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  • Summit Lake ~ Washington State

    Summit Lake ~ Washington State

    summitlakewashingtonSummit Lakewatertreesgardenflowerslandscapemistpinesnature

  • This Land Is Your Land....

    This Land Is Your Land....

    "This land is your land,
    This land is my land,
    From California to the New York Island,
    From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters,
    This land was made for you and me.
    As I went walking that ribbon of highway
    I saw above me that endless skyway,
    I saw below me that golden valley,
    This land was made for you and me.
    I roamed and I rambled, and I followed my footsteps
    To the sparking sands of her diamond deserts,
    All around me a voice was sounding,
    This land was made for you and me.
    When the sun came shining, then I was strolling,
    And the wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rolling,
    A voice was chanting as the fog was lifting,
    This land was made for you and me."
    ~ Woodie Guthrie

    This LandContinental United StatesskymountainslandEndless Skywaycloudsrocky outcroppingshillsvastnessoutdoorflightvalleyssummertimebirthday

  • View from the Wild Blue Yonder

    View from the Wild Blue Yonder

    “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” ~ J.M. Barrie

    landscape

  • rambling beach house ~ Great Lakes and Watershed

    rambling beach house ~ Great Lakes and Watershed

    Word for the Day ~ sonder
    n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own ~ populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness ~ an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk." ~ *The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows*

    ramblingbeachhouseLake Michiganshoresonderbirthday

  • perspective ~ Great Lakes and Watershed

    perspective ~ Great Lakes and Watershed

    Word for the Day ~ occhiolism
    n. the awareness of the smallness of your perspective.
    ~ John Koenig

    strollingGreat Lakes and WatershedskywaterwharflightLake MichiganMichigancoastlinelandscapeshorecoastoutdoorbirthday

  • The Pier ~ Lake Michigan

    The Pier ~ Lake Michigan

    "A pier is a disappointed bridge; yet stare at it for long enough and you can dream it to the other side of the Channel." ~ Julian Barnes

    j van cise photosGreat.Lakes.and.WatershedwalkLake.Michiganbluepierwatercoastdisappointed.bridgebirthday

  • Gothic Spires of Wisdom at Old Kenyon ~ Ohio River Valley

    Gothic Spires of Wisdom at Old Kenyon ~ Ohio River Valley

    "In any modern society, and between all such societies, there are many conflicting interests that are more or less irreconcilably opposed. Pursuing their interests, persons and groups try to block each other, and this blocking invites retaliation.... The blocking and retaliation readily take violent forms. In the end, politics are about finding ways to manage and restrain this struggle. Those who become expert on political issues, who advise political actors, or who themselves take leading roles in the political effort to maintain civility and peace engage in the highest of human callings." ~ Gary P. Freeman, Chair, Department of Government, University of Texas @ Austin

    gothicspireswisdomeducationOld.KenyonKenyon.CollegearchitectureGambierOhioresidence.hallbuildingconstructed.between.1827.and.1829Kenyon's.first.permanent.buildingmassive.brick.wallsoutdoortowerschoolcollegebirthday

  • Before the Ascension ~ Commencement 2007, Samuel Mather Hall, Kenyon College, Ohio

    Before the Ascension ~ Commencement 2007, Samuel Mather Hall, Kenyon College, Ohio

    *Kokosing Farewell*

    Old Kenyon, we are like Kokosing,
    Obedient to some strange spell,
    Which urges us from all reposing;
    Farewell, Old Kenyon,
    Fare thee well.

    And yet we are not like Kokosing,
    Which beareth naught upon its swell
    But foam of motion's own composing;
    Farewell, Old Kenyon,
    Fare thee well.

    But when we are far from Kokosing,
    We still shall hear a calling bell,
    When round us evening shades are closing;
    Farewell, Old Kenyon,
    Fare thee well.

    And see a river like Kokosing,
    In meadows sweet with asphodel,
    Where mem'ry dwells dear past supposing;
    Farewell, Old Kenyon,
    Fare thee well.

    j van cise photoscommencement2007celebrationKenyon.Collegeascensionsamuel.mather.hallGambierOhioKokosing.Rivergraduationcollegeprivateseatinglight.and.shadows

  • Soul of a Cat

    Soul of a Cat

    "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France

    cateyesbluesoulSiameseanimalpetmacroportraitkitten

  • Spring Gardens ~ Huron River and Watershed

    Spring Gardens ~ Huron River and Watershed

    "A fine and subtle spirit dwells in every little flower." ~ Anne Brontë

    Virginia CowslipVirginia BluebellsMertensia virginicaspringgardensflowersperennialherbaceousbluewildflowernative to Missouriclumpformingdaintybulbous

  • Corner Table ~ Ohio River Valley

    Corner Table ~ Ohio River Valley

    "There's a table in the corner
    Of a honky-tonk in town
    And if you should ever want me
    There I can be found."
    ~ Conway Twitty

    j van cise photostableseatingsquarestilesmodernbirthday

  • Dream Café ~ Ohio River Valley

    Dream Café ~ Ohio River Valley

    "I'm in the corner with the coffee
    at The Dream Café." ~ Greg Brown

    j van cise photosdreamcafeOhio River Valleycorner tablecoffeebirthday

  • a winter's day ~ Michigan

    a winter's day ~ Michigan

    "A winter's day...gazing from my window....on a freshly fallen, silent shroud of snow.." ~ Simon & Garfunkel

    j van cise photossnowMichiganwinterlate.afternoontreescoldcoolwintertimewintertidefreezingoutdoorwinter's daysilent.shroud.of.snow

