Just because I admire them so much they get a category of their own!
A trail to hike
A quiet lake…
lost in its own reflections.
A walk around
A sit above
Upside-down trees below.
A waiting canoe…
A skim-coat of ice beckoning…
A feathery ice-scape…
And our man-powered icebreaker …
All made for a great sunny afternoon adventure, together.
–LS
Under steely gray sky and damp chill of morning stillness…
Nature waits in suspended animation for winter to set in…
The dying down of color is well underway–the laying down to rest…
After weeks of fog… and snappy days of brilliant sun, the rains are returning.
But in my gum-boot tromp to see if there are yet any surprises,
I find these hardy hangers-on:
In their dying glory, blooming (!)
!
Resisting frost to render seed for the next generation…
And in the scraggly blackberry hedge, long devoid of fruit, now haven to tiny tittering birds–
there shines this single blossom, determined to fulfill its design however late in the season.
Yes! That is my desire too ( :
–LS
“The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed…
But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently…” Rom.8:19,25
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap,
if we faint not. Gal 6:9
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1Cor. 15:58
Some days you just need a walk…
and along the way there are bright discoveries that draw your heart from glum to glory…
Scotch broom has that effect, despite its reputation as an invasive scourge.
Brilliant profusions of blooms tossing in the wind add glory to an overcast day.
And then this freckled face ( ;
And its bright wild companion.
And have you ever seen such rosy maple wings?
So much depends on the lighting…
Even a dim stand of fir can have an enticing aspect when the light is right..
And here, my very own Big Leaf Maple started from a wee rescued sapling, with all her wonder brought to light!
And God saw the light, that it was good…Gen.1:4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. Jn.1:4
That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. Jn.1:9
–LS