Bringing a bit of color to an otherwise dark and stormy day we observed as a Pacific Oystercatcher foraged on the rock between breaks in the surf.
https://www.tpl.org/save-our-public-lands#sm.001kwzq0817kdcykt2n13wp8kr9xg
Tag: zen
Break in the clouds
A small herd of elk enjoys the spotlight as sunlight finds its way through a break in the clouds near the days end.
https://www.tpl.org/save-our-public-lands#sm.001kwzq0817kdcykt2n13wp8kr9xg
Sunrise on the Grasslands
It is easy to feel the connectedness when the sun rises over the vast expanse of grasslands. Getting the opportunity to experience the prairie sunrise is a wonderful opportunity and this project to provide a hut-to-hut experience out in the grasslands is worth supporting.
https://www.americanprairie.org/project/hut-to-hut-system
‘Infinite Landscape’ exhibit benefits American Prairie Reserve
Between earth and sky
Although it feels like there is space between nothing actually separates the earth and sky. They meet as one and continue on.
Yellowstone National Park, 2017.
Across the way
Just across the way is a place where there is a place with room to roam although these spaces are decreasing and now under even greater threat. Keep public lands public.
Tasty Morsel
While hiking along the trail on a sunny November afternoon this little Chipmunk scurried hurriedly past of us started digging through the pine litter right beneath our feet. Within seconds what appeared to be a fungus or perhaps a tuber (heck it could have been a piece of petrified cheese) was extracted from the ground and enjoyed on the spot.
Canvasback
A fine looking male Canvasback rests on the edge of the ice as December makes its arrival known.
In The Farmers Field
Although the crops have long been harvested this farmers field was full of life with White Tailed Deer and Ring Necked Pheasants sharing the remains of a season growth.
When the wind blew
When the wind blew above the hill on a late fall day I took comfort in having time for observation in this period dominated by information.
A Little Friend Returns
Late in the fall as the waterfowl return to our ponds and streams a few Green Winged teal make their winter home on a small Creek nearby. They are the smallest of the Teals and their return always brings a smile to our face and leads a bit of rhythm to the flow of life and the change of seasons.
Clear Creek in Denver, CO
nature has no boss 
You must be logged in to post a comment.