Strong as heat lightning.
Sweet as a summer night's sky
sprinkled with fireflies.
Sweet as a summer night's sky
sprinkled with fireflies.
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)
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.~Robert Frost
12 comments:
This is just beautiful Nina. Love the haiku and the picture is just perfect with it.
Perfectly lovely!
Lovely verse and photo. It's about time to make that cobbler.
awesome quotes and beautiful picture, happy weekend and thanks for the visit..
Those look yummy! We had some wild blackberries at our house this year. It was so much fun!
My eyes are drawn to the light reflected off the dark berries. I'll take mine with a little bit of cream!
Yeah, when we experience summer with it's heat and dry spells, we might complain, but then November arrives. We always long for the colors and life of summer...
Delicious. Great combination.
this is truly a beautiful site, thank you, and to my fav professor at SUNYA who showed me the site.
Mmmmmm, makes me think of jam, beautiful rich jam...and scones, and cream. Delicious.Great photo.
A wonderful haiku. I love blackberries. Sudden urge to eat a cobbler growing...
That's a lovely haiku and those berries are mouthwatering.
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