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lily pond ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"The song of the river ends not at her banks, but in the hearts of those who have loved her." ~ Buffalo Joe
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a beauty of its own ~ Huron River
" If we could see the miracle in a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. " - Buddha
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mute swan ~ Cygnus olor ~ Huron River, Michigan
"I have no special talents, I am only passionately curious." ~ Albert Einstein
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Pontiac Eight ~ Michigan
"She likes....my straight-eight Pontiac." ~ Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds, "Pontiac Blues"
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Chevy Bel Air ~ Michigan
"Buy you a Chevrolet, Buy you a Chevrolet, Buy a Chevrolet, Just do somethin' for you." ~ Lonnie Young, "Buy You a Chevrolet"
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black-eyed susans ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." ~Albert Einstein
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my glass vase and reflection
“We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!” ~ Benjamin Franklin
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secret life of bees, (from Sue Monk Hood) ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it." ~ John Muir
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glory in the flowers ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"...though nothing can bring back the hour of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; we will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind..." ~ William Wordsworth
...ofspendourthegrassgloryflower....Wiliam Wordsworthcover
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perhaps a calico pennant dragonfly ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than the ones you did do.” –Mark Twain
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Maine coastline ~ Eastern Seaboard
"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor." ~ Charles Dickens
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eastern purple coneflower ~ Echinacea purpurea~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow." ~ Imogen Cunningham
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river dock ~ Huron River, Michigan
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day." ~ A. A. Milne
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Red-winged Blackbird, Female ~ Agelaius phoeniceus ~ Huron River, Michigan
"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder." ~ e. b. White
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Mallard ducklings in a row ~ Anas platyrhynchos ~ Huron River, Michigan
"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." ~ Confucius
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changing chicory ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." ~ Socrates
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Mallard mom and her family of ducklings ~ Anas platyrhynchos ~ Huron River, Michigan
"In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.” ~ Aaron Rose
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shortly after the summer solstice 2015 ~ Eastern Continental United States
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything. " ~ Plato
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Eastern Kingbird ~ Tyrannus tyrannus ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"The photo is the hunt. It’s the instinct of hunting without the desire to kill. It’s the hunt of angels… you track, you aim, you fire and-click! Instead of a dead man, you make him eternal." - Chris Marker
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Eastern Kingbird ~ Tyrannus tyrannus ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." W. B. Yeats
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Days of Wine and Roses ~ Eastern Seaboard
"They are not long, the days of wine and roses. Out of a misty dream, our path emerges for a while, then closes, within a dream. ~ Ernest Dowson
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Golden Flower ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars." ~ Rabindranath Tagore
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cut-leaf teasel ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Would the valleys were your streets, and the green paths your alleys, that you might seek one another through vineyards, and come with the fragrance of the earth in your garments." ~ Gibran
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a little r&r ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
“and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.”
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pinnate prairie coneflower ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don't tell you what to see." ~ Alexandra K. Trenfor
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Mute Swan and the River ~ Cygnus olor ~ Huron River, Michigan
“The river is such a tranquil place, a place to sit and think of romance and the beauty of nature, to enjoy the elegance of swans and the chance of a glimpse of a kingfisher.” ~ Jane Wilson-Howarth
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summertime ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
Summertime,
And the living is easy.
Fish are jumping,
And the cotton is high.
Oh, your daddy's rich,
And your mamma's good-looking.
So, hush little baby,
Don't you cry.
One of these mornings,
You're going to rise up singing.
Then you'll spread your wings,
And you'll take to the sky.
But till that morning,
There's nothing can harm you,
With daddy and mommy standing by.
~ lyrics by DuBose HaywardFrom *master gallery
evening ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"The only true voyage of discovery, the only fountain of Eternal Youth, would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to behold the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to behold the hundred universes that each of them beholds, that each of them is...." ~ Marcel Proust
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rose in bloom ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"But he who dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose." ~ Anne BrontëFrom *master gallery
Common Loon, liftoff ~ Gavia immer ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons! The loons! They're welcoming us back." ~ Katherine Hepburn, "On Golden Pond"
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pickerel rush and ripples ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"Thousands have lived without love, not one without water." ~ W. H. Auden
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a little while before evening ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light." ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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feasting on Lupines ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"And, thou, wan Beggar, who hast felt the lash of Keen Adversity ~ hast made thy feast on lupines and on lentil ~ whom the crash of every hope hath leveled with the beast that haunts earth's dark defiles ~ let Reason flash this truth across thee, that, when kings have ceased their worldly sway, their lot ~ like thine ~ shall be (as they deserve) woe or felicity." ~ Robert Calder Campbell
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Wild Laughter of the Loon ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"No sadder sound salutes you than the clear, wild laughter of the loon." ~ Celia Thaxter
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pickerel rush and ripples ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” ~ Mother Teresa
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sea of Rhododendrons ~ by the sea ~ Maine
"... a rhododendron walks among the rocks shod in leathery leaves and ringing a pink bell." ~ Czeslaw Milosz
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Maine green and blue ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"I looked along the San Juan Islands and the coast of California, but I couldn't find the palette of green, granite, and dark blue that you can only find in Maine." ~ Parker Stevenson
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"Spirit of the North" ~ Common Loon ~ Gavia immer ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"In the middle of the night, as indeed each time that we lay on the shore of a lake, we heard the voice of the loon, loud and distinct, from far over the lake. It is a very wild sound, quite in keeping with the place and the circumstances of the traveler, and very unlike the voice of a bird. I could lie awake for hours listening to it, it is so thrilling." ~ Henry David Thoreau
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pickerel rush and reflections ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." ~ Socrates
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magnolia blossom ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future." ~ Alex Haley
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misty morning ~ Hancock Pond, Maine ~ flew to Maine to visit with Sister Carolyn Van Cise and friends ~ June 2015
"A smile is the shortest distance between two people." ~ Victor Borge
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Rhododendron ~ Hancock Pond, Maine
"So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings...." ~ J. M. Barrie
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Siberian Iris ~ Iris sibirica ~ Huron River, Michigan
"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable." ~ Mary Oliver
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White Ibis ~ Eudocimus albus ~ Southern Outer Banks
"A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words." ~ Ansel Adams
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Woodland Geraniums ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution." ~ Ansel Adams
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castles in the sand ~ Southern Outer Banks
"There's always room for another story that can transport people to another place." ~ J. K. Rowling
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Woodland Geranium ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"In many shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine person complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions: When did you stop dancing? When did you stop singing? When did you stop being enchanted by stories? When did you stop finding comfort in the sweet territory of silence?" Gabrielle Roth
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