“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
Category: Nature
Renewed
I want to personally thank all of you who kept me in your thoughts/prayers and who sent get well notes. I did have 2 surgeries and may possibly have another in the near future. Photography is my outlet and love – I will push through and create. My spirits are high and life is renewed. …
Storrie Lake, NM
Storrie Lake State Park, NM, US, (elevation 6,600 ft) located 4 miles north of Las Vegas, New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is an 81 acre park with the lake itself having a surface area of approximately 1,100 acres. Open year round. This peaceful lake offers vast opportunities for fishing, bird watching, windsurfing, cross country,…
Photo of the Week 1/29/2018
“Simplicity is the glory of expression.” – Walt Whitman
Photo of the Week 1/22/2018
“Every time I stand before a beautiful beach, its waves seem to whisper to me: If you choose the simple things and find joy in nature’s simple treasures, life and living need not be so hard.” – Roxas-Mendoza
No permanence
“We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.” ~ Zhuangzi
Surfing
“We’re all equal before a wave.” – Laird Hamilton
Clayton Lake State Park, NM
Clayton Lake State Park, NM, US, (elevation 5,186 ft) located at 139 Clayton Lake Rd. Clayton, NM 88415, is a 170-acre recreational reservoir; 15 miles north of Clayton, close to New Mexico’s border with Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. The landscape of rolling grasslands, volcanic rock, and sandstone bluffs, is set in the western edge of the…
Chipmunks
“And thus flowed the current of life. The seeds of the silverbell were converted into squirrel; and squirrels were converted into foxes. Everything edible, from mice and chipmunks to roots and berries and apples was converted into bear. And bear and his tracks are converted into wonder and adventure for man.” ~ Harvey Broome
Bighorn Sheep
The bighorn sheep originally crossed to North America over the Bering land bridge from Siberia and is named for its large horns that can weigh up to 14 kg (30 lb), while the sheep themselves weigh up to 140 kg (300 lb). The population in North America peaked in the millions, and the bighorn sheep entered into the mythology of Native Americans. By…
January Adventures 