Seeking Symmetry

On June 14, 2016June 14, 2016 By Mike and Christy27 Comments

Stepping back and slowing down.
Symmetry between sea and sky.

Layered Lands

On June 12, 2016June 9, 2016 By Mike and Christy46 Comments

Layered Lands

From marsh shrubs to sagebrush to pine forest to snow covered peaks. A wide open landscape sure helps bring peace and quiet to a busy brain. Looking out from the marshlands at Red Rocks National Wildlife Refuge in Montana.

From cattail to cattail

On June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 By Mike and Christy24 Comments

A Common Yellowthroat captured darting about from cattail to cattail adding color to the marsh on an early spring day.

Ephemeral

On June 8, 2016June 9, 2016 By Mike and Christy16 Comments

Desert flowers enjoying the morning dew as we start on a hike in the canyon lands of the Colorado Plateau. These flowers seem to last only a day at the most. Knowing this we enjoy their beauty all the more. A life lesson taught flowers.

The pace of place

On June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 By Mike and Christy40 Comments

Finding a place where time moves at a pace.

Just the right pace.

A pace that feels like home.

Mr. Muddy Beak

On June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 By Mike and Christy27 Comments

Mr. Muddy Beak A.K.A. a male Yellow Headed Blackbird was digging through the mud on the banks of Lake John in Walden, CO looking for a meal. So much color packed into those little Yellow Feathers.

Storm on the ridge

On June 5, 2016June 5, 2016 By Mike and Christy26 Comments

Storm on the ridge

High up on Scarp Ridge near Lake Irwin, CO. I reckon it’s time to get down.

A Snipes Song

On May 31, 2016May 31, 2016 By Mike and Christy54 Comments

A Male Wilson’s Snipes leaves the comfort of the deep grass to sit on a fence post to sing his lovely song. Ladies are you listening?

Photographed in the Arapahoe National Wildlife Refuge near Walden, CO.

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Stellar’s Jay

On May 28, 2016May 28, 2016 By Mike and Christy37 Comments

Hidden in a lichen covered tree this Stellar’s Jay gives me that all to familiar over the shoulder glance saying I am on to you buddy.

Waiting for the rain to end.

On May 27, 2016May 26, 2016 By Mike and Christy19 Comments

Hoping the rain will subside yet still busy observing an open field looking for a morsel on a rainy day. A beautiful hawk waiting for the rain to end in Mendocino, CA.