The field is still.
The coolness that settled in last night lingers.
And all slumber beneath a heavy blanket of dew.
I love a morning like this--before the grasses start to sing and the trees ring with cicadas.
For what I hope to find is still here, resting in the quiet of the field.
Common Green Darner
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
Dog-day Cicada
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)
9 comments:
Lovely and refreshing post. The photographs really show us the gossamer wings that seem so mystical and fragile. They surely have been charmed.
Glad you are getting a break from the heat.
How can anything that green, beautiful and fragile be called common! Those wings!
Nina--my favorite line from your post:
"before the grasses start to sing."
So poetic.
Those are really beautiful photos.
What a treasure to find your blog. Excellent photos = works of art!
thanks for photos-never seen a cicada but hear them all the time. fascinating world of nature to enjoy, always makes me feel close to the creator to be in nature. lin
They are definitely charmed, by you. Just like we are.
The dragonfly has a very nice color. The rich green blends in perfecly to the grass on which he sits.
Amazing pictures Nina! How do you get so close without your "subjects" flying away? I've never been able to master that.
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