sharleenstuartArtist Inspired Blog Circle August 2016 Blue
Posted on August 15, 2016
I have recently joined a new blog group called Artist Inspired. The Artists Inspired Blog Circle is made up of an exceptionally talented group of photographers from all walks of life, from all over the world. They are wives, mothers, friends, daughters and visual storytellers who draw from their own experiences to create art that is inspiring, unique, beautiful and thought-provoking. I feel privileged to be a part of this group. They are incredibly supportive of each other and constantly encouraging each other to do better.
The topic for this month is Blue. Currently I am lying on my back after foot surgery and so this was an opportunity to get back to posting my Seattle/Orcas Islands/Leavensworth trip. If you have not read any of the other blogs and want to, then look for the links below.
When learning that we were going to be going to Seattle I started researching what there was to do there. Orcas Island came up on my radar and I really wanted to go there. The boat trips were expensive and the family debated whether they wanted to do that or a train ride to Canada. I wanted to do both but I really wanted to see Orca. After chatting with a friend in Seattle we decided to do the Orcas Island ferry trip to Friday Harbor. Here are my blue images from the Orcas Island trip.
Enroute to the Orcas Islands. The day was blustery and the weather had turned cold. The closer we got to the island the colder it got.
Seattle had been even temperatures so this was quite a change in weather. The jackets came back out and we bundled up.
We boarded the ferry to Friday Harbor and picked my spot for the trip. I was whale hunting.
I was determined to stand outside in the event that I may see an Orca, despite the wind biting at your face and body. If there was whales to be seen I wanted to see them.
I was obsessed with finding things in the water, and leaving this tiny little port I spotted something – ugh it is just rocks.
We passed beautiful uninhabited islands which I quite easily could have laid claim to if it wasn’t so darn cold.
I hate being on the other side of the camera, and hats are not my thing, but I guess it is nice to acknowledge that you were actually on vacation with everyone.
Small outcrops of rocks that become the home to the floating debris and flying birds.
Holiday home, Vacation home? I am not sure but I would be willing to spend some time on that island.
It is good to spend time with my brother. I do not get to see him often enough. We are fortunate that business brings him across here and we are able to meet up with him after his conference is complete.
Wooden houses are nestled on tiny islands in the middle of nowhere.
The rugged beauty and endless waters simply entranced and amazed me. I would definitely like to explore this area in summer
This is the first sign of moving traffic, a ferry traveling back from one of the islands.
Spending time with Barry and Enid is such a pleasure. Our family is so fractured with us living in the US, my brother and his family in South Africa and Richards family in Australia, and right now my daughter in Macedonia. Time with family is a treat and one to be treasured.
I was so busy trying to take a photograph of this outcrop of houses on this particular island that according to my family, and I would not put it past them to say this, but apparently I missed the one and only whale to be seen on this trip. It was not an Orca but possibly a Gray Whale.
Nestled into this little alcove is Friday Harbor.
Richard is unusually bundled up and prepared for the windy cold weather when we exit the ship. I am looking forward to spending time exploring the island. Hopefully we will not get wet but more about that in the next blog.
The ferry trip to the Orchas Islands was well worth it. The cost was low and the boat ride was pleasant. The scenery was stunning. Next time I want to go in summer. Perhaps then I will see whales and Orca in particular.
You can find the blogs to the Chihuly Gardens inside and out, to Pike Street Market, the Seattle Waterfront and Ferris Wheel, Bainbridge Island, Seattle Library, Columbia Building and Chinatown, and Seattle City Scenes by clicking on the highlighted names.
Keep a look out for more of the upcoming blogs, on Friday Harbor, the trip back to the mainland and Leavensworth.
You can also find me on Facebook, Flickr, and Instagram
Just a reminder that this is a circle blog and I would encourage you to click to continue on reading what they other photographers in this group have for you. Please stop by Carrine Patrice Huffman Power’s photography page and read her blog. Don’t forget to leave a little love on their pages.
The Artists Inspired Blog Circle is made up of an exceptionally talented group of photographers from all walks of life, from all over the world. They are wives, mothers, friends, daughters and visual storytellers who draw from their own experiences to create art that is inspiring, unique, beautiful and thought-provoking.
Share Six: August 2016: Minimalism
Posted on August 6, 2016
It’s August and I have now been stuck in bed for 3 weeks post foot surgery. Knowing that I was going to have surgery, I prepared in advance for the topic Minimalism. I chose the topic. I wanted to be challenged a little to think outside of the box. I read a quote recently that said:
Minimalism: It is not the lack of something. It is the perfect amount of something.
