A smile broadens each time.
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)
30 comments:
Love these signs. Shows that nature is the one in control. Not us..Ha! Enjoy your days Nina.
Yes, you need to take time to rest. Just don't stay in one place long enough for vines to grow around you. ;) Cheers.
Yes, it does say it own. A national park with restricted access to the people whose property it supposedly it is, with entry fees and stop signs...the only thing belonging to us is our thoughts.
I'm glad these are happy, protecting signs.
These signs protect what we love most: nature. Hope your time off is wonderful.
You are so right. We own nothing. We only borrow it for a while, and should be mindful of the fact that we should return it as we found it.
Seems arrogant and short sighted on our part, to think we can control nature, or even matter to it...
I like the way those trees are disguising those signs. It feels like revenge!
Very wise!
Great post for the letter S. I guess signs are important and can help us, but sometimes I think that can be overkill.
Great choice for S ! Signs are always interesting.
My favourite sign say Listen observe, do not disturb in the nature reserve here. Great choices.
Sign, signification, signified, symbol, lots to think about.
Great S word! And great choices of signs!! Happy ABC Wednesday!
What a great idea for our S Day! You might be interested in reading about how a chickadee family came to build their nest in one of my decorative birdhouses - right on the patio! :D
Enjoy your rest time! I've not been blogging much myself. A busy time of the year at the moment ... especially with the addition of Mingus.
Enjoy your time away from the keyboard, Nina. I'm feeling the same.
I love that last sign:) Enjoy your time away; it's good to take a break from the computer for awhile, especially this beautiful time of year.
We're only a short time away from nature reclaiming what we think of as 'ours', aren't we?
I feel sorry for the poor tree in that first shot though. Why do we think we can nail signs to living plants?
Enjoy your break ! I enjoyed your photos.
As your blog title reminds us, Nature Remains.
Enjoy your break.
Sherry
Give your keyboard and fingers a good rest
Have fun
I find signs to at times make interesting statements, and sometimes, nature sort of helps the statement, perhaps in a manner the human posters didn't quite imagine. I love those first two shots you posted where nature seems to have overgrown the signs. Great finds.
Excellent post - and so true. Enjoy your days off!
Go breathe.
Nature will be here (in spades) when you get back.
And, so will we.
Enjoy your time away Nina, I hope you come back refreshed.
Signs, that is a great ABC S! Didn't even think of that.
Don't be gone too long - we'll miss you!
Nina, I lashed myself to the keyboard for a long, long day so I could rest for a couple of weeks. It is blogging spring fever, I think. Mare's got it, I have it, Timmo has it...
Great writing is all about synthesis, and your gathering these signs and putting them together for a single, beautifully presented message is your special genius.
Nature does remind us so eloquently, doesn't she? :) I really love the way you've put it, too - "We own nothing beyond ourselves." Beautiful.
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