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Loving what the nature gives
"Nature, and the love of it, is a major theme in others of that generation. It is there in Thoreau, Emerson, Muir, Burroughs, Whitman, and it continues into the present as an unbroken double song of love and lamentation. Lamentation is the conscience speaking. Below...
Mountain upon Mountain
Mountain upon mountain, His majesty embodied. Thank you God for your beautiful creation! Inside Glacier National Park, Montana.
Walking the trail towards Josephine Lake
Walking the trail towards Josephine Lake with the boat dock, near Many Glaciers Hotel in East Glacier National Park in Montana. #ThankyouGod #thankyouhubby #Iamsohappy to have lakes besides mountain ranges. What a gift! # Canadian restrictions got us here. Moose...
Will you walk with me: Outdoors is in his DNA!
Will you walk with me? "I already walked you to the altar. I am not planning on doing it again," hubby responded. I laughed so hard, this was quite early in the morning, after our simple breakfast of valrhona chocolate oatmeal with dried cranberries, pine nuts, and...
Bear with me
I told my husband that he has to walk the trails with me. I read a post about seeing bears by Grinnell Trail. "What's wrong with that? The bears will like you." I laughed so much. 77
Glacier National Park in Montana
With high hopes, we started early to go to Alberta, Canada. We passed through Browning, Babb, and signs about Blackfeet Nation, a Native American territory. Without official policy on whether the Canadian border is open or not, with proof of vaccinations, the border...
Charming Idaho Falls
Yellow Sunflowers to Yellow rubber rabbit brush to Raging Idaho Falls As we left Utah, verdant hills contrasted with yellow rubber rabbit bushes, a relative of sage brushes. Miles after, along 260 north in Utah, shoulder patches of common golden sunflowers were on the...
At Capitol Reef National Park
On the way to Capitol Reef, we have dramatic views of the mountains, pastoral landscapes whereby Kingston Canyon, past Butch Cassidy's childhood home, including the census and 19th century leaflet, looking for him as a robber. Then, free range cows allowed me to take...
Philippine Chamber Singers
“THERE’S music in the air, waving, whistling. Whispering to me, backwards, giving it a chase. And if you turn it you couldn’t even sing it. Maybe this tune is going mad in my head. There’s a poem in the air, shouting, roaring. Dancing, rolling. But when you go...