Valerie Jardin said “It is a style that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity”.
For me less is more. The key to creating amazing minimalist photos is Simplicity. I love simplicity in my life. I enjoy peace and quiet which is probably why I am drawn to the ocean so often and meandering through the wetlands and the Japanese Gardens.
I am dying to see what everyone else will shoot on this topic.
Peaceful
Waterdrop
Creative
Silhouette
Silence
Harmony
In the end only three things matter,
how much you loved; how gently you lived;
and how gracefully you let go of things that were not meant for you.
~ Buddha
Thank you for joining me for this month’s Share Six. This is a circle blog. Please take time to visit the newest member of our group Kathy Ledbetter of KG Ledbetter Photography and see what she has for you this month. Keep following the circle to see what the other photographers have shared this month. Don’t forget to leave a little love on their page as well.
If you are interested in seeing more of my photography take a look at my Facebook page, my Instagram page or my Flickr page.
Now it is your turn. Don’t forget to like us on facebook at Share Six and come and share your images on the theme Minimalism throughout the month of August. A new theme will come out on September 6.
Remember you can follow us on Instagram at @sharesix and tag your images #sharesix and #sharesix_minimalism.
You can also find the Share Six webpage at http://www.sharesix.wordpress.com
We cannot wait to see your images on MINIMALISM
Seattle: Capital Hill
Posted on August 3, 2016
March in Seattle and we have now been here about 7 days. We have the evening and one more day to spend in the city and then we head out on the road.
In the evening we will be walking up to Capital Hill to meet up with a friend. Not knowing where we were going we decided to spend the afternoon exploring Capital Hill. Capital Hill was vibrant and alive, and during the evening it was equally so. Here are some of the scenes we saw on Capital Hill.
Just around from our hotel as we headed out. Taken with the Lensbaby Composer Pro and Sweet 35 optic
Seattle SeaHawks team bus. According to Richard I needed to take this image.
Heading under the Washington Convention Center bypass
This was perhaps one of my most interesting finds. Walking up Seattle’s Capital Hill one late afternoon, I spotted this random glove lying on the wall.
There was an interesting memorial on the opposite side of the road but I forgot to take a photo of the plaque when walking back down.
Wall graffiti on Capital Hill
Pink and lime green doorway.
Street Musicians.
Intersections
I just loved the wall graffiti
Flowers and Bumble Bees
On our way back down the hill we stopped off at a pub for a beer. The decor was very interesting and largely made up of randon pipes joined together.
When walked back up Capital Hill that evening to meet a friend for dinner at the Pine Box. Turns out that this was originally a mortuary and it from there that Bruce Lee was buried. I was so disappointed that I had not taken my camera back up with me. The ceilings of this restaurant/pub were vaulted and some of the booths look like they were made from the original church pews.
You can find the blogs to the Chihuly Gardens inside and out, to Pike Street Market, the Seattle Waterfront and Ferris Wheel, Bainbridge Island, Seattle Library, Columbia Building and Chinatown, and Seattle City Scenes by clicking on the highlighted names.
Keep a look out for more of the upcoming blogs, on The Olympic Park, Orca Islands, Friday Harbor, the trip back to the mainland and Leavensworth.
You can also find me on Facebook, Flickr, and Instagram
Tell me a Story: July 2016
Posted on July 31, 2016
By the time this blog rolls around, I will be, post foot surgery, bed bound and probably not quite with it. But I am hoping that I will be able to get this linked to the other bloggers in the group. In the past few months we have blogged to a quote. For the next two months we have left it open.
The surgery I was due to have in the beginning of July was postponed and so I decided to take a walk. When I go out into the wetland I always look for the dragonflies. There are so many varieties and so beautiful to look at. They fascinate me. Dragonflies are so mechanical to look at. Their wings are hinged at the back. The back of their heads have strange dots. Their eyes are bulging. Their mouths are real gnashers. With a macro or zoom lens you get to see all the tiny hairs on their legs and body. I find dragonflies delightful to watch, and most interesting close up.
Here are just a few that I saw on Friday.
Four Spotted Pennant
Florida Baskettail
Eastern Pondhawk
Wandering Glider
Wandering Glider
Four spotted pennant
Dragonfly
Blue Dasher
Four Spotted Pennant
Blue Dasher
Blue Dasher
Dragonfly
Having flown the earth for 300 million years
dragonflies symbolize our ability to overcome times of hardship.
