Tag Archives: Nature

One Word Challenge – “Up Close”

“Each sunshine-moment twinkles by A white-winged, wandering butterfly…” ~W.T., “Honeymoon Cottage,” Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Arts, 1862 June 28th “Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.”  Hans Christian Andersen “Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,Continue reading “One Word Challenge – “Up Close””

Weekly Photo Challenge – “On The Way”

On the way down the front porch steps to fetch the morning paper  I encounter a trail of pink petals, damp, fragrant and delicate. Compliments of our kindly dogwood tree, unable to hold onto their fleeting beauty during a fierce wind storm the night before. . https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/on-the-way/

The Intricacy of Tying Flies

My husband was first introduced to the sport of fly-fishing as a boy while visiting his aunt at the fittingly named “Trout Club.” From the moment he first cast, he was hooked.  I never tire of watching him as the line weaves back and forth in flight, landing effortlessly on the water, mimicking a mayContinue reading “The Intricacy of Tying Flies”

Weekly Photo Challenge – Sh

Looking out my back yard one afternoon, I stared in amazement, rubbed my eyes, then looked again.  A peacock! In full bloom, slowly strutting by.  Grabbing my camera in a flurry I took this shot. Although blurry, you can get an idea of the brilliance of the plume.  I imagine the bird escaped from some neighboring estate asContinue reading “Weekly Photo Challenge – Sh”