Snowshoeing Aspen Park

“I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.”

-Rosalia de Castro

Autumn in Gaylord

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. ~Stanley Horowitz

Bridge at the Grayling Fish Hatchery

I never wanted to set the world on fire. So I never had to burn any bridges behind me.

-Dinah Shore

Everything is just ducky

Water Lily

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

~Chinese Proverb

Seeking Squirrel

“As long as one keeps searching, the answers come”

- Joan Baez quotes (American Singer and Song Writer, b.1941)

A Butterfly's Life

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."

~Hans Christian Anderson

My favorite bird

The windows of my soul I throw
Wide open to the sun.
~John Greenleaf Whittier, My Psalm

Morning in Gaylord

Through the blackest night, morning gently tiptoes, feeling its way to dawn.
~Robert Brault

Spring

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
~Hal Borland

Lovely Chickadee

Breath is Spirit. The act of breathing is Living.

~Author Unknown

Winter Morning

I'll tell you how the sun rose a ribbon at a time. ~Emily Dickinson

End of Autumn

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.

~Babatunde Olatunji



Traverse City 2008

Ausable River

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.
-Paulo Coelho

Fall Color Check

“The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection”

-Thomas Paine

Innocence

“Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.”

-Jewel

Wet Autumn Leaves

falling leaves
hide the path
so quietly

~John Bailey, "Autumn," a haiku year, 2001

Elk Viewing In Gaylord, MI

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

- John Muir

Autumn in Northern Michigan

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.

~Elizabeth Lawrence

My Loon

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

~Willa Cather



Here is my Loon chick - all grown up and getting ready to migrate. The night he was born, there was a huge storm on the lake and his sibling didn't make it. The lake was full of predators such a Pike, Eagles and snapping turtles. But with his parents help, he was able to dodge danger . There were jet skiers and boats that sometimes came too close - but still he was able to avoid them and dive under the water just in time.

And now as I let out a sigh of relief, I realize that he made it! He will live and have a family of his own someday. Life is good.