The remind us to take time to reconnect with our own strength,
courage and happiness
~ unknown
Thank you for joining me for this month’s Tell me a Story. This is a circle blog. Please take time to visit my fellow blogger Mindy Sauvageau / Orange Moon Photography and see what she has for you this month. Keep following the circle to see what the other photographers have shared this month. Don’t forget to leave a little love on their pages.
If you are interested in seeing more of my photography take a look at my Facebook page, my Flickr Page or my Instagram Page.
30 Minutes in the Life: July 2016
Posted on July 25, 2016
How time has flown. This month 30 Minutes in the Life celebrates 3 years of blogging together. It has been an incredible journey for me. I have learned so much over this period for the photographers I have blogged with. I have shared in the highs and lows of their lives, watched their children grow, and come to love the ladies and their stories. Thank you to all of those ladies that I have journeyed along with, it has been a blast
I have just had foot surgery, which means I am not walking anywhere in any hurry for the next 5 weeks. In fact I am pretty much stuck on my bed for 99% of the day. So I prepared in advance for the 30 minutes in the Life because I did not want to miss out on this group.
So what I did was I took a drive down to the local sea life rehabilitation center and wandered through there. Gumbo Limbo sits between the ocean and the Intracoastal. It is a small rehabilitation center with two large reef tanks and some smaller specific tanks.
Walking into this center they had a display of crafted turtles. I love turtles. In the days when we scuba dived, it was always a treat to see turtles swimming by. Beautiful graceful creatures in the water.
Inside the entrance area I spotted this tank with a gorgeous but venomous Lionfish. The Lionfish has some a number of dorsal fins that will deliver the venom in the form of a sting. A sting from a Lionfish is rarely fatal, but can cause nausea and breathing issue and is extremely painful.
I headed up to the two salt water tanks thinking I would spend some time taking photographs of the fish from the top. Fish, I have decided, are like butterflies. Clearly they do not keep still. The best I could get was a Stingray and a Turtle.
I headed downstairs to the outside of the tanks and started to meander around the building looking inside. That’s when I discovered something that I thought I could play with. The reflections in the windows.
I discovered reflections in the glass windows were creative looking double exposures.
Self portrait
Thank you for joining me for this month’s 30 minutes. This is a circle blog. Please take time to visit my fellow blogger Stacey Markel Photography | MD Family, Child & Senior Photographer and see what she has for you this month. Keep following the circle to see what the other photographers have shared this month. Don’t forget to leave a little love on their pages.
30 Minutes changed their name to Journey to an Artist. If you want to know more about Journey to an Artist head over to their Facebook page, or to the blog page. There is new and exciting happenings going on with the group Journey to an Artist that you are sure to want to check it out.
If you are interested in seeing more of my photography take a look at my Facebook page, my Flickr Page or my Instagram Page.
Share Six: July 2016: Kitchen
Posted on July 6, 2016
This months theme, KITCHEN, was chosen by Erica of Woodsy Wonders Photography. The reason she chose the theme KITCHEN was:
I chose “in the kitchen” because it is where I spend most of my days. Cooking and baking treats for the family. It is a place where families can get together and share a meal. The place me and my kids bond. It is the heart of the home ❤
The kitchen is not my favorite place I have to be honest. While I cook each day, I am certainly not passionate about it, nor do I really like my kitchen. It’s okay, but it really needs a face lift. However, since our long term plan is to be out of this house sooner rather than later, I do not want to waste any money changing out an acceptable kitchen if I am going to leave it behind. In fact, in all the houses we have lived in, there has only been one kitchen that I loved.
However, I thought I would share with you a little bit about some of the things that are in or happen in my kitchen.
This is the story of my life. I have one cat that is diabetic. Twice a day she has to have insulin. Both cats are on special diet food and limited to what they eat. Moonshine is a sweetie and when faced with the choice I could not put her to sleep. So our routine is to wake up in the morning feed her, and give her the shot. Same routine again in the evening at approximately the same time. So long as you stay on track she is good. Signs that you may have a diabetic cat – it’s head is constantly in the water bowl, it is urinating outside of her box or excessively in her box, it has a ferocious hunger but is rapidly loosing weight. Chances are it will have a urinary tract infection as well. It is so ironical that for someone who left school and was adamant that I did not want to do any form of nursing, I have nursed my husband, my son, and 2 cats. Added to that I work in a medical clinic environment. So is life.
The only time I cook breakfast is on the weekends, and that is only if we are both at home. Often Richard will cycle on the weekend and then I am just to lazy to cook for 1 person.
