Endless Beauty

 

walking at the feet of stone cathedrals

through fields of flowers

and

proud trees

 

inspires sighs

adjusting ones breath

to open ones heart

to meet your beauty

flowers galore

(beargrass)

not to forget

the magical details

natures perfect art

and

glorious water falling

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Summer Begins

I headed to the mountains for

Summer Solstice 

enjoyed 

patches of tiny twinflowers

frothed-up plant sap

made by the froghopper bug

quit magical looking up close

the clouds

appeared and disappeared 

throughout the day

moody or bright

larkspur often look as though they are dancing

to me

these flowers, dogbane,

seem to be celebrating life

spring did not offer many mushroom sightings

yet

there were a family of these

on an old dead log

love how they came up through bug holes

heading home....

one poppy bud this year

it bloomed on Summer Solstice!

Exquisite!

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Lovely Summer to you All!

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Dear Deer

oh my

the dear deer!

just a few days ago

I spotted these two heading across my yard

this little one must have been 

just born

that morning

or during the night

it was so tiny

yet so alive

alert

full of instincts and inborn knowledge

such a joy to see!

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Baby Ground Squirrels

Walking across my yard

which is meadow land at the edge of forest 

hoping to photograph dragon and damselflies with my macro lens

when I noticed movement

though they were very aware

they didn't seem to notice me
maybe they thought me a tree

they wandered into the sunlight

near my feet

foraging 

for greens

a couple of them came quite close 

(this happened to me once last year)

this photo is to show you how small they look

I don't think mamma would be to happy with how close they came to me

soon she will have them trained to be more careful

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I hope you enjoyed these wee critters

they are much better in photos than digging holes in one's yard!

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