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Song Sparrow ~ Melospiza melody ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Life could be limitless joy, if we would only take it for what it is, in the way it is given to us." ~ Leo Tolstoy
AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIsong sparrowmelospiza melodyhuron river watershedMichiganNikon D7100bird
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Baltimore Oriole ~ Icterus galbula ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"And that other self, who watches me from the distance of decades, what will she say? Will she look at me with hatred or with compassion, I whose choices made her what she will be?" ~ Jane Hirshfield
Nikon D7100Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaHuron River WatershedMichiganAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIbird
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memories ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"With mirth and laughter, let wrinkles come." ~ Shakespeare
memoriesNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IItire swingContinental United Statesrural Washtenaw CountyMIchigan
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False Spirea ~ Sorbaria sorbifolia ~ Rosaceae (Asia) ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little." ~ Tom Stoppard
False SpireacontrastlightMichiganSorbaria sorbifoliaRosaceaecompositionblossomflowerwhiteAsianaturebackgroundNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIHuron River WatershedarboretumwildflowerwoodlandsummertimeContinental United States
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pretty in pink ~ Michigan
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." ~ Winston Churchill
pinkflowerblossomContinental United StatesbloomMichiganpretty in pinkflora
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fragrant Brugmansia/Angel's Trumpets ~ Michigan
"The most important thing to remember is this: to be ready to at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become." ~ W.E.B. du Bois
BrugmansiaMichiganAngel's TrumpetsflowerblossombloomfragrantNikon D7100exoticContinental United States
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Wild Chervil ~ Anthriscus sylvestris ~ Michigan
"Do what you can with what you have where you are." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
flowerblossomMichigansummertimeAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IINikon D7100Anthriscus sylvestrisWild ChervilCow parsleyQueen Anne's Lacewild beaked parsleykeckwild floweroof flower bundle
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House Sparrow, Female ~ Passer domesticus ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring enough worries of its own." ~ Matthew 6:34
birdMichiganHuron River WatershedNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United StatesyummyHouse SparrowPasser domesticus
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Gray Catbird ~ Dumetella carolinensis ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world." ~ Joanne Harris
Gray CatbirdHuron River WatershedMichiganDumetella carolinensisbirdAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IINikon D7100
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morning Tawas Point Light, in operation since 1876 ~ Lake Huron
"I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it." ~ Vincent Van Gogh
Tawas Point LighthouseNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIMichiganlighthouseTawas PointOttawasmaritimeLake HuronTawas Point State Parkhistoric sitearchitecturemorning1876
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impressions ~ Michigan
"The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives." ~ Louise Hay
Nikon D7100MichiganimpressionismflorafenceAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United Statesflowersfieldsrural Washtenaw Countyearly morningorchardsNatural Beauty Roadgolden hour
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sweet autumn light ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Nature, whose sweet rains fall of just and unjust alike, will have clefts in the rocks where I may hide, and secret valleys in whose silence I may weep undetected. She will hang the night with stars so that I may walk abroad in the darkness without stumbling, and send the wind over my footprints so that none may track me to my hurt: she will cleanse me in great waters, and with bitter herbs make me whole." ~ Oscar Wilde
autumnfallbokehNikon D7100MichiganContinental United StatesHuron River WatershedAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIlightgolden
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the secret life of petunias ~ Michigan
"If you can't get quiet enough to hear yourself, your life is too loud." ~ Terri Guillemets
petuniaspurpleblossombloomflowerMichiganNikon D7100AFS DX ZoomNikkor 1835mm f3.55.6G IFEDsecret lives
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Downy ~ Picoides pubescent ~ Michigan
"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery, rather than avenge it?" ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescentAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IINikon D7100MichiganbirdContinental United States
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tulips ~ Michigan
"It is one of the blessings of friends that you can afford to be stupid with them." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IItulipsMichiganContinental United Statesflowersbloomsblossomsbulbsflower
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seashells by the seashore ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious." ~ Brendan Gill
Nikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIseashellsseashoreSouthern Outer BanksSOBXCrystal CoastNorth CarolinaPine Knoll Shoresbarrier islandBogue Banks
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Maui, ebony-spotted Oriental Shorthair, born July 2013
"I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult." ~ E.B. White
Nikon D80AFS DX ZoomNikkor 18135mm f3.55.6G IFEDOriental ShorthairMauikittencat
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Scarlet Tanager, male ~ Piranga olivacea ~ Scio Woods Preserve, Michigan
"The real voyage of discovery is not in seeking new places, but in seeing with new eyes." ~ Marcel Proust
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaScio Woods PreserveMichiganbirdscarlettanagerperching birdredcover
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American Herring Gull ~ Larus argentatus ~ Lake Michigan
"Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul." ~ Walt Whitman
gullLake MichiganOld SaugatuckContinental United StatesinflightbirdNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II
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early island light II ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do." ~ Mark Twain
islandlightnorth carolinaPine Knoll Shoresatlantic oceanbeachNikon D80AFS DX ZoomNikkor 18135mm f3.55.6G IFEDCrystalCoastCrystal CoastBogue BanksoceanContinental United StatesSouthern Outer BanksSOBXbarrier islandcover
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Downy Woodpecker, female ~ Picoides pubescent ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~ George Bernard Shaw
Downy WoodpeckerPicoides pubescentAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IINikon D7100MichiganbirdContinental United StatesHuron River Watershed
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summertime ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat." ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
summertime Nikon D7100yellowbloomsflowersblossomsMichiganAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIflower
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curious squirrel, juvenile ~ Michigan
"With freedom, books, flowers and the moon, who could not be happy?" ~ Oscar Wilde
Nikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIcurioussquirreljuvenileMIchiganbushy tail
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Shrub Rose ~ Michigan
"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify." ~ Henry David Thoreau
roseshrub roseMichiganredbloomblossomflowerfloracolorlightNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United States
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False Spirea ~ Sorbaria sorbifolia ~ Rosaceae (Asia) ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"I have the deepest affection for intellectual conversations. The ability to just sit and talk. About love, above life, about anything and everything. To sit under the moon with all the time in the world, the full-speed train that is our lives slowing to a crawl. Bound by no obligations, barred by no human limitations. To speak without regret or fear or consequence. To talk for hours and about what's really important in life." ~ unknown
False SpireacontrastlightMichiganSorbaria sorbifoliaRosaceaecompositionblossomflowerwhiteAsianaturebackgroundNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2 8G ED VR IIHuron River WatershedarboretumwildflowerwoodlandsummertimeContinental United States
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sunflowers in a sunny window, with reflections ~ Michigan
"Let joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by." ~ Carl Sandburg
sunflowersunny windowflowerbloomHelianthus annuusMichiganContinental United StatesNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II
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a Drift ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Once in a golden hour,
I cast to earth a seed,
And up there grew a flower,
That others call a weed."
~ Alfred Lord TennysonMichiganHuron River WatershedfieldsfloraAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IINikon D7100Continental United Statesa drift
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playtime
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything." ~ Irish Proverb
Oriental ShorthairkittenplayfulContinental United States
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Red-tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." ~ Aristotle
redtailed hawkraptorMichiganbirdHuron River WatershedNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIbird of prey
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red poppies ~ Michigan
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
poppyMichiganredflowerblossombloomNikon D7100AFS DX ZoomNikkor 18135mm f3.55.6G IFEDContinental United States
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Red-tailed Hawk, manteling ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Honor the space between no longer and not yet." ~ Nancy Levin
redtailed hawkraptorMichiganbirdHuron River WatershedNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIbird of prey
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morning flowers ~ Huron River, Michigan
"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy." ~ William Blake
Nikon D7100Continental United StatesHuron RiverflowersblossomsbloomsrivermorningbacklitMichiganAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIflower
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Green Heron, Juvenile ~ Butorides virescens ~ Huron River, Michigan
