The Autumn Leaves

The Fall1

The Fall2

Summer concludes as the weather changes and nature focuses on winter,

Now color explodes with one last "hurrah!", covering everything in its splendor,

As the bend in the road suggests the possibility of one last adventure. ;)

The Daisy

The Daisy1

The Daisy2 

The Daisy

Unassuming and demure, in the shadows of the showier flowers.

Yet…….Vibrant and bold in contrasting color and texture. 

Perfectly happy doing its own thing, not being among the showier flowers.

Unique and special on its own.

I Give You The Moon

The Moon1

The Moon2

I give you the moon, 

Let your eyes adjust to the shadow play,

Still, it will illuminate the dark, when you lost your way,

I give you the moon. 

Yosemite National Park

    Yosemite Fall1

    Yosemite Fall2



   Bridalveil Fall1

   Bridalveil Fall2

   El Capitan1

    El Capitan2

          Yosemite Valley 

          Taken in Yosemite National Park,, California, on 6-9-10

Half Dome and El Capitan, majestic sentinels stand watch over Yosemite Valley as time, wind and water erode.  Surely fading with time but surely outlasting us all.

The Water Lily

  Water Lily1

    Water Lily2

    Water Lily3

    Water Lily5

    Water Lily6

    Water Lily11

    Water Lily14

     Water Lily15

     Water Lily16

    

      Taken at the Chicago Botanic Garden on 8-8-09

The water lily, always a fan favorite is an explosion of color reaching out from the abyss.  A quiet elegance against its dark backdrop, captivating our eyes and thoughts.

Sunset Beach

    Sunset Beach1

    Sunset Beach2

    Sunset Beach3

Taken on Sunset Beach, Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii 2-1-11

Accurately named "Sunset Beach", it is mixture of energy and serenity.  The roar of the undulating sea, the taste and smell of the salty spray cast into the air, softening the glow of the receding day. With warm sand between the toes, all senses tantalized yet all voices silenced.

The Falls

The Falls

Taken at Bond Falls State Park, Upper Peninsula, MI on 8-8-09

Water rushing down the hill, an energenic flow mesmerising us in both sight and sound, and yet serene and peaceful. 

How can it be both?

The Bee

The Bee  

Taken off Cisco Lake, Upper Peninsula, Michigan 8-9-09

So industrious, so much focus, the bee does not care about the monstrous lens focused on it.  It has a job to to and it does it.  Imagine what we could accomplish if we had the focus of a bee. 

Though... does a bee "stop and smell the roses"?

Spring Colors

Spring Colors 

Taken on Whitnall Park Drive, Hales Corners, Wisconsin, outside of Boerner Botanical Gardens on 5-1-2010 .

Why does spring invoke so many smiles and emotions? 

Is it that sense of renewal,..... where we can modify, adjust, or re-do our missteps of the past?
Or is it that our senses have been dulled by winter that we cannot help to but be overwhelmed?