Little by little one travels far.
~ Spanish proverb
Snail, Portland, Oregon 2013
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Erin
Coddiwompling through life, guided by my love of nature and insatiable curiosity.Crow Hieroglyphics
Crows have been busily munching on small critters in the swash zone at low tide. One of them made some interesting marks in the sand with its beak.
Lincoln City, Oregon April 2018
05-02 Sol Shine
All serious daring starts from within.
~ Eudora Welty
Harris’s Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii), Tucson, Arizona 2010
05-01 Sol Shine
Begin each day as if it were on purpose.
~ Mary Anne Radmacher
Dandelion Puff Ball, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
Afternoon in Newport
The middle of the month I headed down to Newport to check out the visiting tall ships. Both the Hawaiian Chieftain and the Lady Washington were in port for a short stay. As an admitted Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl fan I just had to tour the HMS Interceptor (Lady Washington’s screen name).
Biggest takeaway? Even though she is a full-scale replica of an actual brig with the same name (one that, incidentally, opened the black pearl trade with Asia), she’s small!
Other sights from the bay: the Never Again #9, sorting bins for Dungeness Crab, extra-long Sea Lion whiskers, rope flotsam, rocks at low tide, green waves.
04-30 Sol Shine
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ropes Course, Tucson, Arizona 2010
04-29 Sol Shine
Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, until the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Full Moon, Tucson, Arizona 06-2013
04-28 Sol Shine
One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
~ Goethe
Central Park, New York, New York 2012
Funny Friday
Shout out to Big O’s for the handy toileting tutorial!
Toilet Instructions, Beaverton, Oregon 2018
04-27 Sol Shine
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Male Mallard, Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona 2008
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