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

Morning in Gaylord

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

Fall Color Check

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

-Thomas Paine

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

True North

"The True North begins when the Loon greets you."

- Greg Martinez






*This Saturday, I will have a craft booth featuring items from my nature store at the Gaylord Arts & Crafts Bazaar. It runs from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m and is located on the corner of First and Court Street. If you're in the downtown area, please stop by and say hi!

Flowing Creek

“Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.”

- Napoleon Bonaparte (French General, Politician and Emperor (1804-14). 1769-1821)

Ice Break Up

“Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter.”




Little Bradford Lake - the ice is finally starting to break up. My kayaking days can't be far behind now...

Wildness

What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet,
Long live the weeds and the wildness yet.

~Gerard Manley Hopkins, Inversnaid

*This photo was shot in Gaylord, MI and I believe it is a part of Kolke Creek.

Out into the wilderness

“In wilderness is the preservation of the world.”

- Henry David Thoreau

Waiting for Spring

From Online Edits

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore....

I hear it in the deep heart's core.

- William Butler Yeats

A small hidden creek

"Creeks and ponds are great, as long as they have water in them."
- Thomas Murphy

This is a small creek I discovered on our land. We are on a small lake so this creek was a nice surprise. I can't wait to see what spring brings. Can you see the 2 Mourning Doves hidden in the branches?

Winter Dusk

“People live for the dream in their hearts. And I have yet to know anyone who has not some secret dream, some hope, however dim, some storied wall to look at in the dusk, some painted window leading to the soul.”

-Zane Grey

Farm in Gaylord

“Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart.”

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery quotes (French Pilot, Writer and Author of 'The Little Prince', 1900-1944)

Red, white and blue house

I drive by this red, white and blue house on Otsego Lake all the time. It's a simple and small house, but it just appeals to me with its brightly painted exterior.

*I'm am up at the log cabin with sporadic internet access. I will catch up with all of your blogs on Monday. Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you are all staying warm my friends!

House in a snow storm

"Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hill and woods, the river, and the heaven,.."

From "The Snow Storm"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Watery Wednesday!

This is my first meme I'm participating in and it should be fun! This is my Watery Wednesday post and to visit other participants, please click here.

This is a small lake called Fawn Lake in Gaylord, Michigan. I thought the water looked almost "ocean blue" against the white snow.

Images from Otsego Lake State Park

They are beautiful in their peace, they are wise in their silence. They will stand after we are dust. They teach us, and we tend them.

-- Galeain ip - Altiem MacDunelmor

Snowy Lake

The lake at our log cabin already has a thin layer of ice and is lightly dusted with snow. I am looking forward to seeing the wildlife that the white background and the bare trees will reveal. Last winter I saw a coyote walk across this lake in search of food. I am hoping he makes a return visit.

Where's the road?

The snow continues to fall in Gaylord. When I walked out to the car this morning, the snow reached my calves! It does look so beautiful coming down. This photo is of our street, can't tell where the road begins or ends.