“The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” —George Washington Burnap #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

This week’s Trail Tracing—Around the neighborhood and down to the lake. #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Elizabeth Appell #Bud #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Praise the bridge that carried you over.” —George Colman #Bridge #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #LandscapePhotography #NatureBreak

“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.” —Thomas Szasz #Serenity #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” —Kofi Annan #Knowledge #Brooklyn #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently

This week’s Trail Tracing…A visit to Brooklyn to see one of our kids. Lots of walking and exploring. #Brooklyn #NatureInTheCity #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Nature #TakeAHike #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“He who would search for pearls must dive below.” —John Dryden #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” —Swami Sivananda #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.” —Henry David Thoreau #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

April showers, bring May flowers. #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” —William Penn #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” —Confucius #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” —Plato #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.” —James Dean #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.” —Faith Baldwin #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

This week’s Trail Tracing—Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary. Yes, we went back again. Many birds and many birders. #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseupPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“The great end of life is not knowledge but action.” —Thomas Huxley #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Believe more deeply. Hold your face up to the light, even though for the moment you do not see.” —Bill Wilson #Believe #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” —Tecumseh #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #ArtInNature #TakeAHike #NatureBreak

Chickadee. #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography # #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

On the lookout. #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

This week’s Trail Tracing—Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary. A bit chilly and windy, and then, the gift of wonderful sunshine. #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“It is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax.” —Moises Arias #Relax #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Wilsoooooonnn!” Felt badly for the kids who lost their ball and immediately thought of the “Castaway” movie line. #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #Nature #TakeAHike #NatureBreak

“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.” —Rainer Maria Rilke Dutchman’s Breeches #Spring #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

Wake up sleepyhead! It’s Monday. Let’s goooooo! #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

This week’s Trail Tracing—River Park. Spring is here! #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

Amaze, amaze, amaze! Artemis II splashdown

“With one foot in the past and the other in the future, how can we possibly know what new path we might follow today?” —Jan Pishok #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.” —Ursula K. LeGuin #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” —Ashley Montagu #Surprise #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.” —Lao Tzu #Still #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.” —Ralph Marston #Rest #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

This week’s Trail Tracing—Crabtree Nature Center. Gorgeous day to visit this lovely Cook County spot! #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” —Marcel Proust #New #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” —Seneca #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.—Henry David Thoreau #Fishing #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

This week’s Trail Tracing—Busse Woods (Cook County, Illinois). We were hoping to see some pelicans, but no such luck. We did see swans and a red-breasted Merganser. #FPDCC #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #OMSystem #CloseUpPhotography #Welcome

“The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.” —Chuck Jones #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NatureBreak

If you pay attention, you may be amazed by the things you see. (At the top of a street sign—Barbie body with duck head!) #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #OMSystem #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NatureBreak

This week’s Trail Tracing—A stroll to Lake Michigan. A Bufflehead sighting. #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” —e. e. cummings #Grow #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.” —Khalil Gibran #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

Fuzzy. #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

If no one has told you today… #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #TakeAHike #YouAreAwesome

This week’s Trail Tracing—Andersonville. Green stuff. #InTheNeighborhood #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.” —Joseph Campbell #Follow #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak

“You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.” ~Irish proverb #TrailTracing #SeeThingsDifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #ArtInNature #Nature #TakeAHike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak