This beautiful cardinal perched in the little hydrangea tree outside my office window for the longest time this morning! What a beautiful way to start the week. I keep my long lens handy and was able to grab my camera, switch to my 100-400 mm lens with 1.4 extender and Read more…
We are two days past the darkest day of the year and now, each day for six months the amount of daylight will gradually increase. Though the coldest days of winter are probably still ahead, we have turned a corner on the darkness and I am ready to celebrate. The Read more…
This morning when I first looked out the windows, I thought, “What a gray day, gray on white, white on gray.” The sky was cloudy and everything outside looked liked shades of gray to me. But I decided to go Looking for Beauty The first thing I did was look Read more…
In the hush of the early morning light I noticed that new snow had fallen during the night. And when I opened the blinds in the dining room to let in more light I saw that the roses I bought earlier this week are drooping and fading. In the midst Read more…
Some days I wake up and all I can say is Alleluia! For the beauty and sanctity of all life, for the privilege of waking up one more time on this perfectly imperfect world, for this breath and this one, and the next one. The landscape outside our windows was Read more…