early evening in the park on the river in spring
crew teams have returned with the birds.
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“all were merged into one smoothly working machine;
they were, in fact, a poem of motion, a symphony of swinging blades.”
-Daniel James Brown, The Boys in the Boat: 9 Americans and Their Epic Quest For Gold at the 1936 Olympics
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argo park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – april 2021
came across this open door
when walking in the park
so many questions.
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“answers are closed rooms; and questions are open doors that invite us in.”
-nancy willard
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argo park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – march 2021
last night’s walk in the park
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“it is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam.
this crisp winter air is full of it.”
-john burroughs
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argo park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – february 2021
should we swim or play ice hockey today?
luckily this sign helps to make the decision easier.
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“i try not to go the obvious route all the time,
but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.”
-al yankovich
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image credit: jim grampie, at gallup park, ann arbor
on a rainy walk
a bridge
covered with shining confetti
a celebration
only thing I know
is that it was
something wonderful.
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‘’I’m all about possibilities and about surprises and the life force.”
-joel grey
a family afternoon spent
practicing karate skills, self defense, getting a good workout
socially distant, outside, under a very hot sun
at beacon park, in detroit
lots of sweat, lots of water, lots of fun
“karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can,
using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.”
-dave barry
shoes left behind
no need for these when you find the river.
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“let your shoes take you to where your happiness grows.”
-anthony t. hincks
on a long walk in the park each day
i see people and animals outside
staying a safe distance from each other
alone
alone together
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“nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance;
they make the latitudes and longitudes.”
-henry david thoreau
“but which is the stone that supports the bridge?”
-kublai khan
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ramsey canyon preserve, sierra vista, az – walking in beauty with my sister
what a lovely little place
discovered on a walk in the woods
nestled beneath the old trees
resting on a blanket
of the softest pine needles
open to all who happen by
who lives here?
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“when you’re wide open, the world is a good place.”
-sharon salzberg
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nichols arboretum, ann arbor, mi, usa. november 2018
I didn't have my glasses on.... 