Daily routine – protein shakes. Each day I make a protein shake to take to work. Some days will be strawberries, some days blackberries, other days mango. This is how my day starts out.
This old scale has history. It used to belong to my grandmother. She had painted it white. If I remember correctly the basin had been glued back together. When we were kids, my brother and I would go up to my gran for a period of time. She lived about 5 houses up the road from our house. We would play shops. I seem to recall tiny boxes of cereal that we would open out and weigh out and sell each other. I do not think anyone ever ate the cereal and by the time we left my grandmother had a mess of ceral. Over the years after she died the scale sat in my mothers house. When we decided to move to the USA there were 3 things I asked me my if I could have, the scale, an old clock, and a washstand. I had the scale brassed but unfortunately being near water has tarnished some of the items. However, All of them grace my home, and the memories live on forever, over 70 years of history.
This tea cup is part of a 12 piece set that was given to my mother on her wedding day. She looked after that set and when the time came she offered it to me for my use. Tea is part of who I am. As a family we drank a lot of tea. Rooibos is my brand of tea. A unique flavor but once I got used to it I could not go back to “normal” tea. Tea is also a routine drink for me before I go to bed. It goes well with the book I am reading.
Some years ago, while driving out the community with Richard, I noticed an art deco lampstand sitting in someones garbage. In those days the uniqueness of dumpster shopping was still new. Of course, I made Richard go and pick up the lamp. The lamp shade was broken but with a bit of work Richard turned it into a candle holder. This lady graces the half wall in my kitchen.
Thank you for joining me for this month’s Share Six. This is a circle blog. Please take time to visit my my friend and fellow blogger Katherine of Cobert Photography and see what she has for you this month. Keep following the circle to see what the other photographers have shared this month. Don’t forget to leave a little love on their page as well.
If you are interested in seeing more of my photography take a look at my Facebook page, my Instagram page or my Flickr page.
Now it is your turn. Don’t forget to like us on facebook at Share Six and come and share your images on the theme Kitchen throughout the month of July. A new theme will come out on August 6.
Remember you can follow us on Instagram at @sharesix and tag your images #sharesix and #sharesix_inthekitchen.
You can also find the Share Six webpage at http://www.sharesix.wordpress.com
We cannot wait to see your images on KITCHEN
Tell me a story: June 2016
Posted on June 30, 2016
Tell me a Story is live and this month the quote is from Deepak Chopra:
“To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions”
Solitude for me often comes when we go away to the beach. While Richard burns his energy kayaking, cycling, and snorkeling. I on the other hand find my solitude and rest in a book, walking along the beach, and watching nature. The sound of the waves is a balm to my soul. Being on the beach allows me to gather my thoughts and contemplate the answers.
We recently went down to Long Key State Park in the Florida Keys. We have not been there for a number of years and decided to revisit. Here are a few of the reasons why the trip to the beach is my balm, and which helps me to be silent.
Time to relax, enjoy, regroup – on route to the beach at Long Key State Park
Once you hit the Florida Keys the calmness of the ocean begins to soothe your soul.
A place of rest and reflection.
Life relaxes and you begin to enjoy the beauty that creation has to offer you.
Nature at it’s best -catching what it needs for the day – pure simplicity.
Silent meditation can come in the way of fishing.
Sitting on the beach watching the Osprey soar in the sky is a time of contemplation for me. Watching it dive for fish is pure pleasure.
Seeing it rise out of the water – goal accomplished is encouragement in itself. You have to try to achieve.
Feel the sun on your face – rest, relax, breathe, contemplate, restore.
Marvel at the simple things like clouds in the sky.
Enjoy nature – appreciate the beauty of a Seagull flying by.
Enjoy the evening as it begins to close on the day – marvel at the beauty that surrounds you.
Chill, allow the stresses you brought away with you to fall away.
Let the day close, along with it any troubles that you may carry.
Tomorrow is a new day, rise, shine, enjoy…
It’s a brand new day, and a brand new beginning.
Thank you for joining me for this month’s Tell me a Story. This is a circle blog. Please take time to visit my fellow blogger Mindy Sauvageau and see what she has for you this month. Keep following the circle to see what the other photographers have shared this month. Don’t forget to leave a little love on their pages.
If you are interested in seeing more of my photography take a look at my Facebook page, my Flickr Page or my Instagram Page.
