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I have moved . . .
I have a new journal. I was Earthmother45 and now you can find me at motherofearth45
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Bat Bridge . . .
I've always called this "Bat Bridge." Hundreds, maybe thousands of bats roost underneath because it is their home. I've stood on the bridge many times at sundown and watched them fly out beneath me. If my arms were longer, I think I could almost reach out and touch them. The moment the sun disappears on the horizon they start their nightly ( Read more... ) -
More from yesterday, late afternoon:
A day made for Pluviophiles.
All day it had been overcast and lightly misting and just as I was leaving Robinson a little light began breaking through the thick cloud cover near the horizon . . . .
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Yesterday, a dark and gloomy day . . .
Like the rest of the country, temperatures were dropping here. It was quite breezy; highs about 60 and no sun broke through the thick cloud cover all afternoon ( Read more... ) -
Two ibis . . .
I was sitting outside today talking to my sister on the phone and looking around the back yard. To the northeast through a clearing and about three houses away I spotted two Ibis sitting atop some trees. I went inside and got a long lens and was able to get this picture. Soon after that we got two quick downpours and then overcast the rest of ( Read more... ) -
Cool stuff . . .
I don’t want to say, "Now I’ve seen everything," because I hope there’s a lot more cool and unusual things for me to see, but this is pretty neat! I found this package of sliced Lorraine Swiss under and behind some things in the fridge. Before I unwrapped it, I was looking at it for a long time through the plastic package wrapping thinking, " ( Read more... ) -
The water lily . . .
While doing a little research I found many stories, folklore and myths about the water lily. The one I liked the most and one of the simplest was: A young girl named Naia saw the reflection of the moon in the water and drowned while trying to reach for it. The moon goddess rewarded her sacrifice by making her a star in the water . . . a water ( Read more... ) -
from the "Down at the Pond" series . . .
Awhile back I was walking around the pond and saw this dried up old lily pad comfortably ensconced in a mass of bubbles. Some dappled light was coming through the trees, creating all kinds of movements and colors over this delightful portal into an underwater world. I stared at it for a long time until I thought for a moment I was being ( Read more... ) -
Welcome to the upside down world . . .
These are the same exact pictures taken down at the pond, I did nothing to the pictures except I turned one upside down. I like the upside down one better than the right side up one. It can be a little confusing trying to tell the reflections from the things making the reflections. Where do they begin and end? What do you think?
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From the “Waiting to Be Occupied” Series . . . .
Another prelude to sunset at the pond. I just love the end of day Golden Hour as the last rays seek out little openings and put their best in the final spotlight of the day. After I took this picture, I went over and sat on the old bench and just listened in the peace of the falling night. I could hear the cicadas and chirpings of some ( Read more... )
