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Half my Life March 29th 2024

Posted: April 5, 2024 in #poetry, Poetry
Tags: #divorce, #doubt, #friendship, #goodbye, #grieving, #loss, #lostlove, #love, #lyrics, #marriage, #michaelskennedy, #midimike.com, #mistakes, #musician, #nature, #original songs, #personal, #poem, #poet, #poetry, #progressivefolk, #singersongwriter, #songwriter, #tears, #writing, relationships, www.midimike.com

I offered you all I am

As you demanded the bigger half

I tried to keep them together, but cried until I could not laugh.

We own no jewels or treasures

Beyond the memories we made.

Loving life and nature’s pleasures, but soon even those will fade.

Brilliant colors turn to gray

Precious moments gone.

It all grows now in anger, tormenting everyday.

Hard, still to believe

Please and a simple thank you

Became words you could not say, another way to deceive.

I’ve spent half my life

Fixing my mistakes,

And half of it living yours.

Evidently I don’t know

What it really takes

To heal the open sores.

Brilliant colors turn to gray

Precious moments gone.

Now they grow in anger

Tormenting everyday.

What I have left

Is half of nothing.

Neither yours nor mine.

Years of hard work

And nights in disagreement

Didn’t help the bottom line.

MIDIMike

More from the Gorge

Posted: October 25, 2021 in Photography, Video
Tags: #angelswindows, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #nadatunnel, #national parks, #naturalbridge, #nature, #nikon, #personal, #photographer, #photography, #redrivergorge, #rockbridge, #video

I wanted to give you another glimpse of Red River Gorge just as Fall starts to show. Not far south from my home in Ohio, the valley makes things a bit cooler and the trees are starting to turn there. I took these pictures and videos a few days ago while on a quick mid-week-get-a-way with my wife. Usually we can only visit off season due to her work schedule. This time we took a spontaneous short break and the weather was perfect.

https://videopress.com/v/t0gUZQ4n?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata

https://videopress.com/v/562GTnw4?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata

The next video you can hear me breathing in the background. It was an effort to get to this perch for an old man but the view was worth every step. And then some.

https://videopress.com/v/M5bUKzEN?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata

I have a bunch more and like pictures of your kids, they are all beautiful.

Enjoy, MIDIMike

Natural Bridge and Red River Gorgeous

Posted: October 22, 2021 in Photography
Tags: #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #national parks, #Native American, #naturalbridge, #nature, #nikon, #personal, #photo, #photographer, #photography, #redrivergorge, #rockbridge

My wife and I were lucky to take a quick two night stay near Natural Bridge in Kentucky. We have been there a few times and I always post pictures that interest me. For those considering a trip, I have pictures of beautiful areas that are very close to the road or parking lots. While the paths can be rugged and hilly, these photos were less than a mile from the road.

My wife does not hike, so we pick areas that are close to the road so I can take a quick hike, grab some beautiful memories and rush back to the car so she doesn’t have to wait long. I am 68 years old, so if you are healthy you can reach these monuments of rock formations. It is difficult to view these places close up and not realize how easily early peoples thought of these lands as sacred grounds. Pictures are not enough.

I will post more later, but here is a sample of the pictures from my recent trip. We had beautiful weather and Fall was just starting to turn the hillsides into dazzling colors.

Red tailed Hawks

Posted: February 26, 2021 in Photography
Tags: #birdsofprey, #hawks, #michaelskennedy, #midimike.com, #nature, #photographer, #photography, #redtailedhawk, #video

I was really fortunate the other day. I had just gotten in my car and saw a hawk fly right over my head and land close to me. I wished I had my camera but got out my phone in the hopes he/she would stay long enough for me to get a picture or two. After I managed to do that the hawk remained there and kept looking up. I started shooting a video that I posted on YouTube and want to share with you.

I was curious what the hawk was doing just sitting there. Not too long had passed and something made the hawk jump a bit. I kept filming and noticed that other hawks were taking turns and ‘dive-bombing’ the hawk on the ground. Even in the video with the background music you can hear the other hawks screeching as they approach the ‘target’ on the ground. I realized there are three sibling hawks being trained by the adult (I think this is the female as they are larger than the males).

