219: That first hill was a doozy
Posted: April 30, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in Life, Bicycle Adventures, Critters, Earth, exercise, Fun!, goals, Healthful Living Plan, home, nature, Photography, Spirit, Spring, Walking, weather | Tags: Apple, birds, cycling, Fruit tree, plants, postaday2011, sunset 25 Comments
(Yesterday’s sunset.)
M and I finally got to take our new bikes out for a spin. We woke up to clear skies, sunshine, and a mild breeze. Perfect. It was a little cool (around 50), but after going up the first hill I was thankful for the cooler temperature. That hill was quite a doozy, followed by some smaller hills. I had already anticipated the big hills. The small hills, not too noticeable when I’m walking, are much more evident when I’m pedaling up them.
218: What the wind brought
Posted: April 29, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Earth, home, nature, Photography, pond, Spring, videos, Walking, water, weather | Tags: birds, pond, postaday2011, spring, Storm, trash, Tree, Wind 27 Comments
(The big red ball.)
The Big Wind brought us a few gifts. Some, like the big red ball, are whimsical and fun. Others will require some clean-up.
217: Sometimes she roars
Posted: April 28, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Earth, goals, home, nature, Photography, rants, Spring, water, weather | Tags: apple blossoms, blossoms, flowers, Hurricane Ike, postaday2011, power outage, storms, Tree, Wind 31 Comments
(Apple blossom.)
Mother Nature roared through here beginning around 2:00 this morning. Literally roared. And howled, moaned, screeched, and an assortment of other noises. The news reports are that we had sustained winds of 30-40 mph, with gusts up to 69 mph (close to hurricane force). Right now our winds are around 22 mph with gusts up to 41 mph.
216: A visit from the Green Man
Posted: April 27, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Air, beginnings, Earth, home, life, nature, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, Spring, Walking, water, weather | Tags: fairy, Freshly Pressed, Louis Bromfield, Luther Standing Bear, magic, postaday2011, quotes, Ram Dass, spring, woods 153 Comments
Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library and its books were the stones, leaves, grass, brooks… We learned to do what only the students of nature ever learn, and that was to feel beauty.
~ Luther Standing Bear (1868-1939)
This morning I stood at the back of the house and looked out at the meadows stretching out towards and around the pond, the meadow grasses merging with the wetland cattails, the cattails leading the way to the woods. Everything is so incredibly green. It’s as if the Green Man himself came by and with one touch brought the greening of the land.
215: Look what’s blooming now
Posted: April 26, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Critters, Earth, home, nature, Photography, Spirit, Spring, Walking, water, weather | Tags: Blossom, fairy, flowers, postaday2011, tulips, wildflowers 22 Comments
(The Fab Four)
The red tulips! Yesterday there was one almost open. Today, there are a bunch of them blooming (and getting blown around by the gusty winds).
214: Sunshine on a cloudy day
Posted: April 25, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Earth, Fire, home, nature, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, Spring, Summer, travel, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: Colorado, flowers, Gerald De Nerval, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Linda Hogan, Photography, postaday2011, quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thich Nhat Hanh, wildflowers 16 Comments
Fog, clouds, rain, mist, and gray sum up this Monday here in the Bogs. Since most of the photos I took today are on the gray and gloomy side, I decided to brighten things up with a series of wildflower shots I took in Colorado last year.
213: One
Posted: April 24, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in art, Critters, Earth, home, nature, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, Spring, Walking, water, weather | Tags: Easter, Flower, goose, Peggy Jenkins, postaday2011, Rabindranath Tagore, Ralph Waldo Trine, Russell Brand, sports, sunset, Vase, WP Weekly Photo Challenge 18 Comments
One Tomato
This week’s WP Weekly Photo Challenge is One. Easy peasy, as they say. An interesting chance to study things one at a time.
