Once in a while, a road trip takes me through scenes and views that are too numerous to count, and too splendid to accurately capture in pictures. I try though, to convey the breathtaking goodness and beauty found in weather and creation. Continue Reading...
Salmon Arm Sunset
Wet Snow
As I made my way around town this morning, I marveled with the kids at the spectacle of the winter wonderland we passed through. The limbs all around us, bending low, to display their burden in beautiful form. Trees bowed to the Creator, silent and still, in reverence to the One that giveth and taketh away. The fresh coat of white, wet snow, with barely a hint of breeze, made for a postcard Continue Reading...
Sun in the Corner
The sun was setting on the distant horizon, with splendor that captured everyone's eyes. But I noticed what it shone on, and noticing it's beauty was truly my prize. Continue Reading...
Sunset in the Land of Lincoln
Where Words Take Me
Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. - John Muir quoted by Samuel Hall Young in Alaska Days with John Muir (1915) chapter 7 "God never made an ugly landscape. All that the sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild." ~ John Muir John Muir is on my list of people I would like to have Continue Reading...
Too Much Here For One To See
I look to the sky and the blazing sunFeeling like I’ve arrived, the only one This place before me feels like home?Should I never leave here, no longer roam? God must have painted here, these very tonesMan has not touched this place nary a stone Sitting, I gaze upon this beautiful placeContent, I wish to stay, leave the race How is it that a site can affect me so?I couldn't retreat now if I wanted Continue Reading...
What do I see?
It's worth at least a thousand words. Insert your own 1,000 words. Or, take in the pure innocence of our children and give clear direction to what their eyes see. Their eyes do see. Make sure it's something worthy of their eyes seeing. Continue Reading...