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Graceful as a Swan

As I worked on trumpeter swan photos that I made this past week it struck me that many of the photos did not show off the grace that one expects from swans. In fact I began to wonder if the phrase Graceful as a Swan might be a bit of a stretch. Still I love these big beautiful birds whether they are awkward or graceful or a little bit of both. Aren’t we all a little bit of both? The people I love most are perfectly imperfect, full of beauty and grace and at the same time awkward and unkempt Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Nature Watch

As spring keeps moving along I spend as much time as I can on Nature Watch out and about in nearby parks and also watching nature through my windows in the pond behind our house. I want to pay close attention to these precious days. And though I don’t always think this way, I realize that even the cold desolate winter days that I dislike so much are also precious. It’s up to me to find their beauty and their gifts. Even the loss and death of things and people we love is a precious opportunity to learn and love. Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Backyard and Neighborhood

With this string of gorgeous days filled with sunshine and mild weather I have been going out with my camera every day, sometimes multiple times per day. It feels like there is beauty everywhere I look. I see so much beauty, in my own Backyard and Neighborhood Last night I went for a short walk after supper carrying only my phone with me. The slant of evening light in the park beside the pond was so beautiful that I played with intentional camera movement and more using my phone camera. This morning the wood ducks and mallard ducks were lazing Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Enchantment and Magic All Around

As I gaze at the beauty of this season I feel a sense of Enchantment and Magic All Around me. The unfolding green leaves on all the trees amaze me with their profusion and perfection. Crab apple blossom petals carpet the grass under crab apple trees already. A mallard duck and her ducklings are regular visitors in the grass at the edge of the pond behind our house. My mind says, “Too soon they are gone,” but my heart knows that the magic of this season is brief. Enchantment came so easily to me as a child, but I wrongly Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Visiting Camelot

This week I learned of a Plymouth park that is only 3 miles from our house. So I headed over one evening this week with my camera. Though it’s a small park, this time of year, with all of the new greens and blooming trees it felt like Visiting Camelot, and it is indeed Camelot. The park is called Lake Camelot Park. Lake Camelot is actually more of a wetlands than a lake with a maximum depth of four and one half feet. But it is home to a lot of wildlife including a pair of trumpeter swans with a Read more…

By Marilyn, ago