A quick post tonight because, frankly, I am completely bleary eyed. A wake up call at 4:00 am and a two-hour drive to Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in 30 degree temperatures led to this glorious pre-dawn fire-red sky. It was well worth getting up so early as this […]
Walk with me on the boardwalk, through the autumn woods towards Great Falls, Maryland. Where the power of the water thunders in the distance and the mist rises from the falls. Along the way, trickles are first seen. Which quickly become larger streams. Great Falls is within the […]
The Potomac River gorge dates about 600 million years old. In more the more recent 5 million years, water has traveled through cracks in the rock in a Mather Gorge formation, creating a small canyon with the Potomac river. Beautiful rocks, filled with quartz and mica encompass the […]
The Pomegranate originated from Persia and is one of the oldest known fruits. A symbol of health, fertility and eternal life. In “The Abduction of Persephone”, daughter of Zeus and of Demeter – Goddess of the crops and harvest. Persephone was known for her beauty and one day […]
Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leafs a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Alfred R. Ferguson Believe or not, […]
George Edmunds’ Song Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around he here; Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear! How like the hopes of childhood’s day, Thick clust’ring on the bough! How like those hopes in their decay- How faded are they now! Autumn leaves, […]
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over […]
Autumn Abound, with its textures, colors, and patterns. Delicately decorating the landscape with the waning of the season. Going out in brilliant color and grace. Providing food and shelter for wildlife. Reminding us of the beauty of life, regardless of age. The summer-flower has run to seed, […]
Morning Mist Its rudder runs through the morning grass In its wake, the dew a sea of tranquility; Its early gray aura taps at window panes As to Morse code a waking message; It challenges the walking sun with playful scorn Softly, all living creatures come to […]
The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry’s cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town. The maple wears a gayer scarf, The field a scarlet gown. Lest I should be old-fashioned, I’ll put a trinket on. Emily Dickinson
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 