30 Minutes in the Life: June 2016
Posted on June 27, 2016
30 Minutes in the Life, June 2016 is due to go live in a couple of weeks and I was at a loss to where to go. Boca Raton, is not like a big city. There may be a few high building but honestly it is not like Seattle or Denver. Like the rest of Florida it is pretty flat. I decided to head on out and pick up some test results and then head on out to Mizner Park shopping area. Mizner Park is on the east side of Boca and definitely the more upmarket side of town. While the weather may look bright and sunny, it actually has a light shower of drops just after I took the first image. The temps were incredibly high and the air is humid. While I managed to walk Mizner Park without getting wet, I was not as lucky an hour later when the clouds came over, the wind picked up and it felt like a mini tornado was heading through the area. Severe weather warnings, lightening in the sky, and apparently what appeared to be a water spout attempting to form.
In between the good and bad weather meander with me through Mizner Park……
The Amphitheater at Mizner Park. What I do love about this place is they have a lot of concerts. While you have to pay to go into the amphitheater, folks generally arrive and set up camp in the middle section of the street. Yes, I have done it as well. You bring your chairs, food and drink and you get to hear, not see, a free concert.
You want a photo in a big chair. Just hop on up.
This fountain sits at the base of a golden lady just outside the amphitheater
Make big plans, aim high in hope and work….
Let your watchword be order
and your beacon beauty
~ Burnham
I walked down the center of the two roads for a while to get a feel for what I was going to be looking at.
I like to take the lensbaby sweet 35 out with me because I never know what sort of image I will get.
Preparing for the day ahead
Waiting, perhaps resigned.
I crouched down to take a photo of this curly tailed lizard and the next thing I heard was and exclamation ” Ooh she is taking a photo of the lizard – I have never seen one this size before” Clearly a visitor to Florida.
Reflections in the window
You want to win a new bedroom – drop your slip in the jar.
At the opposite end of Mizner Park. I am ready to turn around and head back to the car.
South Florida in black and white.
A table with a view
Alone
Thank you for joining me for this month’s 30 minutes. This is a circle blog. Please take time to visit my fellow blogger and friend, Stacey Markel Photography | MD Family, Child & Senior Photographer and see what she has for you this month. Keep following the circle to see what the other photographers have shared this month. Don’t forget to leave a little love on their pages.
30 Minutes changed their name to Journey to an Artist. If you want to know more about Journey to an Artist head over to their Facebook page, or to the blog page. There is new and exciting happenings going on with the group Journey to an Artist that you are sure to want to check it out.
If you are interested in seeing more of my photography take a look at my Facebook page, my Flickr Page or my Instagram Page.
Seattle City Scenes
Posted on June 19, 2016
When I first heard that my brother was coming to the US, my head said I wanted to be with him, my heart said I wanted to visit my daughter in Macedonia. Richard however, said we were going to Seattle. I was so torn. We went to Seattle, and I have to be honest I fell in love with the city. There was so much to do, so much to see, and we did not even get to see all of it. We walked Seattle from one end to the other and each night my feet ached but I felt like it was well worth it.
When I came to editing the image I was so drawn to editing in black and white. I had to force myself to go to color. Seattle was a little drizzly, a lot gray, and bustling with people. We stayed in the city. We walked to Pikes Market. We walked to the Library. We walked to the Columbia Building. We walked to Chinatown. We walked to Olympic Park, and we walked to Capital Hill. We caught the monorail to the Seattle Space Needle, but we could have walked. We ate happy hour, and Chinese, and seafood.
I had the opportunity to meet up with a special lady and her son, the mother and brother of a good friend of mine, who is no longer with us. They drove us around the city one evening and I managed to get some really low light images at night, since I had not taken my flash with me when we went to dinner.
I hope that you enjoy my birds eye view of Seattle, the city scenes…..
Seattle City Skyline
Out on the streets of Seattle
Symmetry inside the hotel.
Was the wheel missing or just taken for safety?
The Troll under the Bridge – Freemont Seattle
The road we traveled up to see the Troll under the Bridge – Freemont Seattle
Waiting at the bus station.
The Seattle Skyline from the Freemont District area
The Space Needle at night taken from the Freemont District area
While we did not see a lot of this, there were definitely places where we did see overnight outdoor sleeping by homeless people.
The Seattle Art Museum with the huge mechanical statue outside its entrance.
Reflections of a city
Late Winter in Seattle.
Seattle window shopping
Musical Instrument in Seattle – because you need them for the group 101 ways to shoot…
Another exit route
The Tat too parlor on Jackson Street.
Caught the tourists doing the touristy thing.
Inside a coffee shop.
Heading back to the city from Chinatown.