  • Evening Contrails

    Evening Contrails

    "Your imagination is the preview to life's coming attractions." ~ Albert Einstein

    contrailseveningcondensation trailslineshaped cloudsproduced by aircraft engine exhaustseveral miles above earthprimarily water in form of ice crystalshomogenitusproduced by changes in air pressurehomomutatuscirrus aviaticuswingtip vorticesbiofuelsradiative forcingcloudsskysunset

  • Ranger, the Red-tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan

    Ranger, the Red-tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan

    Note tethering and perching gear for this rescued beauty of nature.

    RangerRedTailed Hawkbirdcaptive birdButeo.jamaicensisraptorshrill cryoldest known 30 yearsred tailbroad round wingsshort wide tail2nd largest buteo hawkresidentshort distance migrant

  • Red-Bellied Woodpecker Takes the Peanut ~ Melanerpes carolinus ~ Huron River and Watershed

    Red-Bellied Woodpecker Takes the Peanut ~ Melanerpes carolinus ~ Huron River and Watershed

    “Great photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.” ~ Peter Adams

    Redbellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusbarred backsred capoldest12 yearspale bellyred napeclings to tree barkundulating flight patternbird

  • Blue Jay with Peanut and Friend ~ Cyanocitta cristata ~ Huron River and Watershed

    Blue Jay with Peanut and Friend ~ Cyanocitta cristata ~ Huron River and Watershed

    "Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.” ~ Diane Arbus

    Blue JayCyanocitta cristataHuron River and WatershedMichiganbirdsongbirdcomplex social systemtight family bondsfondness for acornssometimes migratorymimi calls of hawkstool userblueoldest known 26 yearsprominent crestbold black necklacebold white wingbarwings tail barred wblackabundant near forest edgesknnown for intelligenceoften mate for lifecommunicate vocally wbody languageimmense vocabularyexcellent mimicsgular pouch

  • Ranger, the Red-tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan

    Ranger, the Red-tailed Hawk ~ Buteo jamaicensis ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan

    Notice tethering and perching gear for this rescued beauty.

    RangerRedtailed Hawkbirdcaptive birdButeo jamaicensisraptorshrill cryoldest known 30 years Michiganred tailbroad round wingsshort wide tail2nd largest buteo hawkresident shortdistance migrant

  • White-Breasted Nuthatch, with Photographer in Background ~ Sitta carolinensis ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan

    White-Breasted Nuthatch, with Photographer in Background ~ Sitta carolinensis ~ Huron River and Watershed, Michigan

    "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." ~ proverbial saying

    White breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisHuron River and WatershedMichiganbirdbird foodnaturefauna

  • Time and Tide ~ Southern Outer Banks

    Time and Tide ~ Southern Outer Banks

    "The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears and the sea." ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

    seaseasideoceanisleislandBogue BanksAtlantic Oceantime and tidetideSouthern Outer BanksEmerald Isleoutdoorcoastlandscapeshoreseascapeblue shoresandwaterskybeachmistynatureCrystal Coastbluesalt water

  • Northern Cardinal ~ Cardinalis cardinalis ~ Michigan

    Northern Cardinal ~ Cardinalis cardinalis ~ Michigan

    "There is no discovery without risk and what you risk reveals what you value." ~ Jeanette Winterson

    Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisredbirdperching birdsweet whistles in the morningsongbirdcrestsunflower seedsnatureoutdooranimal

  • European Starling ~ Sturnus vulgaris ~ Michigan

    European Starling ~ Sturnus vulgaris ~ Michigan

    "If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin." ~ Ivan Turgenev

    European StarlingSturnus vulgarisbirdShakespearemumationsongbirddark and glossy in summerperching birdDarwinian Danceroostnatureoutdoor

  • song of the river ~ Huron River

    song of the river ~ Huron River

    "The song of the river ends not at her banks, but in the hearts of those who have loved her." ~ Buffalo Joe

    riverHuron RiverMichiganriver bankswaterripplesrockstreesautumnsparklingbirthday

  • Shells ~ Great Lakes and Watersheds

    Shells ~ Great Lakes and Watersheds

    “The camera makes you forget you’re there. It’s not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.” ~ Annie Liebovitz

    shellsseashellssandgrains of sandbeachbluemacrobirthday

  • Sunset ~ Lake Michigan

    Sunset ~ Lake Michigan

    "The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character." ~ Anne Frank

    sunsetSaugatuckLake Michiganwatercoastgolden hourshorelinewaterscapeNikon D7100 AFS Nikkor 70200mm f2.8G ED VR IIContinental United States

  • What's Up?

    What's Up?

    "In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this." ~ Terry Pratchett

    Oriental Shorthaircatfelinegreen eyesanimalpetkittyMauidomestic catalmondshaped eyestriangular head shapemuscular bodysocialintelligentvocalrelated to Abyssinians and Siameselarge earsmammalsoft furfelis domesticusfelidfelis catussvelteebony silverspottedkittenportraitbirthday

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