On my walks this summer I’ve found three blue jay feathers on various paths I’ve walked on. And I’ve seen more blue jays in our backyard than ever before. They sail across from tree to tree, bright blue beacons in the air, tree branches, and on the ground. So I’ve Read more…
It’s Friday and Today seems like a good day to take a day off from rambling, writing and making photographs. So I’m sharing a poem and a few photos from earlier this week; also a snippet of a song I heard Ann Reed sing last night on her semi-weekly online Read more…
Early Friday morning I headed out to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum with my camera. It was a perfect morning, cool but not too cool. The early morning raindrops that fell before I arrived had not yet had time to evaporate, so everything was decorated with pristine droplets of rain. All Read more…
After the many days of hazy skies earlier this summer I find myself appreciating days when the sky is blue. On my daily walks I fall into a Blue Sky Daze of appreciation gazing up at the sky as often as I look at the nature around me. This morning Read more…
On my walk at Big Willow Park last Sunday I came upon this burr oak leaf and acorn on the path where I walked. Big Willow Park has many native burr oak trees which I often don’t pay attention to. This perfect little windfall on my path reminded me that Read more…