His silver head is beginning to bow,
the slender figure bending with autumn’s chill.
Weathered, gnarled fingers curl
where strong arms reached toward summer’s sun.
Casting stories aloft on a breeze,
memories to take life, come spring.
Tell me another, and another,
again,
Grandfather.
Come along in Red Canoe as she explores the quiet backwater of Ohio's State Parks and the scenic streams and rivers of the Midwest. Discover the beauty hidden beyond the water's edge, quietly waiting, past access points, often only inches deep!
Come browse my photography site, Nature Remains: nothing but a photograph, for full-page slide shows of my favorite images and opportunities to purchase them.
In Spring of 2008, I began the study of 2 vernal pools on my property as part of the Ohio Vernal Pool Partnership monitoring program.
My 2008 journal includes the first photos and findings, as I studied this fascinating wetland area just a few steps beyond my backdoor...
2009 photos and findings,
2010,... again!
Now, 4 years later, another season is just days away!
Travel beyond the Midwest has taken me to some beautiful places. Usually off the beaten track, these places are WILD!
Acadia National Park
New River Nature Festival
Olympic National Park
Pictured Rocks and the UP
Voyageurs National Park
(click on the text above each photo for a quick get-away)
A regularly appearing feature, "Have you seen..." takes a closer, more patient look at things usually not seen in a flattering light.
Take a look!
Each spring, as winter lessens its grip and days warm with the first fragrant breezes of a new season, we collect sap from our Sugar Maples and produce just enough syrup for ourselves for the coming year.
The progress of this year's backyard endeavor is illustrated here.
Summer 2008, the tiny jewel of the avian world, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, nested just feet from my front door. Pictures of her nest and the changing lives within are collected in this journal.
From life the size of a pea....
Cats that come to stay
(click on the text above each photo for stories in these collections)
7 comments:
I just love these milkweed shots but then again I am a mon@rch!
Oh Nina! Lovely. Lovely.
You've captured the sense of autumn's milkweed with gentle whimsy.
I swear I have a picture so very similar to your first one. I took it 25 years ago.
Simply beautiful,beautiful.
You have given character and personality to milkweed that now is not just another plant.
The images are exquisite.
Pretty pictures, Nina. I can't help but think of all the new milkweed plants that will grow next spring to help produce more monarchs.
So beautiful... images and words. And, I love your new blog header... very nice photo!
Milkweed inspiration--- the promises of the spring that will be coming.
Love the way you captured the feathery plumes
I have several shots of milkweed and they look so much like the shots you've posted...how neat! I haven't posted mine yet...I am going to label them "fuzzies" because that's what I think of when I see these.
Very nice shots!
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