February 22nd is my spouse’s birthday. This year she wanted a celebration dinner at La Dolce Vita Ristorante Italiano in Provo. We decided to stroll around the nearby Brigham Young University before eating. Because college campuses are professionally landscaped, I took my little camera1 along. It was suited for grabbing a few shots while not […]
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Read more "Questing for Wonder on a December Noon"Lake Itasca lies in the remote northwestern quadrant of Minnesota and forms the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The lake and its state park are not on the way to anywhere; one must really want to go. The practical way to get there is automobile: Three and a half hours from Minneapolis-Saint Paul and four […]
Read more "Mississippi Headwaters: Lake Itasca, Minnesota"Detroit Lake is one of approximately 14,380 lakes in Minnesota. Boosters in that state can be forgiven for the 10,000 number. After all the ancient Greek word mega literally means ten thousand, but it figuratively meant a lot. Compare that usage to young Americans today. Detroit Lake is wholly contained within the town limits of […]
Read more "Questing for Wonder in Rural Minnesota"Crystalized Snow on Boxwood The Always Beautiful Canyon Maple (Acer grandidentatum) Meltwater The Backstory The afternoon of Sunday, 8 January 2023 presented a break in precipitation and an above freezing temperature. I love photography’s ability to preserve scenes of nature for us to honor at our leisure. Michael DeCaria Celebrating nature with photography […]
Read more "8 January 2023"1. White Ash (Fraxinus americana) 2. White Ash (Fraxinus americana) Notes Here in northern Utah we had been enjoying weeks of ideal early fall weather: Clear blue skies and temperatures in the low seventies Fahrenheit (low twenties Celsius). Carol and I had been admiring these golden yellow leaves contrasting against the blue […]
Read more "Ash Tree"An October afternoon in the neighborhood And So Fall Begins Maple Tree Endnotes This is the same Rocky Mountain maple (Acer glabrum) I featured in a post one year ago, now updated with a breeze. Thank you, Michael DeCaria Hosting often overlooked wonders with photography and writing
Read more "Maple Tree in the October Breeze"Yesterday while Carol and I were hiking in the White Rock desert, a herd of ten pronghorn crossed our trail 300 meters in front of us. They were in no hurry, and we gladly halted to let them pass. Juvenile Pronghorn Pronghorn Twins Endnote It was a privilege to interact with these animals. […]
Read more "Pronghorn on Antelope Island"The following photos were taken minutes before the September equinox sunrise. To experience the same serenity and excitement I felt on this walk, I invite you to look at each photo, one at a time, while you inhale slowly and then exhale. Waning Crescent Moon above Grandeur Peak Sunflower at Dawn The sunflowers […]
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