Huron River and Watershed

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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 D7100 Michigan impressionism flora fence AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States flowers fields rural Washtenaw County early morning orchards Natural Beauty Road golden hour
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road less traveled ~ Huron River and Watershed
"Two roads diverged in a wood and I ~ I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." ~ Robert Frost
road less traveled Nikon D7100 rural Washtenaw County Michigan Continental United States twolane summer AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II
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under the spreading tree ~ Huron River and Watershed
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." ~ Maya Angelou
sunlight grass spreading light Nikon D7100 Michigan AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II
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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
rural Washtenaw County Michigan early morning Natural Beauty Road fields orchards golden hour Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States flower widlflowers summer cover
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May the road rise up to meet you.
"May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand."
~ Old Irish Blessing
Irish Blessing road Michigan Nikon D7100 Continental United States AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II golden hour morning Washtenaw County landscape
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morning pines ~ Michigan
"If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin." ~ Ivan Turgenev
Michigan Continental United States Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II morning pines mist Washtenaw County
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pinnate prairie coneflower ~ Michigan
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." ~ Albert Einstein
Michigan greyheaded coneflower yellow coneflower pinnate prairie coneflower native plant Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II blossom yellow bloom prairie Continental United States flower challenge
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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 Dylan
cutleaf teasel Michigan fields Huron River Watershed Continental United States Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II plant
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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 Withers
T Thoughts are slow and deep golden in the morning. 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. Eliot
les fleurs flowers yellow blooms Nikon D7100 garden AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II flower
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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
Michigan AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States yellow blossoms blooms flowers summertime Washtenaw County Nikon D7100 blue green bokeh flower challenge
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summer beauty ~ Michigan
“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is." ~ Anonymous
yellow flower blossom bloom summertime Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Michigan Continental United States fields blue green
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on the wing again ~ Canada Geese ~ Branta canadensis ~ Huron River and Watershed
"There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor." ~ Charles Dickens
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sunny thistle ~ Michigan
Eeyore's favorite food; also, ancient Celtic symbol of nobility of character and birth
thistle sunny Michigan Washtenaw County Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II flower bloom fields
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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
sunlight mist pines Michigan early morning trees misty morning green Continental United States
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on golden pond ~ Michigan
"Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution." -- Ansel Adams
Nikon d7100 golden pond early morning rural Washtenaw water sunlight mist Michigan Continental United States
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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
rural Michigan Continental United States Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II seedheads morning
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Morning Has Broken
Like the first dewfall
On the first grass;
Praise for the sweetness,
Of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness
Where His feet pass.

Mine is the sunlight,
Mine is the morning,
Born of the one light
Eden saw play;
Praise with elation,
Praise every morning,
God’s re-creation
Of the new day."
~ Eleanor Farjeon
early morning mist Michigan Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II farm fields rural Christian hymn 1st published 1931 words by Eleanor Farjeon set to traditional Scottish Gaelic tune known as Bunessan
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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 hawk raptor Michigan bird Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II bird of prey
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Portrait of a Red-Tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak and stared with his foot on the prey." ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
redtailed hawk bird raptor Buteo jamaicensis Huron River Watershed birdofprey buteo shape sharptaloned monogamous animal
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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 hawk raptor Michigan bird Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II bird of prey
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Red-tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River and Watershed
"The camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.” ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson
redtailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis Huron River Watershed hawk bird soaring dark bars on leading edge of wings raptor broad round wings short wide tail nature outdoor birthday
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Red-tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis
"Anyone who has ever stopped to watch a hawk in flight will know that this is one of the natural world's most elegant phenomena." ~ John Burnside
redtailed hawk Buteo.jamaicensis hawk open.woodlands animal oldest at least 30 yrs Michigan eat small mammals sharp taloned mate for life buteo bird of prey
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Red-tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Tashunka Witko, better known as Crazy Horse, had a vision of a red-tailed hawk at Sylvan Lake, South Dakota. In his vision he saw himself riding a spirit horse, flying through a storm, as the hawk flew above him, shrieking. When he awoke, a red-tailed hawk was perched near his horse." ~ Michael R. Burch
redtailed hawk raptor Michigan bird Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II bird of prey Buteo jamaicensis
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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 hawk raptor Michigan bird Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II bird of prey Buteo jamaicensis
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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 D7100 Michigan Huron River Watershed AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II bird Green Heron Butorides virescens
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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 River flora Michigan Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II walk river pink or purple blossom flower bloom
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four greylag geese a-swimming ~ Anser anser ~ Huron River, Michigan
“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better.” ~ Jim Rohn
geese swimming Michigan Continental United States Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Huron River greylag anser anser ducklike bird bird
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American Goldfinch ~ Spinus tristis ~ Huron River, Michigan
“A picture is a secret about a secret ~ the more it tells you, the less you know.” ~ Diane Arbus..
