Is there more to say? The only way to know – sit, and prepare to say it. I took several good photos yesterday while strolling around the Fabyan estate Japanese Tea Garden. Few people were about so the wild life were stirring. And there were the summer blossoms at the height of their magnificence. …
Here are some photos that were taken over the past day or so. Flowers fascinate me. A blossom is an extravagance of form, and splendor of light, — in the service of reproduction, more life. The first grouping of photos were taken in the backyard. Some of the flowers were inherited when we moved…
This we know: Earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. -Chief Seattle Four satisfying…
Vacation for me, for our tribe is a place and time apart from the usual day to day responsibilities, from news of national, even far flung happenings, — a bubble of blessed separation. Not that our lives are terrible, we do not live in a war zone, or conditions of extremity. Nevertheless it is…
We arrived at the lake house a short walk from the east side of Lake Michigan. Annually we have a four to five day, all-family get together. The “big event” is the interest derived from being by the big lake. Weather, that is, the wind swept sky, the waves, and the shore itself which…
NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth… The tallest “peaks” in this image are about 7 light-years high. The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet…
I remember first using Kodachrome film. To hold a color print was a delight, an image that represented with remarkable fidelity the mental image achieved by the eye and the mind. Up until I owned the Agfa 35mm camera which took the Kodak color film, I was accustomed to a box camera, which I…
No matter the light showers we accompanied two of our grandchildren to the Fox River for some fishing and exploration. (The fish in the river proved to be totally safe, from our efforts.) The exploration was an adventure of great interest. There’s always a lot to see whenever we leave our accustomed habitat and…
A few minutes ago I presented my Starbucks card. The barista commented, “one day this is not going to work.” The piece of gold plastic is old, by charge card standards. The plastic is split in several places. One fissure is patched with scotch tape. I am attached to the card. I’ve used it…
Another Independence Day weekend. Monday will be the 4th of July. We are planning a family gathering for breakfast in the morning, and then a viewing of the Independence Day parade. On the surface around here life appears to be good, never better for some. Are such generalizations warranted? Of course not but we…
