The minute you choose to do what you really want to do, it’s a different kind of life.
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Bison rolling, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota 2010
Spring at Spring Lake
A few treasures from the Spring Lake Trail near my house. The forest provides a pleasant reprieve from the windy beach.
Spring Lake
Wood Duck Box
Invasive Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
Salmonberry Flower (Rubus spectabilis)
Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus)
Living Remains of a Nest
Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum)
Goose on the Nest
White Flower
Triad of Rough-skinned Newts (Taricha granulosa)
Fungus on Fungus
Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus)
04-14 Sol Shine
He who lives in harmony with himself, lives in harmony with the universe.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Gila Woodpecker on Agave Bloom, Tucson, Arizona 2012
Funny Friday
Spotted in a shop, Cannon Beach, Oregon 2017
04-13 Sol Shine
Creativity takes courage.
~ Henri Matisse
Purple Martin Bird Houses, Fort Smith, Arkansas 2007
04-12 Sol Shine
Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love.
~ Rumi
Leaf, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
Wordnesday
Frondesce: verb. The unfurling of leaves. As in, the fern was frondescing.
Furled fern frond, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
04-11 Sol Shine
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
~ Annie Dillard
Bark, Lake Bob Sandlin State Park, Texas 2007
04-10 Sol Shine
Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.
~ Mary Oliver
Yellow-bellied Marmot, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado 2010
04-09 Sol Shine
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.
~ Albert Einstein
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck family, Cooper Lake State Park, Texas 2007
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