Adina Turns One!

"Dear Diary..."

A weekend walk mirrored my mood and provided inspirational reflections.








Life.  Sometimes it's a tangled mess.

Life.  Sometimes it makes your head spin, leaving your dizzy with confusion.

We may feel less than confident, less than able, even less than rational!

And we wanna high-tail it right outta here!

Only...  we're not sure which way to go--it's not like there are any arrows pointing the way, or anything.

And we don't know what lies up ahead.

We might even forget for a moment that we're always under the watchful eye from Above.

We must trust that times like these are always followed by peace.

Calmness.  Beauty.

There's great comfort in knowing that we're all in this thing called 'life' together.

And tranquility will return once again.

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Bird Silhouettes

Mesmerized by the antics around a bird feeder, I caught these birds in mid-flight.

Craters

The January 5, 2013 moon.

A Snowy Hill

Tree at Dusk

I was on an "owl prowl" on my friend's property this particular evening, scanning the scenery for the short, squared, stubby silhouette of a an owl my friend spotted the previous day, or to see a flapping of great wings...  maybe a swoop...  or perhaps hear just a few quiet hoots.....  but....  nothing.

...except for this tree, defined by a smooth trio of colors from the setting sun.

A January Night Sky

I learned another meteor shower was in store--best viewed, of course, in the wee hours of the morning.  No problem for me!  I prepared for work which I'd be heading straight to after spending a few hours on our snowy neighborhood causeway, looking up at the night sky.

Disappointment from seeing a clouded sky blew away as I photographed things that stood out through the darkness.  The lights of an airplane drew a line across the sky.  Not a meteor, but spendid to catch anyway.

                                 Moonlight reflecting off the snow created stark contrasts.