11/30 Skywatch Friday - U.S.A. Thanksgiving and Hanukkah Edition

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11/27 Outdoor Wednesday - #255

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From our house to your house we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.  

Skywatch - Gettysburg Address Edition

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11/20 Outdoor Wednesday #254

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In honor of Veteran's Day this is a detail of a tank, Spooner, Wisconsin-2013.

SkyWatch Friday - November 14, 2013 Edition

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Awakening of the Senses

11/13 Outdoor Wednesday #253

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Photograph of autumn leaves.

More trees with leaves.

Soon there will be no leaves left on the trees because of windy weather and then comes the cold weather.  

Fall is my favorite time of year.

Skywatch Friday - November 7th Edition

Sunset, 2013
Lac Court Oreilles
Hayward Lakes Area
Wisconsin

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11/6 Outdoor Wednesday - #252

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Here are the photographs I decided to post today.  

   

Skywatch Friday - Halloween Edition

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Sunset, 2013

10/30 Outdoor Wednesday #251 Pee Gee Hydrangea

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SkyWatch Friday - October 24th Edition

Through meditation upon light and upon radiance, knowledge of the spirit can be reached and peace can be achieved.
Patanjali (c.200 BC)

Skywatch Friday Thursday, July 11, 2013

Sunset
Lac Court Oreilles
Hayward Lakes Area
Wisconsin

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7/10/2013 Outdoor Wednesday #235

Dragonfly
Lac Court Oreilles
Hayward Lakes Area
Wisconsin

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This week I am posting a dragonfly, who we need around to take care of mosquitos.   Boy, in my opinion, this is the worst year.   I am even getting bitten during the night while I'm sleeping.   Not fair!   But who said life should be fair?

Thinking Outside the Box - Frame

Quote 637 Oscar de la Renta

"Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors."
...Oscar de la Renta

Quote 636 Caecilius Statius

He plants trees to benefit another generation.
...Caecilius Statius

Skywatch Friday, July 5, 2013 - Sunset, Lac Court Oreilles

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Sunset
Lac Court Oreilles
Hayward Lakes Area

Quote 635 Terri Guillemets

"Plants cry their gratitude for the sun in green joy."
...Terri Guillemets

7/3/2013 Outdoor Wednesday #234

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Fox dens on Lac Court Oreilles, Hayward Lakes Area, Wisconsin - 2013.

Can you believe it?   This is the first fox den I have ever seen.   I was in awe.   Just wondering if on the 4th of July these fox will be watching the fireworks explode on the lake or be hiding in the fox holes afraid of the noise or out looking for food in the forest.

Happy Fourth of July from our house to your house. 

Quote 634 Tupac Shakur

"Here's a message to the new borns, waiting to breathe: if you believe then you can achieve. Just look at me, against all odds 'though life is hard, we carry on, livin' in the projects, broke with no lights on. To all the seeds that follow me- protect your essence, born with less, but you still precious."
...Tupac Shakur

Thinking Outside the Box - Cottonwood Seeds

Original photo of cottonwood seeds.

Cottonwood Explosion

Oh my gosh....cottonwood looks like snow on the forest floor, the stairway from the lake, and the driveway.  

Quote 633 Marcus Tullius Cicero

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
...Marcus Tullius Cicero

Pink Saturday - June 29th

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Rains a lot in the mid-west then turns sunny for awhile and then decides to pour some more.  Somehow during these blasts of rain and hot sun this clematis managed to bloom.     Look at this miracle of miracles.  Do you believe it... and of all colors the bloom is PINK.    I am happy!

My favorite holiday is 4th of July.  Folks gather around to share food, conversation and then fireworks.    I like this holiday best because there are no presents and everyone still has a blast.

Happy Fourth of July from our house to your house.

Quote 632 Thich Nhat Hanh

"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child - our own two eyes. All is a miracle."
...Thich Nhat Hanh

Quote 631 Harold Ward Beecher

“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.”
...Harold Ward Beecher

Thursday, June 27, 2013 Skywatch Friday - Season 6, Episode #51

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Hwy #27

My husband and I got into the car and drove until we saw a potential skywatch shot.   I know this is against the rules but I had to catch it.   He stopped the car.  I turned on the camera and kneeled in the middle of the road then took this shot.   I heard cars coming fast took another image just in case the other one didn't come out.   I ran to the car and thought safe at last and whoop pi! 

Quote 630 Franz Kafka

"Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly."
….Franz Kafka

6/26 Outdoor Wednesday #233 Trillium Close-Up

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Trillium were blooming everywhere in the forest.   Here is one found on our property.
See you next week.  Until then take care of yourself.   Visit again.

Thinking Outside the Box

Pardon Me What Did You Say?

Photo taken Willemstad, Cucacao, Netherlands Antilles - 2013.

Quote 629 Vance Havner

"The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs."

...Vance Havner

Quote 628 Mark Strand

"Each moment is a place you've never been."
...Mark Strand

PINK SATURDAY - June 22, 2013 - Abandoned House

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This PINK roof and PINK window and door frame really caught my eye.   It is an abandoned house in Curacao.  This home must have a lot of stories to tell.