The wind was howling at 15-20 miles per hour. The air temperature was 24°F in the woods with a wind chill of 10°F or so. But there's still so much to see, so much to feel. Another beautiful morning in the woods. Continue Reading...
Woods and the Rising Sun
Woods and the Rising Sun It's always a treat to be outside to meet the morning sun. The woods are at their best even for an audience of one. #getoutside. #PhotoPoetry. Continue Reading...
At Peace in the Forest
At Peace In The Forest I walked in the woods. It was cold. The chill on my face was cold enough for me to notice. I thought that maybe it was cold enough to freeze condensation into my mustache. The snow was hard. It was frozen, molded by the beings that had trodden there before me. My steps were my own, but nearly every one of Continue Reading...
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...
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...
Natural World
Photography 101. Trying something a little different. I have hundreds of wildlife photos, but wanted to try another approach. This is looking down an oak tree out behind my house. Continue Reading...
Wooded Place
I wrote this because when I walk these woods my mind is at ease and thoughts flow more easily, carrying their own tune. This little story captures walks in those woods from my own real perspective. Upon seeing the picture, a request for some words came in, so I wrote this after noon. Wooded Place There's a wooded place where I like to go I walk this place even in rain and snow The sounds of Continue Reading...
Wildlife moment
I didn't get any of this on camera as my camera was outside in my vehicle, but we had a wildlife moment out back this morning. It started with my son spotting an animal at the edge of the yard. He came to me to verify its identity. It was a bobcat. So, the two of us watched the bobcat for a minute or two as it sat quietly, interested in something we couldn't see in the distance. Then, just like Continue Reading...
In search of silence
I walk, in search of silence, somewhere near this place.I pause and stare at beauty absent of human trace. Stopped, I listen, hoping only to hear the snow fall.Maybe the breeze as it gently teases the trees so tall. Then the silence breaks, as a squirrel sounds his alert.I smile, as I trod, in their space, wishing none to hurt. The tracks below belong to the animals living here.There's proof of Continue Reading...