Tag: nature
group name: gathergroupies
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June 12, 2008 06:03 PM EDT --
This wrote itself about two nights ago. I was trying to go to sleep, and it just kept playing in my head. It wouldn't let me rest until I got up and wrote it down on paper. Then, I drifted off into . . . more
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March 25, 2008 12:17 PM EDT --
Earlier today, I received an email from Ann at Gather, who wanted to know why I have a fascination for bridges and paths. Ann wrote so much more that was very complimentary but I am going to . . . more
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July 11, 2008 12:23 PM EDT --
I bought a bike last night. I did! I did!
This is a weird year for me.
It's the first year I've lived alone in my whole life.
This is the first year . . . more
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February 16, 2008 09:49 PM EST --
Last weekend, on a trip to the Oregon Coast, I got to try out my new camera. Now I will try my first photo essay. These pictures were taken at a State Park/rest area in the Van Duzer Corridor, . . . more
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February 19, 2008 11:17 AM EST --
Just a quick peek at the area around our house covered in lovely fresh snow!
This is the official front of our house...typically only used by the mailman lol. That lovely young maple in . . . more
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January 23, 2008 08:28 PM EST --
My husband and I like to take cruises as our vacation so that we can scope several places out at once. If we really like a place, we will go directly there on the next vacation!
On one of our cruises, . . . more
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January 26, 2008 04:19 PM EST --
I photographed this strange looking pod last summer, and I have no idea what it could be! There didn't appear to be anything strange flying around it, it was just there! And it was the only one of . . . more
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February 10, 2008 04:01 AM EST --
Some people like the Black and White, and some people like the Color.
Which one do you like. I would be interested in why too! Both photographer with a Bronica.
To enlarge and swap the photos, go . . . more
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August 11, 2008 12:20 PM EDT --
Someday
in the Summerlands
we'll dance, and laugh and sing.
Play all day long under bright blue skies...
Climb trees to sit amongst the birds, and swing...
Someday in . . . more
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January 14, 2008 05:10 PM EST --
I feed a variety of animals that pass through my backyard. Deer, skunks, raccoons, possums are among the few.
I have been able to establish a relationship with some of them.
For instance?when the deer . . . more
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June 13, 2008 07:15 PM EDT --
As the silver, glowing moon
Rests on horizon, all too soon.
The sweet dew builds on grass
Naturally.
As the burning golden orb
Of the sun doth absorb
The dew from . . . more
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April 04, 2008 05:43 PM EDT --
Last month when I was in Mexico, I went kayaking for the first time. It was also my first birdwatching adventure. We kayaked for about an hour in the lagoon in La Barra de Potosi, Mexico. . . . more
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December 16, 2007 07:10 AM EST --
I'm sitting at my computer tonight playing on-line Texas Hold'em Poker on one of the free sites ( PartyPoker.net ) while listening to my Pandora radio and I hear this howling, which I think is . . . more
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April 04, 2008 09:41 PM EDT --
I've been learning new "tricks" to do with photoshop and thought I'd show off:
I took 2 photos of my garden from last summer. Neither were perfect, the black eye susans and coneflowers . . . more
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April 07, 2008 07:39 PM EDT --
In our town, we have a Wooden Bridge. It's a 239-foot, 230-ton covered bridge made completely of wood. The founder of the Bavarian Inn, Tiny Zehnder, had the bridge built in order to expand . . . more
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June 17, 2008 10:38 PM EDT --
Last Wednesday, I went "flightseeing" for the first time.
It's sightseeing from a small plane that takes off and lands on the water.
We left from Anchorage, Alaska. . . . more
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January 24, 2008 11:08 AM EST --
Through rustling leaves and waving fields,
Dainty and graceful
against the sky they are etched...
"Wisdom comes when Balance
between head and heart is stretched.
With . . . more
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March 19, 2008 11:16 AM EDT --
"Through rushing waters or rocky shores,
I carefully wend my way.
Spear at the ready,
I gather bright schools of Wisdom
as I dance in the river's spray.
Spirit, insight, . . . more
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March 20, 2008 11:57 AM EDT --
I am not a professional gardener by any means. However, I have had a great deal of luck with shade gardens (will try to get up some photos sometime, still a bit early in the year now) and I always . . . more
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April 15, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --
Our little Beagle kept barking and barking in one spot, I thought maybe she has a snake or something. I went out and checked and it was a baby bird that had fallen out of the nest. . . . more
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