• horizons,  landscape,  Mary Oliver,  mountains,  natural areas,  Plants,  quotes,  Reservoir Ridge Natural Area

    Dazzle

    October 7, 2022

    The multiplicity of forms! The hummingbird, the fox, the raven, the sparrow hawk, the otter, the dragonfly, the water lily! And on and on. It must be a great disappointment to God if we are not dazzled at least ten times a day.

    Mary Oliver

    Nothing dazzles me more than yesterday’s afternoon walk at Reservoir Ridge Natural Area taking in the golden beauty of rabbitbrush scattered throughout the still green meadow. Today I am driving Peak to Peak Highway with a friend to take in the golden fall colors. We are expecting to be dazzled. Weather forecast is cloudy and cooler, which means we layer. Photos to follow.

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  • clouds,  landscape,  natural areas,  Reservoir Ridge Natural Area,  sunsets

    A Touch of Pink

    October 2, 2022
    Waxing Crescent moon and pink clouds at Reservoir Ridge Natural Area

    It was a cool fall day yesterday. Sunshine, blue skies and scattered clouds in the morning then a few sprinkles later in the day. I did not sleep well on Friday night. Woke up around 12:30 feeling nauseous. The visit to my cardiologist this past Tuesday showed my blood pressure is now in stage 2, so he wants me to go on blood pressure meds. He wants me off the meloxicam because one of its side effects is increased blood pressure. So I stopped one medication and started another. Who knows what that is doing with my system. I took my walk to the east side of Reservoir Ridge Natural Area last night and arrived in time to see some pink in the clouds and waxing crescent moon. Have a great Sunday!

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  • landscape,  moon,  natural areas,  Reservoir Ridge Natural Area

    Silence…

    September 20, 2022

    Now at Reservoir Ridge Natural Area. Sun has set and the moon sits in the southern sky. Silence. This is why I come here. Full of gratitude for its gifts. Blackbirds and meadowlarks sing good night. Magpies fly above heading for the cottonwood trees along Claymore Lake to roost for the night. Such a lovely ecosystem that man made noise has a difficult time reaching. I am full of love for you and all of creation. Silence…

    ms, journal: /30/2022
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  • landscape,  natural areas,  quotes,  reflections,  Reservoir Ridge Natural Area,  sunsets

    I needed this…

    September 5, 2022

    I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

    John Burroughs

    I awoke early yesterday morning, couldn’t go back to sleep so I got up earlier than I wanted. It has been a busy day but a very good day so I needed this sunset and the quiet at Claymore Lake last night. Hope everyone is having a good Labor Day weekend.

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  • clouds,  landscape,  Mary Oliver,  natural areas,  Plants,  poems,  Reservoir Ridge Natural Area,  trees

    Everything is His

    August 21, 2022
    Late afternoon clouds over Claymore Lake

    Everything is His.
    the door, the door jamb.
    The wood stacked near the door.
    The leaves blown upon the path
    that leads to the door.
    The trees that are dropping their leaves
    the wind that is tripping them this way and that way,
    the clouds that are high above them,
    the stars that are sleeping now beyond the clouds

    and, simply said, all the rest.

    When I open the door I am so sure so sure
    all this will be there, and it is.
    I look around.
    I fill my arms with the firewood.
    I turn and enter His house, and close His door.

    Mary Oliver, Musical Notation: 2
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