Yes, I'm spoiled.
I live in a place where, even without getting into a car, I am surrounded by beauty.
The few times I choose to explore beyond our own boundaries, the journey through the countryside between here and there is almost as rewarding as our destination.
The century-old farms still stand proud.
The land, worked by those who care for it well.
And the sky touches earth, with nothing between.
Corn rows
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)
39 comments:
Sigh...beautiful.
But isn't it neat that we can all find beautiful places where ever we are?
You do live in a beautiful place.
Seeing the beauty is what I love to do where ever I am.
Sherry
Oh, what a beautiful spot on earth. Very different from Norway. Here where I live we have a lot of big mountains. :-)
OMW what a gorgeous place!! I absolutely LOVE the first shot.
Indeed ... even I would be spoiled livng in such a lovely place!
I had to laugh when I seen your photos--I love barns as anyone knows who checks out my blog. What else is so funny is I took pictures just yesterday or the day before that are about like the ones you took and I plan to post some of them in a day or two...I got the field of yellow, I got the close up, I got the cornfield--we could have been on the same drive.
all beautiful photos, beautiful nature colors.
Great pictures. The first one blows me away.
The first shot is a poetry
Pretty pictures, excellent. Congratulations
Hi Nena
Beautiful words,pictures and one great Sky Watch post. I always look forward to coming here.. more so for Sky Watch. ;o)
Living in paradise does have its benefits and is cheaper with our current gas prices!
Wonderful.
Fantastic shots.
Lucky you! :)
Hi! You do live is a beautiful place. Great photos. Lisa
It's a blessing to recognize the beauty around you! What a great place.
perfect catch for SWF! Hope to see you around in my corner too..
Thank you for sharing your patch of heaven on earth, there is nothing like the farm belt and your photos are proof of the glory of the land and sky.
If you put some potato blossoms in those fields this would look like Aroostook County, Maine! Beautiful! I love the barn and the clouds.
Definitely a nice place to come home to!
Very nice post with beautiful shots and you write like a poet!
What a week for you -- the rain, the rolling countryside, two legends birding, feeding your baby salamanders from your hand. Your world is rich in so many ways. Happy Sky Watch.
Nina these are indeed beautiful pictures of your surroundings. That sky just screams BEAUTIFUL, HAPPY.
A beautiful series of photos. Your commentary is also beautiful and reflects your love for nature. Great post!
Sista, I wanna live where you live.
The first one is my favourite from these. It´s really really good!
I feel the same about where I live as you do where you live. This country of ours is beautiful. beautiful pic. MB
A very nice serie og pictures..., and a can feel that the yellow colour mekes me glad :-)))
Nice weekend to you from Norway.
Very nice!
fascinating... i would not complaining if i'll live into that kind of beauty that surrounds me...
check out mine here:
http://www.supernovachron.com/2008/05/friday-sky-watch-catterpillar-tries-to.html
wow, I would love to be there taking in all the beauty!
Looks very similar to my neck o' the woods here in SE Minnesota! Did you hear any meadowlarks singing?
Sigh....that is just lovely. Ahhh...
Your humble abode is very nice. I always want to get off of cars, but where I live, they are unfortunately kind of necessary.
Lucky you:)
Petunia's SWF
Your pictures for SWF are beautiful. You do live in a place that is special. I love the Columbus area, but I think you may be further south than that. At any rate, you have given us some great pictures today, thank you.
Beautiful photos!
I especially like the sky above the plowed field edged with mustard!
What a place to live love these photos.
This scene is fairly typical this time of year--as many comment on finding similar near them. There's something very wholesome (to me) about seeing the countryside planted and growing like this.
I wish I had a better ID on the yellow flowers. As far as I can tell, they're in the aster family--but could be either Butterweed, an annual invasive common to plowed fields--or, a Ragwort, a native perennial common to wet meadows.
Whatever the case, they light up the fields on a sunny day!
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