salt flats, tide pools, birds, fish, dolphins, grasses, treasures
beachcombing
on the southern side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor,
north of the city on Folly Beach, South Carolina, USA
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‘there’s peace in the pull of the tides.’
-author unknown
anyone who knows me well, knows that i absolutely love sticks, rocks, shells, leaves…..
and why I was thrilled to read this recently:
Curators at the Strong National Museum of Play branched out when they added the stick to their collection of all-time beloved toys. Among the most versatile amusements, sticks have inspired central equipment in several sports, including baseball, hockey, lacrosse, fencing, cricket, fishing, and pool. Humble twigs are also ready-made for fetch, slingshots, toasting marshmallows, and boundless make-believe.
Located in Rochester, New York – about 70 miles northeast of Fisher-Price’s headquarters – the Strong acquired the fledgling National Toy Hall of Fame in 2002. To date, more than 70 toys have been inducted, including Crayola Crayons, Duncan Yo-Yos, and bicycles. The stick was added in 2008, three years after another quintessential source of cheap childhood delight: the cardboard box. Hail to the mighty stick!
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‘some of you did not spend your childhood making potions
out of random leaves, berries, flowers, and twigs
tossed into a tub of water and stirred with a stick that you found….
and it shows.’
-author unknown
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source credits: google image, nice news, strong national museum of play
fiddleheads
baby ferns
one of the most beautiful things in nature
their name comes from their resemblance
to the scrolled end of a violin
there’s a certain magical quality about them.
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‘if you listen carefully, the silence is beautiful.’
-purpleclover
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photo credit: solstice
another lovely day, another lovely park to sit in quietness.
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‘in quietness, the soul expands.’
*rockwell kent
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*Rockwell Kent, American, (1882- 1971), illustrated hundreds of books and was known as having been a painter, writer, architect, wood engraver, sailor, adventurer, voyager, political activist, laborer, lobster fishermen, union organizer, and lecturer.
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ann arbor, mi, usa
‘even a wounded world is feeding us.
even a wounded world holds us,
gives us moments of joy & wonder.
i choose joy over despair, not because i have my head in the sand,
but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and i must return it.’
-robin wali kimmerer, author, braiding sweetgrass
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today, on earth day, and every day
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walking the ann arbor parks, michigan, usa, 2025
These animals, crafted from cardboard and plywood, make up “The Herds,” a public art project that recently set off from the Democratic Republic of Congo on a journey through major cities in Africa and Europe. The goal is to raise awareness about how the climate crisis is endangering the very animals represented by the life-size puppets. “We believe thousands and thousands of people are watching us,” project member Siphokazi Mpofu told AFP. “We believe out of these thousands, maybe 10 will take out something on what we are doing and then take it back to their communities, to their cities.” Watch a video of the herd in motion.
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‘The wildlife and the natural beauty of this earth are the heritage of all generations to come.
We must act as their guardians.’
– Sir David Attenborough
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source credit: AFP
even in the midst of a very cool spring
one of the best ways to enjoy the day.
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“walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
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saginaw woods, ann arbor, michigan, usa – spring 2025
About the picture:
It’s an old barn in the field and during that time it was fogging, the sky color was light pink and below was light blue..I couldn’t really get the right color when I took that picture but it’s close to what I took.. It was so amazing feeling to see it in actual, what a great memory – Old barn on a snowy field, Janice Perkkio (somewhere in Scandinavia)
About the picture:
in January, frost -28, wonderful color brilliance, in Finnish Lapland, Sodankylä
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i came across both of these photos a year apart, taken by different people in different places
I’m so in awe of their quiet winter beauty
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‘winter knows to hush, still, listen, so the soul can speak.’
-angie weiland-crosby
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photo credits: both photos were found on view from my window
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through her imagination, all things become possible.’
-nadia janice brown
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art credit: john goss, great blue heron
mill creek park north, huron river, dexter, mi, usa
winter 2025
‘raindrops on weeds in a broken wall’
*photo/edit credit: hollie jane wright
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i find this photo so stunning
it looks like beautiful italian glass
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‘weeds are nature’s graffiti.’
-j.l.w. brooks
I didn't have my glasses on.... 