Back streets and alleyways of Seattle
Dragons
The two Africans peering into the Tango Zulu shop
Outside stairways
Waiting at the bus station
Seattle is definitely worth the visit. I enjoyed every minute, minus the sore feet, of the time I spent walking the city.
You can find the blogs to the Chihuly Gardens inside and out, to Pike Street Market, the Seattle Waterfront and Ferris Wheel, Bainbridge Island, Seattle Library, Columbia Building and Chinatown by clicking on the highlighted names.
Keep a look out for more of the upcoming blogs, Olympic Park and Capital Hill. From there we head off to the Orca Islands and to Leavensworth.
Share Six: June 2016: Earth
Posted on June 6, 2016
It seems like time flies. How did we already get to blogging for June. This is the 4th month of Share Six and it has been so good to get to know my fellow bloggers and also to get to know the photographers sharing through their images and their participation in the group.
Kim chose the theme EARTH this month. Part of her thoughts that resonated with me were “therapeutic, calming, relaxing ….connecting to the natural world in a meaningful way”.
I had my thoughts on the topic but decided to go ahead and look up the definition of earth – “the planet on which we live” and “the diversity of life on earth” Both are pretty broad topics. I am an outdoors person when it comes to vacations. We camp a lot. Typically we head to the beach. Recently we were in Seattle. The earth is vast and made up of cities and open spaces, beaches and mountain, humans and critters, sunrises and sunsets and all sorts of various other criteria.
I love critters. Living on the edge of the Florida Everglades I see a lot of critters. This past weekend I managed to rescue a mouse from the jaws of terror, aka Moonshine the cat. I quickly discovered that cats get lockjaw when they have a mouse in their teeth. I had to push my finger in her mouth and slowly ease it so that she released the mouse. Poor little mouse had eyes as big as a small bead. It took off so fast as it was released that Moonshine did not get a chance to catch it again. Then I heard Simba doing his cat growl. Oh yes, when I looked through the slates of the deck the opossum was back underneath there sleeping. Last year she had babies, which we never got to see because she is nocturnal. All I needed was to look up in the tree and see a raccoon. I have done that before. Between these critters, the squirrel who comes to the fence each day, the birds, the gators, and even a bobcat, I have learned to appreciate what this earth has to offer.
This past weekend I took a bit of time to go and sit outside on the grass and enjoy the late afternoon light. My idea was to snap a few photo’s of dragonflies. This is what my brief time out there looked like before the mosquito’s arrived.
Sitting on the edge of the grass are these tiny weeds. Annoying to some but in my mind beautiful because all of the earth has various elements of beauty.
The Four Spotted Pennant Dragonfly is a common sight out on the back canal. I love dragonflies simply because they are one of the most interesting insects to look at. Added to that they eat the mosquito’s that summer brings. They are also food for the baby chicks that are being born in the area. So is the cycle of life.
I had some bread to throw away and so when I went out, I took it with me to feed the fish. It does not take long for the rest of the feathered variety to arrive. This White Ibis grabbed a couple of pieces that landed close to the edge of the water.
As did this Boat Tailed Grackle. Grackles are a common sight out back and at times they will arrive in droves.
And who should wander in to check out all the activity but Big Blue as I commonly call our resident Great Blue Heron. After 30 minutes of watching and waiting he finally got into stalk mode.
Big Blue dove into the water but came up short. No fish for him at that attempt. By now the mosquito’s were beginning to bite and it was time for me to go back in. I love sitting outside and enjoying the activities of nature. This is what earth represents to me. The beauty of creation. The diversity of life and living beings. We are here for such a short time. Enjoy what planet Earth has to offer. Take care of it. Respect it. Love it.
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors
We borrow it from our children
~ Native America Proverb
Thank you for joining me for this month’s Share Six. This is a circle blog. Please take time to visit my my friend and fellow blogger Erica from Woodsy Wonders Photography and see what she has for you this month. Keep following the circle to see what the other photographers have shared this month. Don’t forget to leave a little love on their page as well.
If you are interested in seeing more of my photography take a look at my Facebook page, my Instagram page or my Flickr page.
Now it is your turn. Don’t forget to like us on facebook at Share Six and come and share your images on the theme Earth throughout the month of June on our Facebook page. A new theme will come out on July 6.
Remember you can follow us on Instagram at @sharesix and tag your images #sharesix and #sharesix_earth.
You can also find the Share Six webpage at http://www.sharesix.wordpress.com
We cannot wait to see your images on EARTH.
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