If you ever lose heart and the earth seems as distant as stars fading into the noise of your busy mind, know this. That a tiny island exists in the blue hands of the ocean. That a tree grows upright into the salted clouds. That two eagles love each other enough to spend their lives greeting the morning sun together. That two eaglets stand in their nest, gazing at the heavens. Looking down to the forever ground. They eat and sleep and flap their wings. And one day in July, one by one, they will jump into the air. They will know the difference between existing and what is beyond. They will hold onto nothing. The hurricane will come, courage catching their pinions on fire, as they mount the wind, climbing ladders into realms of the invisible.


--T.L. Stokes






Wednesday, July 14, 2010



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Magic of Yellowstone




Two airplane rides and a week with my father as a guide
through Yellowstone. Welcome to the magic of Yellowstone.

ps: thank you Dad

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

the day is like a book

Two strips of brown earth
in raised beds capture the sun
like soup for baby green heads
and lettuce,
fence posts,
ants in the grass,

where I dig a hole
for the new tomato plant.

She opened a few yellow bright
eyes to look around this morning.
Stretching those crooked arms
and gazing sideways.

I walked barefoot along the cement path.
The birds line up in all the trees
to enliven the leaves, notes
falling down with the green.

So many colors of green.

Ebony and Kona wait for their walk,
I hear them shuffling and tapping
their feet. A mouse makes a small
clicking noise in the nightie drawer.

The day is like a book. I set it down,
I pick it up. Turning one page, the
yellow sun has drained into gray-white
linen.

The dogs are quiet. The mouse is gone.






for the farm in all her glory

Friday, June 11, 2010

Beauty of a Small Town

Monday, June 7, 2010

The Baxter Barn



At the historic Baxter Barn in Fall City, Washington, owner Cory Huskinson and his wife Missy hosted a miniature donkey baby shower Saturday, June 5th. The party was a huge success with children enjoying sunshine, cake and hot dogs, bird house painting, seed planting, pin-the-tail-on-the-(paper)donkey, petting and hugging the new baby. Even name the new donkey contest. In the above photo Cory has a tender moment with the baby. Learn more about this unique award winning green working farm by going to their website: http://baxterbarn.org/

Photos by Flood Water Photography.






c2010 T.L. Stokes (all rights reserved)

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Flood Water Photography - Our Vision





Welcome to Flood Water Photography!


Our Mission:


PROVIDE stunning magical photography for select clientele.

GUIDE clients through custom photo shoots,
ordering, graphic design and the final product with ease
and professionalism.

GUARANTEE full satisfaction.

DEVELOP and create custom corporate blogs for marketing
and communication.

FREE initial consultation working together with clients to create
a complete vision for their final product.

SEAMLESS print ordering.

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upon demand, including band and concert photography.

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INTENTION with ease and grace so everyone has fun.

EARTH CONSERVATION & WORLD PEACE non-profit,
historical and documentary work. Photography that changes people.

Saturday, April 24, 2010


"Saturation" The Post Office Poems - Literary Project