Tag Archives: nature

Jun7

deer crossing.

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IMG_0713it began with the random choice of my reindeer shirt

the obvious selection for a springy-summery day

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as we sat in her yard

i saw something

out of the corner of my eye

 i looked over

to see this guy standing there

looking at me

he must have seen me

out of the corner of his eye

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 i headed over to

the hidden and understated

hard to find

artisan oasis

known as

motawi tiles

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where i came across this beautiful

handcrafted tile

and i knew

this was the one i was meant to own

all signs pointed me clearly in this direction.

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“signs may be but the sympathies of nature with man.”
― charlotte brontë, jane eyre

Apr22

hometown, earth.

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the sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers,

but for the wide world’s joy.

– henry ward beecher



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spring in ann arbor, mi

Apr19
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a walk in gallup park, ann arbor, mi

i never get tired of the blue sky – vincent van gogh

Mar20

welcome home, spring.

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“is the spring coming?” he said.

“what is it like?”…

“it is the sun shining on the rain

and the rain falling on the sunshine…”

― frances hodgson burnett, the secret garden

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Mar15

almost.

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it was one of those march days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold:

when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.

– charles dickens

Mar8

the sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. – jacques yves cousteau

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and so

we went to the sea

and it was

everything

and more

 moving sun

calm waters

 boats afloat

seals playing

fish tacos and ice cream

on the beach

and

friends

and

stories

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and

water

and

shore

alive

with color

and

changing light

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laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
– victor hugo

Mar3

the sky is the daily bread of the eyes. ~ralph waldo emerson

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‘neath bright blue sky

upon wide open fields of snow

with no end in sight

nothing to do

but to run and to play

on such

a fine

and lovely

winter’s day.

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nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere

and the circumference nowhere.

– blaise pascal

Mar1

wintering.

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even the fairies

have settled in

for a  long

winter’s nap

still tucked in

covered

by

a soft

blanket of snow

with

just

a

lemon feather

and

a few

festive trappings

above

reminding us

of

the spring

below

and

yet

to come.

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“perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath,

for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me.”

 – anne morrow lindbergh

Jan13

may your song never cease.

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a few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. but though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.

– john muir

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Dec4

feeling young.

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at 4,841 years old, this ancient bristlecone pine

is the oldest known non-clonal organism on earth.

located in the white mountains of california,

in inyo national forest.

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