Summer Close Up
Go jump in the lake. If some said that to me, normally I’d not be happy. But on a scorching summer day, a jump in the lake sounds wonderful. So […]
Go jump in the lake. If some said that to me, normally I’d not be happy. But on a scorching summer day, a jump in the lake sounds wonderful. So […]
A gallery of different kinds of wetlands, where land meets water and the sky shines above, for watery Travel theme: Land Meets Water.
As I walked around the Logan County Courthouse Square in Lincoln, Illinois, I pondered what would Abe do. Abe Lincoln practiced law in the town. For historic buffs, Lincoln is […]
I hear vibrations of rhythmic drum beats blends with voices singing ancient songs of celebration, gratitude. Then vividly colored, expertly hand-carved ceremonial masks come into my view. It’s stirs something […]
I’d like to be a water-lily sleeping on the river, Where solemn rushes whisper, and funny ripples quiver. All day I’d watch the blue sky—all night I’d watch the black, […]
It is pleasant to walk down a path that is littered with white petals from blossoming trees. Just a few months ago, I’d be walking on a path of snow. […]
“The wind in the reeds and the rushes, The bees on the bells of thyme, The birds on the myrtle bushes, The cicale above in the lime, And the lizards […]
“To sit and watch the wavelets as they flow Two – side by side; To see the gliding clouds that come and And mark them glide…” Sully Prudhomme I watch […]
I looked for something green–green grass or budding leaves. I wanted to start a Spring post with a touch of green. I think the new snowfall covered it up. I […]
What slithers and hisses? The rattlesnake I saw did both, while I visited a wildlife nature center to learn more about ecology and the environment. The smart snake sought shelter. […]
When slush covers the trails, it makes hiking slow and wet. So I looked around for somewhere else to hike. I visited a nature center with walking path and trails […]
Often as I walk along I see secluded spots that look like inviting places to stop along the trail. Sometimes its an arbor of trees, garden bench near blooming flowers […]