images as thoughts
This white tailed deer was photographed on a recent trip to visit family in the midwest. Living in the mountain west for so long I can say for certain I don’t miss the humidity and all the bugs. It sure was fun was running across this deer happily feeding away and hardly giving us a second look as we hiked through the woods. I had forgotten how small white-tailed deer can be.
Milk Weed, from bud to flower, posing nicely in the evening sunlight.
Everywhere we look on our daily walk milk weed is springing forth. Most plants have buds just waiting to burst into flower while a few have started their blooms. We all know milkweed is an important flower for the Monarch Butterfly but given its abundance it helps sustain many pollinators both large and small.
Summer is truly upon us…on your mark, get set….go.
Along Clear Creek in Denver, CO.
After literally bringing some grub to feed his young a male Western Bluebird leaves the nesting box and perches on a fence pole in search of more food for the rapidly growing brood. We watched as both the male and female shuttled food in and waste out of the nest box with their young still safely tucked away inside.
The Western Bluebird is not as common as the Mountain Bluebird so it is always a pleasure to see that brilliant blue and orange. A fine way to start a summers day.
Taken on a hike along the west coast of Vancouver Island near Port Renfrew.
Sound to take in without sound to block out.
Although I posted this a week ago I just became aware of this new study on noise in our national parks and thought it important to pass along. The link is below.
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2017/06/sounds-nature-national-parks-are-being-trampled-noise
Yes it is more than just a feeling ….Noise levels in our wild places are increasing at a rapid pace and what the consequences are only time will tell. Unless we respect that silence it seems it will soon be gone.
Yes, Silence has a sound that is becoming silenced.
A little House Wren observes as light peeks in at the forests edge.
Denver, CO.
Sometimes you just need to linger in a landscape to soak it all up.
Taking time is something that takes time… yet it is time well spent.
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah.
