Monday, March 2, 2009

Out into the wilderness




“In wilderness is the preservation of the world.”

- Henry David Thoreau

29 comments:

Dawn Marie said...

beautiful photo..makes you think Spring is closer than it feels like out there.

Unknown said...

Exactly. Beautiful photo.

basketsnprims said...

Beautiful photo.
Pam

Cedar ... said...

I want to be right there on that river bank.... what a beautiful spot!

Anonymous said...

Such a pretty scene.

Patsy said...

The water looks so clear, wonderful photo.
Patsy

Busy Bee Suz said...

I love this photo. Great job!

Tina said...

Shelley,
A winter wonderland...how nice!!

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Beautiful photo, Shelley... I love seeing streams in winter.. Just gorgeous!!!!
Hugs,
Betsy

Deborah Godin said...

What a beautiful shimmery view, even for the winter-weary...

Sunny said...

Gorgeous photo! Looks like a postcard or a Christmas card. :)

Anonymous said...

Great Photo Shelley! Is that the Pigeon again? simply beautiful, and the quote matched fantastically!

KathyB. said...

I am appreciating the photographs AND the verses you have displayed with them, the last three posts are beautiful. And we listen to the same music, I have and do listen to all the selections on your play list.

And thanks for the education on Loons!

Unknown said...

Nature always gets it right ... without even trying.

commoncents said...

Nice post and nice blog.

Would you like to exchange links?

Steve
COMMON CENTS
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Willard said...

Beautiful. A lovely spot which you photographed well.

Anonymous said...

Oh wow.. .beautiful and soooo peaceful ..sigh...

A New England Life said...

What a beautiful view Shelley. It can be difficult to find a scene like that as the water is usually frozen. I would guess the snow melted not long after this photo was taken. Come on Spring!

Anonymous said...

This is such a beautiful photo! So peaceful. I love it!

Leedra said...

This looks like a photo Richard will be wanting to use.

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Anonymous said...

THAT is a beautiful scene!!! You really captured a nice view - I love it - the water the trees the sky - Everything!

Anonymous said...

And the snow too! sorry

Shelley said...

Dawnie - It certainly does! Especially when you see the melting snow.

Darla - thank you!

Pam - thanks so much!

Cedar - YOu would've loved it - especially hearing the sound of the running water.

Mildred - It was a great place just to watch the water and trees.

Benny & Patsy - I was checking the water to see if I could see any fish... lol!

Busy Bee - thank you!

Tina - I have to say - it was one of my better winter days - I didn't get frost bite for once while snapping photos. ha,ha!

Betsy - I love seeing the moving water in the winter. Especially since my animals and birds will have a place to get a drink!

Deborah - Winter Weary is a great word. I'm going to use it to describe myself. :-)

Judy - thank you for saying that! I think I will add it to my nature store and put it on a card. I always appreciate feedback like that!!

Nature Lovin - I wasn't sure. We took a ride all the way down Wilkenson Road (pass Tree Tops.) I meant to get out our map to look it up - but maybe you know? It was right before we hit farm country.

Robert - You are right once again. Nature makes no mistakes.

Kathy - you are very nice and I appreciate your comments! Glad you like the music - I was hoping to set the tone!

Willard - thank you kindly!

Rambling - if you could've heard the running streams and the birds chirping -it was wonderful!

New England - It was an especially sunny day. My lake in front of our cabin is just starting to break up...all good signs!

Charli - thank you!

leedra - I will take that as the ultimate compliment!

Tricia - so glad you liked it! We had gone driving around that day in search of views we hadn't seen yet - so this was a nice surprise!

Coralie Cederna Johnson said...

Oh how beautiful...reminds me of my growing up home in the U.P. where endless memories lie in wait!

Anonymous said...

May humanity begin to feel and relate with what is wild and free, and may we ourselves move in this direction.

Heather said...

Oh Shelley, I love that photo. Absolutely beautiful!

Melissa Weisbard said...

Gorgeous! I've been out of the blogging loop for a few weeks. Life has just been too hectic. I missed looking at your photos.

I just returned from a trip to Arizona where I saw Monument Valley. It was breath-taking. I just posted a couple of photos on my blog last night of my Arizona trip. I will be posting more photos of Arizona on my blog in the next couple of days.

Coy Hill said...

Picture perfect!

It just doesn't get any prettier than this Shelley! This image would make a perfect postcard!

Anonymous said...

hummm, I know that area well, but I need a lil more info....was there a cabin on the other side of the road? it has a cute lil bench outside overlooking the river. if so, than that is the pigeon...about 5 miles downstream for the headwaters. if you went to sparr then it could have also been the black river. hope that helped!