“Beauty is a form of genius -is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation. It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon.” Oscar Wilde Friday is the Full Corn Moon or Barley Moon, or [...]
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Summer’s Last Full Moon
Posted in seasons of life, skywatch, spirituality on September 3, 2009 | 22 Comments »
Evening and Morning
Posted in Manitoulin Island, seasons of life, skywatch on July 17, 2009 | 21 Comments »
Lake Manitou, 10:00 PM in the evening God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. Genesis 1:5 The Jewish day begins at sunset, or somewhere between sunset and the appearance of the first three stars. Depending on your proximity to the earth’s [...]
Big Birds Against the Sky
Posted in birds, skywatch on June 25, 2009 | 23 Comments »
I remember being surprised the first time I saw a Great Blue Heron perched high above the river in a willow tree. Since then I have visited a local heronry several times and have watched pairs of these large birds nesting and mating on flimsy tree top branches. Still, I look twice when I see [...]
Earth Day Urban Skywatch
Posted in environment, skywatch on April 23, 2009 | 19 Comments »
Today marked Earth Day 2009. Last year I took a number of photos to reflect the theme of the day and posted them here on my Flickr page. April 2008 was warmer than this month as my forsythia was already blooming. Today we had drizzle, snow flurries and cold winds so I did not spend [...]
Spring Time White and Blue
Posted in skywatch on April 9, 2009 | 37 Comments »
I wondered what the view would be like from this airplane as it flew across the waxing Pascal moon last week. The moon is full today but it has disappeared from the daytime sky for now. I had been out looking for the first pussy willows of the season and finally found a stand of [...]
Winter’s Last Sunset
Posted in seasons of life, skywatch on March 20, 2009 | 21 Comments »
Tomorrow is the vernal equinox. While that may not be a big deal in equatorial parts of the earth, in the north it marks the end of the season of long, dark nights. Our days will lengthen steadily for the next three months and nature will experience its annual rebirth. Tonight’s sunset was lovely, and [...]
Peek a Blue!
Posted in skywatch on March 12, 2009 | 34 Comments »
Clouds, fog, wind, rain, sleet, snow… The weather has been less than inspiring so far this month.A peek of blue is welcome even for just a few moments. Streamers blow off the lakebringing snow showers and flurries in their path…here they are and there they go. Snow falls behind the red barn but as I [...]
The Sky’s the Limit!
Posted in skywatch on March 5, 2009 | 32 Comments »
The imagination of mankind knows no limit. What we can actually achieve does have limits even though those boundaries are pushed back further all the time. These pictures represent the whimsical pursuits of imagination and our inner desire to be bigger, higher, and stronger than others around us. Reaching upward to the sky, even in [...]
Bare Branches
Posted in skywatch on February 26, 2009 | 31 Comments »
My mother said to me,“When one sees the tree in leaf one thinksthe beauty of the tree is in its leaves, and then one sees the bare tree.”Samuel Menashe There is lace in every living thing: the bare branches of winter,the patterns of clouds, the surface of wateras it ripples in the breeze….Brunonia Barry (The [...]
Skywatch Over a Frozen Swamp
Posted in skywatch, trails, vacations on February 19, 2009 | 39 Comments »
Just after sunrise I enjoy visiting cities and being in crowds of people from time to time. Toronto is always interesting and our trip to New York City last year was a great experience. We mingled with many other Winterlude visitors in Ottawa and walked through several tourist areas. I was ready for bed before [...]
