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The Harvest Moon behind the trees, its light reflected in the clouds.

From a summer walk.

Fall has arrived.

Our curious little visitor today.

The bare naked ladies.

She sat very quietly while we very quietly admired her and then very quietly moved on.

Life persists.

These are some of the team at Nobody's Cats who translate dreams into action that prevents suffering.

This is such a gross distortion of standard practices, it’s almost easy to forget the lie itself fashioned the mistrust. But then, forgetting was always the aim. And when people fall sick, they will call it proof of the damage they claim to be undoing. That is how tyrants become indispensable.

Ryerson Conservation Area

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.” ~Emily Dickinson Keep hope alive, even it’s a flicker. 🫶

Chicago Botanic Gardens.

Sometimes you just have to contemplate the leaf.

The sunlight through the trees.

Nothing more encouraging than spring in the woods and the persistent, breathtaking beauty of life emerging.

I feel ya, pissed off old bitch. I really do.

The path always leads to more beauty.

Promise.

Peekaboo. Wood frog in our bog. Their sharp chirps in March are always a reassuring sign of the spring to come.

Just when I had enough, Mother Nature reminds me of resilience and the beauty of another season.