November 4, 2015

November 4, 2015

   All photos are mine unless otherwise noted.

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       This post has images taken in the past two days with the exception of the abstract, the last photo. The first two were taken in front of the house we live in and the rest were taken yesterday morning as I traveled to Freedom, a small town thirty minutes from home. I thought Fall had run its course, but as with all things of wonder and grace I was wrong to assume so. Such is the way of the Creator - Nature's Spirit, to surprise me unexpectedly . 

   I have looked at the leaves in the following two images from the second floor window where I write in the morning since Spring's arrival. Yesterday they came into their own revealing a beauty that was hidden all along. So it is with us, one day we decide to show our True Self to each other and the fortress we built to protect ourselves from the world is no longer defended. 

I am complexity

I am simplicity

I am balance,

said
Earth

See  my Beauty

In the morning's soft rain

the mystery of the cloud's gift of Living Water

allowed the perfect leaves of Spring and Summer

a last chance to arrange their beauty

before falling from branch to ground –

They have etched in memory the colors of this Season

in the hearts of those who choose to see.

Beauty was hidden in an ordinary leaf

until the Season of cold arrived,

then, people started to say the same things,

How beautiful the Earth had become …..

A few even stopped to pick up a single leaf

that offered itself to a closer look

as its mystery was made visible.

The Invisible not known for so long

was now visible.

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On the road to Freedom, Maine

Cows resting from a hard morning of .....

- A field of cows dreaming -

As gulls align themselves against the wind,

it seems that cows have learned from their feathered friends. 

An image of  Fall somewhat dreary and getting cold.

Sunset is now around five PM and will approach 4:15 soon.

(Something to do with farming. That's all I know.)

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Abstract for this week:

(The bird sitting on the branch is a crow.)

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Some humor:

Until next post,  

          Bill Lagerstrom                     

October 22, 2015

October 22, 2015

 All photos are mine unless otherwise noted.

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   Back to Freedom Maine on Tuesday of this week where on my way home I took the images on this post. I am afraid that Autumn is ebbing, the trees are getting somewhat bare, and the ground is covered everywhere with fallen leaves. For this post I will no longer offer images of Fall for the entire post - photos 2 and 3 are my swan song for this year, and Mother Nature's end of Season song as well.

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   Here is a delightful story told by the great actress Olympia Dukakis titled the 'Wise Old Woman." It is about Feet Water, something that can be dangerous to all of us. The story is for children but I know that it was also offered for adults as well.

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In the dog house again - the Top Cat

The Cross home in Freedom.

The last of Fall's beauty revealed

Look carefully as trees will be bare again

So allow memory to savor these days

Given by our Creator for the enjoyment of all.

The last cow still standing.

(Left side of photo.)

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   The next five images were taken at a siding where old and deteriorating railroad cars were parked. Someone though has a sense of humor as seen in next photo. 

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   This is the only halloween picture I will show. I stopped next to this house in Freedom which looks as if ghosts could live in this home.

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This posts abstract image..................

Make decoys, he told me,

set them on the blue;

then observe the wild ducks

flying down to you.

Wild ducks do not charm me

save for beauty's sake.

But decoys of Spirit -

these I strain to make.

                                          Jessica Powers

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Some humor:

Until next post, Peace,

                        Bill Lagerstrom

October 14, 2015

October 14, 2014

All images are mine unless otherwise noted.

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   On Monday Lee and myself spent the day in Acadia, a place where it may be impossible to ever get tired of being there. A beautiful day greeted us with clear skies and a temperature around 65 degrees which offered a walk of some 3-4 miles on a favorite carriage road. 

   This year Autumn can be called the Season of Red. I am told that all the rain we had is the cause of so many maple trees exploding with a fullness of brilliant red, more than I have ever seen. The world is indeed a wonder and it is a joy to be where Fall's most vibrant colors are to be enjoyed everywhere I go. Today, life is lived with great gratitude for what our Great Mother, the Earth, has offered from Her palette of paints by which the trees are adorned.

The view of Fall just outside the door where we live.

May all I think and all I say

be in harmony with you, God,

God within me, God beyond me,

maker of the trees.

                                                                              Chinook Psalter

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Mushrooms show their faces each year at this time,

popping up in most unexpected places -

A rare glimpse of what was under our feet,

hidden for most of the year.

A single red leaf fell into the stream

clothed in the finest of garments,

wanting to be seen by a passing eye

and adored by all who can see 

beneath the surface of the ordinary.

Yellow and orange.

Where can one buy these vibrant paints?

They only come from the Creator of the trees -

whose store is where one must go.

The ferns offer themselves back to the Sun that nurtured them,

with light that was stored in the green of summer -

A return to where all life is born,

to where all that lives will eventually return.

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   The following five images were taken at a lookout just below the summit of Cadillac Mountain where people were gathering to see the view and to wait for the sunset from a fine vantage point. 

Checking out the view

Another visitor checking out the view.

The view.

Another view of the view.

- Cairn Henge -

   Cairns are usually built to mark the trails that go over bare rock to help hikers not to get lost. This section of the Cadillac trail moved people to build many cairns which makes the way to travel a little confusing. Fortunately the way becomes clear a few meters away from where these piled stones are left for archeologists to discover and wonder about their purpose. 

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   This post's abstract image taken on Cadillac mountain.

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Some humor - more about cell phones -

   Until next post, Peace,

                        Bill Lagerstrom