All the photos in this week's post were processed in a new program for me, Photoshop CS6. I recommend that you look at them full screen which is to double click on any image and when enlarged to use the thumbnail strip at the bottom to toggle between pictures. To return to the main browser page click on any spot or hit the ESC key. These pictures are really a first try at this program which is somewhat daunting because of its size and capabilities. Like the spiritual life growth and experience comes slowly, one image at a time in this case.
The photos, except for the first one were take last Monday at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in North Central, Maine. Lee and I stopped there on our way back from the Fredericton area in New Brunswick where we went for a long weekend. Some of those photos will appear in next week's post. The first picture was taken at a marsh around twenty miles from where we live in the Bangor Maine area.
Autumn is already on its way out as this is written as rain and wind for the last two days blew half of the leaves off their precarious hold. The oak trees are next and they will have a wonderful brown color which will be with us for a few more weeks before the first days of winter arrive.
All the seasons are a delight here in this part of Maine, one which we take advantage of by getting out as often as possible. Since I had two surgeries over the Summer following a most painful spring with afflictions in both arms and hands we did not get out as much as we would have liked to. I am now well on the road to recovery and a return to getting out every weekend as long as the weather is not miserable will be the order of the day. Even bad days have been worth the drive to Acadia National Park - lunch in the car in front of wonderful views make even such days special.
I consider myself to be most fortunate to have Lee as my wife as we share the same enthusiasm for the outdoors and all that brings by way of birds, trees, ocean, weather, and being together whatever the day brings. God has blessed me beautifully and I am ever grateful for the gift that is Lee.
All that Nature has available is available,
All that is required are open eyes
And an open heart.
God will provide the wonder.
Soon the trees will be bare
but we are not abandoned by the Creator of everything,
winter will bring its own joys -
snow everywhere, a frozen stream,
trees that wait patiently throughout the days
knowing as we do, that life will reappear
when the cold recedes into Spring.
This is the day the Lord has made
no matter what the day or time of year.
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
The island that is is within us all
also has its seasons of change,
the necessary deaths we all have regularly
which clear out the old useless things -
Fall in all its glory and splendor
is to be celebrated and known well
as life moves through any weather with joy.
One leaf. One life,
gives a lesson for all living things -
Pass on with dignity and beauty,
offering ones self as food for what will be born
when Spring comes again.
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Some humor:
In case you were wondering what the Ekert Principle is see below:
Peace and Serenity until next week,
Bill Lagerstrom
