A soft rain and a moment of autumn calm at the lakeside. #VT365 #NaturePhotography

Something for #RoseWednesday.

What you see when you hug a tree. #VT365 #NaturePhotography

Seascape strawberry still going strong. #VT365 #Gardening

Pomegranate Season #watercolour #watercolor #Art #FineArt #painting

Forsythia says "hello autumn." #VT365 #NaturePhotography

Chicken of the Woods looking like a big stack of Sunday pancakes. #NaturePhotography #VT365 #Mushrooms

Together we are so beautiful. #VT365 #Vermont #NaturePhotography

One of over 100 Glossy Ibis seen on a recent visit to Somerset and Gloucestershire. @teesbirds.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social 🪶

"And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings." William Butler Yeats "The Lake Isle at Innisfree" #Bloomscrolling

"And walk among long dappled grass, And pluck till time and tides are done, The silver apples of the moon, The golden apples of the sun." WB Yeats from The Song of Wandering Aengus #VT365 #Poetry #NaturePhotography

Reflection on the trauma of last week. "In this world, hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed. This is the ancient and eternal law.” Buddha from the Dhammapada #NaturePhotography #VT365 #Zen

"Oh give to me a winding stream It must not be too wide Where waving leaves from maple trees Do meet from either side The water must be deep enough To float a small canoe With no one else but you." Carter Family #VT365

"Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence". Henry David Thoreau #VT365 #NaturePhotography #Forest #Spirituality

The lake is bluer than the sky today. #NaturePhotography #VT365 #Vermont #Kayak

"To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour." William Blake #VT365 #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling

#Photography #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #YellowThu #Chrysanthemum

"Come out here where the roses have opened. Let soul and world meet." Rumi #RoseWednesday #VT365 #NaturePhotography

Cornflower blue looking a bit abstract expressionistic. #VT365 #NaturePhotography #Bloomscrolling

A newly born monarch butterfly pumps up its wings and prepares for its first flight. #VT365 #NaturePhotography

Young chicken of the woods mushrooms brighten up a rainy afternoon walk. #VT365 #ShroomsOfBluesky

The beautiful and tragic Doolough Valley, County Mayo, Ireland reminds us not to turn our backs on those who are suffering. #Landscape #Photography

Hello yellow.

A stately Vermont maple with my large dog posing nearby to show scale. #VT365 #ThickTrunkTuesday #Nature

Hydrangea heaven! The PGs are peaking right about now. #VT365 #Gardening #LandscapePhotography

Classic Vermont mountain farm. #VT365 #Photography #Landscapes

The gorgeous scented flower is a late-blooming hosta...it reminds me of a fall daffodil. #VT365 #Bloomscrolling #Gardening

This geranium was over-wintered and kind of neglected this summer but it is now having a glow-up moment. #Gardening #VT365 #Bloomscrolling

Hello big bug!

This little flower raft is in the lake at the ice cream stand...so cute! #VT365 #Vermont

Is it heaven or a Vermont State Park? A great day at the lake with friends!

"Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers I brought; Every aster in my hand Goes home loaded with a thought. There was never mystery, But 'tis figured in the flowers, Was never secret history, But birds tell it in the bowers." Ralph Waldo Emerson #VT365 #Bloomscrolling #Poetry

Yellow tomatoes this year are so good! They taste great paired with watermelon. #VT365 #Gardening #Cooking

Late summer flowers giving all the powers. #VT365 #Bloomscrolling

Noam Pikelny and Friends. He's on the West Coast USA now for all you bluegrass and banjo fans! #VT365 #Bluegrass #Banjo #Music

Enjoy a cool swim in a mountain stream with Josie! #VT365 #DogsOfBluesky #Vermont

Beautiful strong Belgian draft horses kitted up in classic pulling harness at the Cornish Fair in New Hampshire USA. #VT365 #AnimalPhotography

My garden chair is calling me today... #VT365 #Garden #Bloomscrolling

A megalithic portal tomb in Ireland- a doorway to an ancient time in Couny Donegal.

Jojo loves to get the stick out of the lake...her favorite activity especially when it's 95F! #VT365 #DogsOfBluesky #Summer

Summer days at the secret waterfall with my retriever girl Josie! #VT365 #DogsOfBluesky #Waterfalls

Larkin Poe. Great show. #VT365 #Music

Isamu Noguchi exhibit at the Clark Art Museum Williamstown MA USA. Made me want to annex the gallery to my house. #VT365 #Art #MidCenturyModern

An ultra-modern waterfall at the Clark Art Museum in Williamstown MA USA #WaterfallWednesday #VT365

Close-up bumblebee on a globe thistle flowers. I edited yesterday's photo for detail. #VT365 #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotography

The pollinators love the globe thistle flowers. #VT365 #Bloomscrolling #Gardening #Bees

A random castle tower by the sea in Ireland. It was casually ancient and the sky was so blue, and no one was there so I had a picnic lunch on the grass looking at the water. #VT365 #BlueSkyMonday

Though some consider basketflower a 'weed' I think it's very beautiful and love seeing it's purple on the side of the road. #VT365 #Wildflowera #Bloomscrolling

Old lobster docks, New Harbor Maine #VT365 #Landscapes #Ocean