Sometimes I travel just to pass through an area, but many times I travel to a spot just to let it pass through me. Continue Reading...
In the Garden
Often times, as I stroll through the quiet, God created, wild places, I find myself praying, if not, talking with my Lord. In those moments, the balance of life, my peace of mind, and feeling of blessed assurance is mine; mine alone. It reminds me of the truths found in words to a song I remember singing in church... "And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own; And Continue Reading...
Going Home?
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity” ― John Muir, Our National Parks Continue Reading...
Where will you go?
Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt. ~John Muir Continue Reading...
I agree Lord Byron
There Is Pleasure In The Pathless Woods There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet Continue Reading...
Katahdin Blues
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...
Nature please
Oh, if only there existed the time to take in its entirety... na·ture ˈnāCHər/ noun 1. the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations. Continue Reading...
Little bird on a branch
Once the hummingbirds leaves the feeder, they are hard to find. This is the best my zoom could do from about 40 feet away. Continue Reading...
Backyard Hummingbird
One of our two hummingbirds comes in for a snack Continue Reading...