Footprints in the sand at Sandy Point National Wildlife Reserve on the island of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Exploring the western end of St. Croix on our visit three years ago, we ventured to the Sandy Point National Wildlife Reserve which is home to some of the islands leatherback sea turtles. It was obvious there were no turtles in sight as the sand beneath our feet was untouched before we walked the beach.
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Each summer when the Echinacea (purple cone flower) blooms in front of my house, the borer bees have a picnic. These bees don’t seem to bother humans unless, of course, you end up accidentally trapping one of them close to your body. Their sting is extremely painful, I have first hand knowledge.
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Another image from the Lantern Festival, Magic Reimagined from the Missouri Botanical Garden; half right facing, half left facing.
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Another visit to one of my most favorite places in St. Louis, the Missouri Botanical Gardens. This summer they are featuring “Lantern Festival, Magic Reimagined”. Several years ago, they hosted the Japanese Lantern Festival and just as this festival, it was beautiful.
This image depicts “The Year of the Sheep”.
The sheep, ram, or goat is the eighth sign of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Chinese word yang is more accurately translated as Caprinae, a type of ruminant animal that includes both sheep/rams and goats. The Chinese commonly regard sheep as the auspicious animal, and the Year of the Sheep, therefore, heralds a year of promise and prosperity. Individuals born in this zodiac year are described as peace-loving and kind and popular, yet also “clingy” and resistant to change.
From the Lantern Festival Guide
To see more of the beautiful Botanical Gardens, check out my previous posts: Garden Glow, Magic by Night, Reflections of an Ancient Fisherman and Floating Balls.
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My daughter and grandkids had gone out of town for a few days and I agreed to feed their cats while they were gone. I went over to the house and opened the door, leaving the storm door closed intending to take a photo of whichever cat met me at the door to send to my granddaughter. I got this rather ghostly image instead.
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I have to admit that I’ve seen the word “muse” used many times and although through context I was able to have at least a partial understanding of its meaning, I’ve never known its exact definition. “A source of inspiration” according to the dictionary definition. My muse, the source of my inspiration, is all around me. I see it in the green of the grass, the colorful leaves on the fall trees, the spring flowers blooming in the field, the warm glow of the setting sun; in a fisherman sitting in solitude on the bank of the river.
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On the Way…Getting there is half the fun.
A couple years ago, I put together this short pictorial of photographs I’ve taken while riding on the back of my husband’s motorcycle, entitled most appropriately “Back of the Bike, View from the Harley Seat”.
I borrowed probably my most favorite song, John Denver’s “Take Me Home Country Roads” to accompany the pictures.
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Broken Hearts, Broken Lives
“…from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion–that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain–that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom…”
Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 1963
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