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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
fawndeerMichiganContinental United StatesHuron River WatershedNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIportrait of a fawnfauna
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
fawndeerMichiganContinental United StatesHuron River WatershedNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIportrait of a fawnfaunacover
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
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
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 goldflowerblossomMichiganwildflowercolorHuron River WatershedNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United Statesyellowcover
Ring-billed Gull ~ Larus delawarensis ~ Lake Michigan
"Because, when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing." ~ unknown
ringbilled gullLarus delawarensisLake MichiganOld Saugatuck Natural Harbor AreaSaugatuckMichiganbirdinflightbirdcoastbeachNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United Statesgulllike birdinflightcover
on the pier ~ Lake Michigan
"And above all, watch with glistening eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places." ~ Roald Dahl
Nikon D7100MichiganpierSouth Havenprimary colorsgraphic elementsgeometriccompositionvivid colorLake MichiganSouth BeachIndian GroveBlack RiversummertimeAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United States
summer wind ~ Lake Michigan
"Light turns the ordinary into the magical." ~ Trent Parke
Lake MichigansailingsailboatSouth HavenMichiganGreat LakesNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United StatesBlack River area
American Avocets, breeding plumage~ Recurvirostra americana ~ Lake Michigan
“The principal and proper work of history being to instruct, and enable men by the knowledge of actions past to bear themselves prudently in the present and providently in the future.” ~ Thomas Hobbes
American AvocetsRecurvirostra americanaLake MichiganNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIshorebirdbirdcover
American Avocets, breeding plumage ~ Recurvirostra americana ~ Lake Michigan
"To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” ~ Elliott Erwitt
American AvocetsRecurvirostra americanaLake MichiganNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIshorebirdinflightbirdcover
American Avocets, breeding plumage ~ Recurvirostra americana~ Great Lakes
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." ~ Socrates
American Avocets, breeding plumage ~ Recurvirostra americana ~ Lake Michigan
"In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you." ~ Buddha
American AvocetsRecurvirostra americanaLake MichiganNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIshorebirdinflightbird
American Avocets, breeding plumage ~ Recurvirostra americana ~ Lake Michigan
“I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.” ~ Art Williams
American Avocets, breeding plumage ~ Recurvirostra americana ~ Lake Michigan
"Everything you have in this world is only borrowed for a short time." ~ Welsh Proverb
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaNikon D7100Continental United StatesbirdsSouth HavenMichiganLake MichiganelegantAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIshorebirdsbirdbeach
American Avocets, breeding plumage ~ Recurvirostra americana ~ solo road trip to Lake Michigan to visit with cousin and family ~ July 2014
"Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead." ~ Louisa May Alcott
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
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
swaying ~ Huron River Watershed
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." ~ William Arthur Ward
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
daylilyMichiganHudson MillsbloomblossomflowerorangeNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United StatesHuron River
lily ~ Huron River and Watershed
"Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes." ~ Walt Whitman
lilydaylilyNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIMichiganorangeflowerbloomblossombirthday
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
bloomblossomforestarboretumdelicateMichiganwildflowerCow parsleylightNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United StatesfloraAnthriscus sylvestrisWild ChervilQueen Anne's Lacewild beaked parsleykeckflower
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
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
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
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
mulberry-hunting ~ Michigan
"Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts." ~ Charles Dickens
squirrelhuntingmulberryMichiganNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR II
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
American Robin, Juvenile ~ Turdus migratorius ~ Huron River Watershed
"In one of the stars I shall be living, in one of them, I shall be laughing. And so it will be, as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
American RobinrobinTurdus migratorsNikon D7100juvenileMichiganbirdperching birdsongbirdmigratorythrushreddish orange breaststate bird of MichiganConnecticutWisconsinamong first birds to sing at dawnsymbol of springAFS Nikkor 70 200mm f2.8G ED VR III
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
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
fawn two of three ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"We are the music makers,
And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;—
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems."
~ Arthur William Edgar O'ShaughnessyfawndeerMichiganContinental United StatesHuron River WatershedNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIportrait of a fawnfaunacover
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
Song Sparrow ~ Melospiza melodia ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"We don't remember days, we remember moments." ~ Cesare Pavese
Song SparrowsparrowMelospiza melodiaHuron River WatershedMichiganAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IINikon D7100songbirdbird
Brown-headed Cowbird ~ Molothrus ater ~ Huron River Watershed, Michigan
"Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might and, when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough." ~ Ernest Hemingway
brownheaded cowbirdMolothrus atercowbirdgallup parkhuron river watershedAFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIwatershedMichiganNikon D7100Continental United Statesbird
Siberian Iris ~ Iris sibirica ~ Huron River, Michigan
"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable." ~ Mary Oliver
wood thrush ~ Hylocichia mustelina ~ Stinchfield Woods, Michigan
"'Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.'" ~ E.B. White
thrushhylocichia mustelinaStinchfield WoodsMichiganwood thrushNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIbird
Sandhill Crane ~ Grus canadensis ~ Leonard Preserve, River Raisin Watershed, Michigan
“Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.” ~ Cornelia Funke
AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIsandhill cranecranegrus canadensisLeonard PreserveRiver Raisin WatershedMichiganlonglegged wader. nestingNikon D7100bird
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
wood phlox ~ Scio Woods Preserve, Michigan
"Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching." ~ C.W. Lewis
AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIwood phloxScio Woods PreserveMichiganNikon D7100flowerblossombloomflora
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
dreamlandscapesceneryHuron River WatershedNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United Statesflycatcher
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
floraflowerredtulipblossombloomNikon D7100AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United States
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