Spinus tristis American Goldfinch bird Michigan Continental United States Huron River Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II perching bird cover
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American Goldfinch ~ Spinus tristis ~ Huron River, Michigan
"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spinus tristis American Goldfinch bird Michigan Continental United States Huron River Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II yellow perching bird balance
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tallgrass prairie and savannah with bluestem ~ Andropogon gerardii
remnants of an early Michigan morning landscape before farming, industry and commerce
bluestem Michigan tallgrass prairie Andropogon gerardii grass Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II remnant early morning savannah prairie peninsula preindustrial Continental United States tallgrass mist cover
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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
Brugmansia Michigan Angel's Trumpets flower blossom bloom fragrant Nikon D7100 exotic Continental 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 Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus Michigan flower bloom blossom garden AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100 pink
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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
poppy Michigan red flower blossom bloom Nikon D7100 AFS DX ZoomNikkor 18135mm f3.55.6G IFED Continental 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
pink flower blossom Continental United States bloom Michigan pretty in pink flora
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into the light ~ Michigan
"Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality." ~ Lewis Carroll
flower blossom bloom summer yellow light backlighting Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Michigan
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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
sunflower sunny window flower bloom Helianthus annuus Michigan Continental United States Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II
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fawn ~ Alex Dow Field (Tall Grass Prairie), Nichols Arboretum, Michigan
“For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. In order to ‘give a meaning’ to the world, one has to feel oneself involved in what one frames through the viewfinder. This attitude requires concentration, a discipline of mind, sensitivity, and a sense of geometry – it is by great economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.” ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson
fawn deer Michigan Continental United States Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II portrait of a fawn fauna
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fawn with mom ~ Alex Dow Field (Tall Grass Prairie), Nichols Arboretum, Michigan
I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could. ~ Georgia O'Keeffe
fawn deer Michigan Continental United States Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II portrait of a fawn fauna cover
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Wild Chervil ~ Anthriscus sylvestris ~ Michigan
"Do what you can with what you have where you are." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
flower blossom Michigan summertime AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100 Anthriscus sylvestris Wild Chervil Cow parsley Queen Anne's Lace wild beaked parsley keck wild flower oof flower bundle
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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 Tennyson
Michigan Huron River Watershed fields flora AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Nikon D7100 Continental United States a 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
field of gold flower blossom Michigan wildflower color Huron River Watershed Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States yellow cover
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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 Spirea contrast light Michigan Sorbaria sorbifolia Rosaceae composition blossom flower white Asia nature background Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2 8G ED VR II Huron River Watershed arboretum wildflower woodland summertime Continental United States
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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 Spirea contrast light Michigan Sorbaria sorbifolia Rosaceae composition blossom flower white Asia nature background Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Huron River Watershed arboretum wildflower woodland summertime Continental United States
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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
daylily Michigan Hudson Mills bloom blossom flower orange Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States Huron River
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lily ~ Huron River and Watershed
"Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes." ~ Walt Whitman
lily daylily Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Michigan orange flower bloom blossom birthday
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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
bloom blossom forest arboretum delicate Michigan wildflower Cow parsley light Nikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II Continental United States flora Anthriscus sylvestris Wild Chervil Queen Anne's Lace wild beaked parsley keck flower
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