Soon the adult leaves quickly lands in a nearby tree where it almost immediately gets bumped by one of the siblings. I look around and finally see a cat on the ground, trying to make a meal of their training games. Soon the adult flew off and the three babies followed to another practice ground.

I just thought this was cool to see and hope you do as well. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8GU7NjHUrc&t=21s

A Bit 0f Summer

Posted: July 10, 2020 in Photography
Tags: #blooms, #deer, #flowers, #homebound, #michaelskennedy, #midimike, #midimike.com, #nature, #photo, #photographer, #photography, #photograpy, #whitetaileddeeer

I have not had the chance to get out and take pictures – or a bunch of other things – but here are a few pictures using my cell phone from around my house.

I agree, pictures do brighten up a post!

Still To Be Found; From The Other Half

Posted: August 17, 2019 in Photography
Tags: #midimike, #nature, #photo, #photographer, #photography, #photograpy, Ault Park, Cincinnati Parks, Michael S Kennedy, Nikon, Nikon camera, Ohio, parks, photographs, www.midimike.com

More pictures from my recent adventure to a local city park.

Enjoying a little more late summer before it is gone!

Spring Addition

Posted: April 18, 2019 in Photography
Tags: #national parks, #nature, #photographer, #photography, #photograpy, cabin, hiking, Nikon camera, parks, pay it forward, Red River Gorge, Spring, spring blooms

My wife and I have always subscribed to the pay-it-forward plan. We do a lot of things for others without payment or promise. We have always been that way. As a result, we enjoy things others do for us – either to repay our past efforts or to pay-it-forward on their plan, so to speak.

Last week as a result of a repay, we got to go to a cabin in the Red River Gorge area in Kentucky. We were a bit early in the season as neither of us likes big crowds and our schedules keep us tied down during normal ‘peak’ times for traveling events. You can see blooming trees just starting to take off. Once on the peaks we could look down on the tree-tops for an eagle’s view of early Spring.

Many of you liked my earlier pictures of Spring near my home. I wanted to share a few more pictures knowing spring does not happen on a single date everywhere. Some of you are still looking forward to green and blooms and others are looking to summer already.

Cabin at sunset
Sky Bridge

A Beautiful Spring

Posted: April 9, 2019 in Photography
Tags: #beauty, #nature, #photo, #photographer, #photography, blooms, Camera, cherry blossoms, daffodils, flowering trees, flowers, fruit trees, Nikon camera, parks, seasons, Spring, weather

Usually in Southern Ohio we get Spring-like weather fairly early. Too early, in fact, for most of the flowers and flowering trees. Once the trees and flowers start to bloom we usually get hit by a cold blast and all the blooms freeze. The flowers wilt over and lay on the ground in frozen colors to die. The branches of fruit or flowering trees turn dead and brown.

This year was perfect. The late winter cold blasts did not last long and were not cold enough to do real damage. I would like to share some of the pictures I took yesterday in a favorite local park in my area but every highway and street in thee city is just bursting with color and shouting “SPRING”!

My camera at home, I took out my phone (like everybody else!) and took these pictures of the day. I hope you enjoy a few of these.

Birds In The Back Yard

Posted: February 28, 2019 in Photography, Uncategorized
Tags: #nature, #photo, #photographer, #photography, bird watching, birds, birds of prey, DSLR, feathers, hawks, home, Nikkor, Nikon, Nikon camera, sunset, wildlife, wings, woodpecker

As many of you know I am not a professional photographer. I describe myself as a guy who likes to take pictures. Yesterday my wife and I were walking in our yard as it was getting close to sun-set. We heard some birds just chattering away and saw a pair of woodpeckers and very close by but much further up in the trees there was a hawk perched on a limb. He just sat there watching us and everything around him.

I am not good with names so I do not know what specific birds these are, but for the last few years the hawks have made this their home. Before then I don’t remember seeing or hearing them around where we live. I have always had a love for birds and I have a special fascination with larger birds of prey. Amazed we did not scare him/her away, I went into the house to get my Nikon camera and 70-300 mm lens. My wife stayed watching the birds because it is highly unlikely I would make it back with the camera before they flew away.

Here are a few shots I managed to get when I returned. I hope you enjoy starting the day in flight.