Speaking of the moon reminded me of La Luna, a Pixar short from 2011. I love this sweet story and I think you’ll enjoy it, too.

Speaking of the moon reminded me of La Luna, a Pixar short from 2011. I love this sweet story and I think you’ll enjoy it, too.

Moonwake: noun, when the moon’s reflection on the water seems to follow you as you walk.

Wispy Moon, Tucson, Arizona 2011
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.
~ Henry David Thoreau
River Tower, St. Louis, Missouri 2009
The earth laughs in flowers.
~ R.W. Emerson

Rhododendron, Lincoln City, Oregon May 2018
The weather slowly warmed as the month went on. The days lengthened to just over 14 hours of daylight by the end. And better yet, the sunny days began to outnumber the cloudy ones! Perfect for long walks on the beach and other explorations…
Photos, left to right, top to bottom: Wild waves, Sand Shrimp, Salmon River Estuary, Salp, White-crowned Sparrow, Same Bird During Feather-fluffing Shake, Young Male Black-tailed Deer, Sitka Spruce.
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
~ Mary Oliver

Acorn Woodpecker, Madera Canyon, Arizona 2009
If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.
~ Catherine Aird

Peeing Elk, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 2008
In time and with water, everything changes.
~ Leonardo da Vinci

Surf, Heceta Head, Oregon May 2018
The Purist
I give you now Professor Twist,
A conscientious scientist.
Trustees exclaimed, “He never bungles!”
And sent him off to distant jungles.
Camped on a tropic riverside,
One day he missed his loving bride.
She had, the guide informed him later,
Been eaten by an alligator.
Professor Twist could not but smile,
“You mean,” he said, “a crocodile.”
Ogden Nash

Alligator, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas 2006
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
~ A.A. Milne

Columbia River, Portland, Oregon 2014