Here is my next photo/essay in my project series of photos and essays (#6)… Feathered Friends As a child growing up on an Iowa farm I was surrounded by animals. Our farm had milk cows, chickens, ducks, hogs, and cattle. Because both my parents worked so hard caring for all Read more…
The trumpeter swan cygnets are almost as big as their parents now. But sadly there were only four cygnets remaining in the family when I visited them yesterday. The last time I photographed the entire family of swans was on August 18 and at that time there were still the Read more…
Sunday was the official first day of fall and oddly enough it feels like mother nature saw that fall was official and turned down the temperature to more a more fall-like feeling. Like it or not Fall Has Arrived though not all of the bushes and trees around our house Read more…
Yesterday on my walk at Lake Camelot Park I noticed a dragonfly gliding through the air near me. I stopped and waited, watching. And I felt that I was totally present in the moment, Here Now as I gazed at the beautiful insect. As I saw the dragonfly alight on Read more…
So long as I spend enough time in nature and not too much time listening to the daily news I find myself Enchanted by Life all around me. Seeking out and spending time with birds, squirrels, trees, plants, rabbits, ducks, swans and other wild things fills me with joy and Read more…