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morning flowers ~ Huron River, Michigan
"In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy." ~ William Blake
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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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summer shores ~ Lake Huron
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.” ~ Pablo Picasso
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wetland reflections ~ Lake Huron
“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goals. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.” ~ Benjamin E. Mays
reedsreflectionsMichiganNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IILake HuronOttawaswaterscapecloudsskywaterchallengecover
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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
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morning blue light ~ wild chicory ~ Michigan
"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit." ~ Aristotle
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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
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Endless Summer ~ Michigan
"In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught." ~ Baba Dioum
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pinnate prairie coneflower ~ Michigan
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." ~ Albert Einstein
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Cut-Leaf Teasel ~ Huron River and Watershed
"May God bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others,
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars,
And climb on every rung.
May you stay
Forever young
Forever young
Forever young.
May you stay
Forever young.
May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth,
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
And may you stay
Forever young
Forever young
Forever young.
May you stay
Forever young.
May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
And may you stay
Forever young
Forever young
Forever young.
May you stay
Forever young."
~ Bob DylancutleafteaselMichiganfieldsHuron River WatershedContinental United StatesNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIplant
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lean on me ~ Huron River and Watershed
"You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem that you'll understand,
We all need somebody to lean on."
~ Bill WithersTThoughtsareslowanddeepgoldeninthemorning. John Steinbeck
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Les Fleurs ~ Huron River and Watershed
"We shall never cease from exploration
And the end of all of our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
~ T.S. Eliotles fleursflowersyellowbloomsNikon D7100gardenAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIflower
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golden blooms ~ Michigan
“On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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summer beauty ~ Michigan
“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is." ~ Anonymous
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sunny thistle ~ Michigan
Eeyore's favorite food; also, ancient Celtic symbol of nobility of character and birth
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seedheads ~ Michigan
"It seems they had always been, and would always be, friends. Time could change much, but not that." ~ Winnie the Pooh
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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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tallgrass prairie and savannah with bluestem ~ Andropogon gerardii
remnants of an early Michigan morning landscape before farming, industry and commerce
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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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cosmos ~ Michigan
"I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question." ~ Harun Yahya
Garden CosmosCosmos bipinnatusMichiganflowerbloomblossomgardenAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IINikon D7100pink
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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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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
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into the light ~ Michigan
"Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality." ~ Lewis Carroll
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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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Wild Chervil ~ Anthriscus sylvestris ~ Michigan
"Do what you can with what you have where you are." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
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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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field of gold ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved." ~ Ansel Adams
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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
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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
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swaying ~ Huron River Watershed
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." ~ William Arthur Ward
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a moment in the life of a lily ~ Huron River. Michigan
“Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.” ~ Khalil Gibran
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lily ~ Huron River and Watershed
"Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes." ~ Walt Whitman
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dancing in the forest light ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ~ Confucius
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Shrub Rose ~ Michigan
"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify." ~ Henry David Thoreau
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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
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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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wood phlox ~ Scio Woods Preserve, Michigan
"Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching." ~ C.W. Lewis
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all in a dream ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"You must learn to get in touch with the innermost essence of your being. This true essence is beyond the ego. It is fearless; it is free; it is immune to criticism; it does not fear any challenge. It is beneath no one, superior to no one, and full of magic, mystery, and enchantment." ~ Deepak Chopra
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tulip ~ Michigan
"Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is mean to be celebrated." ~ Terry Tempest Williams
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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
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tulips ~ Michigan
"To begin, begin." ~ William Wordsworth
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world of tulips ~ Michigan
"When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new." ~ Dalai Lama
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Muscari ~ Michigan
"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing." ~ Aristotle
muscariMichiganbloomspurpleflowersAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IINikon D7100flower
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Afternoon in the Michigan Woods
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." ~ Lao-tzu
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woodland May Apple after the storm ~ Brauer Preserve, Michigan
"If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together...there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart...I'll always be with you." ~ Winnie-the-Pooh
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not seeing the forest for the trees ~ Brauer Preserve, Michigan
"Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away to the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
That, we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name.
Speak to me in the easy way
which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me. Pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect.
Without the trace of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same that it ever was.
There is absolute unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you.
For an interval.
Somewhere. Very near.
Just around the corner.
All is well."
~ Henry Scott Holland ~ 1847-1918
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rock garden tulips ~ Michigan
"And in the end, we were all just humans...drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness." ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
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