day before official arrival of fall. Unfortunately, it was positioned quite close to a dead gray squirrel (no photo available).

© - KJA - 9/25

Moses

 Moses

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMRebttL/

A haiku and that's all.

Enjoy!

Inspired by a sighting and visit with 250 pound English Mastiff, Moses. Spotted on 5th Avenue in downtown Manhattan.

© - KJA - 9/25

The White House Piano

 The White House Piano 

A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

Inspired by a sighting of the White House piano during a recent tour while on a summer visit to Washington D.C.

For more information on the White House piano, please enjoy the videos shown below.

© - KJA - 9/25 (limerick & photo)

Vostok, the Amur Tiger

 Vostok, the Amur Tiger 

A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

Inspired by a recent sighting of Vostok during a visit to the Smithsonian Zoo in Washington D.C. Totally relaxed and at ease, Vostok appeared to thoroughly enjoy his solitude during a warm, pleasant and quiet August afternoon.

To see more of Vostok, please enjoy the video shown below.

To hear a variety of tiger sounds, please enjoy the video shown below. 

KJA - 9/25

Puppies

 Puppies

A haiku in two (photos) and that's all.

Enjoy!

Inspired by recent visit to a Scottish Highlands sheep farm complete with herding demonstration.

 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6VpmbRS/

(A TikTok sheepherding demonstration)

© - KJA - 8/25

Blue Face

 Blue Face

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT641su9k/

A momentary haiku and that's all.

Enjoy!

Inspired by a curious building facade (shown below) during a walk up the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland.

© - KJA - 8/25

Loch Rannoch Air

 Loch Rannoch Air

Available on Spotify, Apple Music & in most digital music stores.

Melodic and moody instrumental tune composed and performed by Kitty Allen on pedal harp, flutes, keyboard, pipes, whistles and laptop. Inspired by and dedicated to the natural beauty of the Scottish Highlands. Also imbedded with a Happy Birthday refrain to celebrate notable moments during the month of October. Enjoy!

My Heart's in the Highlands

 A poem by Robert Burns - Scotland's national poet

My heart is in the Highlands, my heart is not here,

My heart is in the Highlands a-chasing the deer,

A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe - 

My heart is in the Highlands, wherever I go!

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,

The birthplace of valor, the country of worth!

Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,

The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.

Farewell to the mountains high covered with snow,

Farewell to the broad valleys and green valleys below,

Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods,

Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods!

 

© - KJA - 8/25 - tune and photos of Loch Rannoch area, Scotland

Hollyrood Stag

 Hollyrood Stag

A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

 Unaltered version of the Holyrood stag.

Photographed at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the British monarch in Edinburgh, Scotland. 

© - KJA - 8/25

Meadow Sunset

 Meadow Sunset 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Vexut2/

A momentary haiku and that's all. 

Enjoy! 

KJA - 8/25 

Still a Toe

Still a Toe 

A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy! 

Recently spotted on display in a New York City shoe salon, these strappy black satin Schiaparelli stilettos (with leather lining) are adorned with golden brass toes and removable satin bows on the strap. The 105 mm heel (4.1 inches) will flatter the curve of your leg. 

If you prefer a more casual shoe with equally distinct brass toes, a Schiaparelli sneaker is also available.

© - KJA - 7/25 (top two photos & limerick)

Two Tale Tug

 Two Tale Tug

Two limericks and that's all.

Enjoy!

A Yacht Scott Is Not

Here floats a red tugboat named Scott.

Who prides himself hot as a yacht.

But his crew men act crass,

Big brutes filled with sass.

A yacht Scott most surely is not. 

Quiver Liver in River

Here swam a fine tugboat called Quiver.

Who shoved a large barge up the river.

But his dignity fell,

From the pungent bad smell.

Of cargo containing raw liver.

© - KJA - 7/25

Hair Groom Heirloom

 Hair Groom Heirloom

A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

Vintage hairdryer abandoned and retrieved from a cornfield in Adrian, Michigan. Discovered and transported in approximately 1995. Now lives atop a doghouse in CT.

© - KJA - 7/25

Rhapsody for Retired Tractor

 Rhapsody for Retired Tractor

Currently a work in progress.

Expressive and free-flowing instrumental tune composed and performed by Kitty Allen on harp, flutes, melodica, whistles and laptop. Inspired by an agricultural implement permanently released from hard labor.

Pink Poodle Park Pose

 Pink Poodle Park Pose

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjoVAXgo/

A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

© - KJA - 6/25

Marblehead Jardiniere

 Marblehead Jardiniere

A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

© - KJA - 7/25

Seeking the Beehive Bouffant - Circa 1972

 Seeking the Beehive Bouffant - Circa 1972

A limerick in three hairdos.

Enjoy!

© - KJA - 6/25

Blue Bugatti

 Blue Bugatti

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjQuWody/

A limerick and that's all.

Enjoy!

© - KJA - 5/25