Chatsworth House Gardens

Chatsworth House Gardens
Originally uploaded by kev747

Thank you to kev747 for sharing yet another beautiful photograph on flickr.

Castle Gardens

Castle gardens
Originally uploaded by kev747

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Bradgate Park

Bradgate Park
Originally uploaded by kev747

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A Photograph and a Silver Locket

A Photograph and a Silver Locket
Originally uploaded by Lightchaser

Thank you to Lightchaser for sharing this photograph on Flickr.

en chemin

en chemin
Originally uploaded by OliBac

Ooooh, I'd love to walk here! Saint-Nicolas, Pas-de-Calais, France.

Thank you to OliBac for another great picture. Click on the photo for more.

Under the Weeping Willow

Under the weeping willow
Originally uploaded by sally_monster

Especially for Nokiomi.

Photograph by sally monster. Click on the picture to see more and for a link to sally monster's profile.

A Day in Dartmoor

Nicky Frasier is treating us to another trip to the English Countryside via "The Vintage Magpie." You can join her in Dartmoor here.

Chemin à Gauche (Path on the Left)

chemin à gauche / path on the left
Originally uploaded by OliBac

OliBac comes through again. This one is from Wailly, Pas-de-Calais, France. Click here or on the picture to see more of his photographs.

Such a beautiful place.

Sweet Apple Carnage

There is a cute, cute video at The Spear Clan today. Go and see.

Green and Stone

Originally uploaded by Rob Crusoe

Green and stone. It doesn't get much better than that.

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Walking to the Library in Sweden

I think I would walk to the library a lot, wouldn't you?
(Thank you to this photographer for the pretty picture.)

Evening Light

Evening Light
Originally uploaded by RichardLowkes

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Home Sweet Forest Home

IMG_4022
Originally uploaded by jordansmall

If this had skylights, I think I could be quite happy to live here.




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Bomber

curious squirrel in tree
Originally uploaded by Sara Heinrichs (awfulsara)

We learned on our walk today that squirrels climb to the top of Douglas Fir trees this time of year and throw pine cones down to the ground. We had to run down the tree-lined sidewalk bent over with our arms covering our heads, for a bit.

Funny squirrels. (Glad it wasn't coconuts.)

foresta

foresta
Originally uploaded by angelicchiatrullall

The Avenue in Mist and Sun

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The Avenue in mist and sun
Originally uploaded by algo

A Patchwork of Another Kind

Thank you to Kaferine for the pretty pictures.

For Today's Nature-loving Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday!

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Thank you to this photographer.

Virtual Vacation

If you love England as I do, you will enjoy this. Thank you to The Vintage Magpie.

A Poem for Me, for You

I was browsing today in a little poetry book passed on to me by my mother. It is called Two Hundred Best Poems for Boys and Girls and was compiled by Marjorie Barrows and published back in 1930 (and 1938) by the Whitman Publishing Company of Racine, Wisconsin. (It has the sweetest little silhouettes by Janet Laura Scott and Paula Rees Good throughout.) On page 14 of this little browned volume, I came upon this poem which seemed so much to describe the philosophy of my life, especially as I face the challenges of mental illness. I have added the poem to my sidebar, and I share it now here with you.

Morning
Hilda Conkling
There is a brook I must hear
Before I go to sleep.
There is a birch tree I must visit
Every night of clearness.
I have to do some dreaming,
I have to listen a great deal,
Before light comes back
By a silver arrow of cloud,
And I rub my eyes and say
It must be morning on this hill!