Wordless Wednesday
Broken
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Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve
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Sand, Water, and Sky
The meeting of sand, water, and sky at Lakeview Beach – Indiana Dunes National Park.
View of Lake Michigan Spent a peaceful morning walking along the shores of Lake Michigan, enjoying the warmth of sand on my feet and clear blue skies overhead.
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In the Desert Garden
Blooming in the Desert Garden
Often found blooming in the desert garden, this echeveria seems to be enjoying the warmth of my home and in return, I am enjoying its tiny blossoms.
Photographed for Macro Monday
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The Budding Sunflower
In the Garden – The Budding Sunflower
Seeing budding sunflowers in the garden makes me happy just like the warmth of sunshine. Summer and sunflowers go perfectly together like peanut butter and jelly, right?
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A Moment in Time
Capturing a moment in time while out on a trail that I’ve never been on before, quickly results in losing track of the clock. Distracted by the fast changing light of the morning, buzzing of insects, bird song, deer running off with a loud huff when I get too close, or walking right into a spiderweb, all seize my attention.
With more opportunity to be creative, macro images seem to take me quite a bit longer to capture. Then, there’s the wind that decides to cool me down with a breeze right at the moment that I click!
Wind, I appreciate the help but can it please wait until after I click?
All these photos were taken yesterday at Fernwood Gardens in Niles, Michigan. It was my first time there and I cannot wait to go back since there’s much more to explore.
One of the trails runs along the edge of the St. Joseph River and the sunshine provided lovely reflections.
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Grab the Day
This yellow salsify (also known as goats beard) seems to be reaching out to grab the day or the sunshine along the trails at the Indiana Dunes National Park.
Reaching Out to Grab the Day As I headed out the door for my morning hike, I found myself wondering what I would be reaching out for and grabbing onto throughout the day. What types of encounters would I have? Would my focus remain on Jesus Christ or would the distractions of the world get in my way?
I’d rather have Jesus than silver or gold
I’d rather be His than have riches unfold
I’d rather have Jesus than houses or land
I’d rather be led by His nail-pierced hand
Than to be the king of a vast domain
And be held in sin’s dread sway
I’d rather have Jesus than anything
This world affords todaySongwriters: Rhea Miller/George Beverly Shea
(public domain)
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A Thistle and a Bee
After publishing yesterday’s post (A Rebellious Beauty), I realized that I had one more image of a musk thistle that I really liked. How in the world did I miss a thistle and a bee the first time around? I didn’t even notice it until scrolling through pics today. Imagine that!
Great Marsh – Indiana Dunes National Park Anyway, we’ve had quite a bit of rain over the last couple of days with more in the forecast over the weekend. Trees are green and summer wildflowers of all kinds are bursting forth all along the miles of trails. This thistle and a bee were also along the Great Marsh Trail – Indiana Dunes National Park.
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A Rebellious Beauty
Considered an invasive weed by many, the musk thistle is showing off it’s rebellious beauty through the stages of life in its blooms. Thistles and many other wildflowers are plentiful along the forest trails and wetlands of NW Indiana at this time of the year.
Musk Thistle – A Rebellious Beauty These were captured on one of my hikes this week at the Indiana Dunes National Park’s Great Marsh Trail.
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Under the Canopy
Heron Rookery – Indiana Dunes National Park A hike under the canopy of trees is simply delightful, especially when combined with cooler than normal temperatures and very few pesky mosquitoes. Can’t get much better than that!
Above is the Heron Rookery Trail – one of many trails at the Indiana Dunes National Park. Below, we have the green trails of the Moraine Nature Preserve.
Moraine Nature Preserve – Valparaiso, Indiana Who knew that NW Indiana had such great places for adventures? I sure didn’t when we first moved here. After over a decade of walking miles of trails, I am still finding new paths to explore and enjoying some of the well-known treks again and again. Need a guide anyone?
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Thursday Trees
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Morning Dewdrops
Morning Dewdrops
Wordless Wednesday
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Unveiled by Sunshine
Wordless Wednesday
Ogden Gardens Unveiled by Sunshine
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Feast in the Garden
Macro Monday
A Bee’s Delight Pollen, a bee’s delight! These three bees were enjoying a feast in the garden. What more could they possibly ask for?
The Bully at Ogden Gardens Well, they did get bullied away a few times by a more aggressive and much larger bee but they all seemed to get their fill at the all-you-can-eat buffet at Ogden Gardens in Valparaiso, Indiana.
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Two of a Kind
Spiderwort – Ogden Gardens Two of a kind in the garden – A pair of spiderwort blossoms with a promise of many more to come at Ogden Gardens in Valparaiso, Indiana.
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All Shapes and Sizes
In the Garden – Bugs of all shapes and sizes. For a glimpse of other images of the tiny world of bugs, click here.
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