Sand Light Shadow Sea

 treasures along the sea

water and sand

as artists

traces of who walked by

water reflecting the sky

patterns a bit like a dance

reminds me of a wing

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Mushroom Fun!

nature's artful beauty

textures

colors

 find them hidden in the trees

busy little squirrels

my favorite sort of treasure hunt!

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The Sun Came Out to Play

perhaps you remember my autumn day 

at this very location: click here to view

blue skies

aquamarine waters

circles of land cloaked in winters fading snow

textures reveal 

light and shadow

line between 

terra and blue yonder a visual delight

do you know who made these tracks?

I would love to hear your thoughts

maybe river otter?

and 

I went to the bear tree, do you remember? 

this next photo is one from that post: here

well

last autumn

mama and one of the two cubs returned

mama climbed the tree and little one gave up the climb half way up

cub did that twice and is reported to have stayed on the earth

for two days while mama was in the den way up at the top

then....

the cub made it up

tucked in for the season....

a wind storm came 

howling mighty

the rotten Cottonwood Tree fell to the earth

oh my

no one found the bears on the earth

so we envision they wandered off

this is what i found:

the tree fallen

looked so much smaller than it did from afar

with bears in its limbs

I looked at claw marks from them climbing the tree

the marks were plenty up and down the tree

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I sat in the den

and felt what it might have been like

to live in a tree

this was their den

a home for three....

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