"I shall ask into my shell only those friends with whom I can be completely honest. I find am shedding hypocrisy in human relationships. What a rest that will be. The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere." ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Nikon D7100MichiganHuron River WatershedAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIbirdGreen HeronButorides virescens
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water's edge ~ road trip to Lake Huron with friends
"Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them." ~ Elliott Erwitt
water's edgeLake HuronNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIMichiganContinental United StateswetlandTawas Point State ParkEast Tawaswaterblossoms
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one morning by the river ~ Huron River, Michigan
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ~ Lao Tzu
rollin' on the rivergolden hourHuron Rivertwo bridge scansNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IImorning
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into the light ~ Michigan
"Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality." ~ Lewis Carroll
flowerblossombloomsummeryellowlightbacklightingNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIMichigan
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Afternoon in the Michigan Woods
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." ~ Lao-tzu
mapleMichiganleavesContinental United StatesredNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIautumnfallautumn leavescover
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Cardinal, female ~ Michigan
"...so softly you go in your swagger." ~ Pablo Neruda
CardinalMichiganCardinalis cardinalsContinental United StatesNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIperching birdbird
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sunlight and mist through the pines ~ Michigan
"If you haven't the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you." ~ T.S.Eliot
sunlightmistpinesMichiganearly morningtreesmisty morninggreenContinental United States
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Willet over the Atlantic ~ Tringa semipalmata ~ Southern Outer Banks
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inner significance." ~ Aristotle
AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IINikon D7100birdNorth CarolinaSOBXSouthern Outer BanksislandAtlanticOceanPine Knoll ShoresBogue BanksCrystal CoastshorebirdbirdinflightWilletTringa semipalmataContinental United Statesinflight
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Ruby-Crowned Kinglet ~ Regulus calendula ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Wash the gum from our eyes and dress ourselves for the dazzle of light." ~ Walt Whitman
birdSOBXNorth CarolinaSouthern Outer BanksCrystal CoastPine Knoll ShoresBogue BanksislandNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIrubycrowned kingletkingletPine Knoll Shores Aquarium wetlandsRegulus calendulaContinental United Statesperching birdbarrier island
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flora ~ Huron River ~ Michigan
"What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else." ~ Hal Boyle
Huron RiverfloraMichiganNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIwalkriverpink or purpleblossomflowerbloom
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Sanderlings ~ Calidris alba ~ Lake Michigan
"When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky." ~ Buddha
AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IINikon D7100MichiganbirdsanderlingOld SaugatuckLake MichiganshorebirdbirdinflightContinental United StatesCalidris albainflight
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Red-tailed Hawk, manteling ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"If I got rid of my demons, I'd lose my angels." ~ Tennessee Williams
redtailed hawkraptorMichiganbirdHuron River WatershedNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIbird of preyButeo jamaicensis
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White Ibis ~ Eudocimus albus ~ Southern Outer Banks
"Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down." ~ Ray Bradbury
White IbisNorth CarolinaislandSouthern Outer BanksCrystal CoastNikon D7100Eastern North CarolinaAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIEudocimus albusFort Macon State ParkSOBXwaderBec crocheL'Ibis blancPetit flamanCorocoro blancoCoco blancoIbis blancoCoclito blancoBogue Bankslonglegged waderbarrier islandbird
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pointing the way ~ Blue Jay in flight ~ Cyanocitta crostata ~ Lake Huron
"Embrace the glorious mess that you are." ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
pointNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIMichiganBlue JayCyanocitta crostataOttawasflightLake HuronEast TawasContinental United StatesSandy Hook TrailTawas Point State Parkbirdperching birdinflight
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American Herring Gull ~ Larus argentatus ~ road trip to Lake Michigan with new D7100 and lens
"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." ~ Voltaire
gullLake MichiganOld SaugatuckContinental United StatesinflightbirdNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIgull like birdMichigan
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more reeds ~ and reflections ~ Lake Huron
"Qui non palazzi,
non teatro o loggia
ma in lor vece un abete,
un faggio, un pino.
Tra l'erba verde e il bel monte vicino
levan di terra al cielo nostr'intelletto."
~ F. PetrarcareedsgreenreflectionsLake HuronEast TawasMichiganNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIwetlandContinental United StatesTawas Point State Park
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