“The self is not an object or a fixed point of reference. It is a diverse inner landscape too rich to be grasped in any one concept.”
John O’Donohue
Diverse Inner Landscape
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Journal writing…
Journal time “Journaling is a great way to pay attention to “how it all came to be.” In looking back, you gain insight into (and appreciation for) your challenges, lessons, and perseverance.”
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Good Morning
Morning sunrise at Kingfisher Point Natural Area Awoke early and headed east with intentions of stopping at the Kingfisher Point Natural area then walking across the road to the ponds. However, there are now private property signs all along this area. I do not remember them in the previous visits, of course it has been a while. Usually if they are trying to restore an area they post it as such. So, I stayed on my side of the street. Everything is green and lush right now.
Thought I’d include some history of Kingfisher Natural Area from the CSU website. In 1998, the Fort Collins Natural Areas Program (NAP) purchased the dried waste ponds and has worked since then to rehabilitate the soil, remove non-native plants, and create places for urban recreation. Further south, NAP also added land that includes floodplains ponds, possibly the site of earlier gravel mining like those at Cattail Chorus and Riverbend Ponds, to Kingfisher Point to create a more hospitable area for water birds. After a century and a half, the city mostly has returned water at Kingfisher Point Natural Area to wildlife and environmental protection while simultaneously creating green spaces for residents to recreate.
They say you can see great horned owls as they’re known to occasionally nest in the area. As the name implies you will see kingfishers, along with wood ducks, pelicans and western tanagers. On a warm evening, you might hear chorus frogs. Good morning from Fort Collins!
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Periods of Silence
Great Blue Heron at Dixon Reservoir this morning The strange look to this water is really the clouds reflected on the calm waters of Dixon Reservoir this morning. When I arrived there were several fishermen out along the shores including this Great Blue Heron. This is almost a 75% crop because it was shot at 55mm, thus it’s not the best image but the feel is what I wanted anyway.
One of the reasons I come here is because of the silence. The nature area is right up along the foothills and does look down on Fort Collins and very little traffic to be heard. But, things seemed quieter this morning at the nature area, with several periods of complete silence, even with the meadowlarks. I did arrive earlier than usual which may be the reason. Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday!
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The Perfect Canvas
This morning’s sunrise at Pineridge Nature Area After a couple days of rain and wind, the sky made a perfect canvas for nature to create art that stirs something inside of me. And, everything is turning bright green. The birds are happy, I’m happy.
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The image tells the story
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Silly Goose
A pair of Canada Geese and their goslings Good morning. Southwest airlines has been emailing me almost every day with offers. This mornings email was offering rewards for all days ending in “y”. Now I assume that includes Blurrsday. We had thunder, lightning and rain throughout the night and into this morning. Anyway, I want to rant about the geese….
I find the Canada Goose are interesting to watch. This morning I had a few thoughts I wanted to share with you. First they seem to have no real cares in life except for keeping an eye out for any natural predator, knowing where they are in the food chain. Political issues, the COVID virus, taxes, work stuff are just not a part of their life. They do not seem to be possessive of property but will defend a nesting female within about 10-20 feet of the nest until the young are hatched then it’s back to open land. The gander will fight to protect the female, defend the nest and the young. However, their fighting does not have the intention to kill. Or at least that’s what I’ve observed.
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Isolation
Grove of trees in Red Fox Meadows Sure dealing with too much isolation over the past few days. Last week when I paid for my mocha at the Human Bean drive through, I actually touched the hands with the barista. Surprised me because it was probably my first physical touch with another human in 5 weeks. Things are not right.
Way to much consumer shopping on the internet in an attempt to fix me, and we know that doesn’t work.
Snacking too much and looking for someone to blame for buying the snacks. Haven’t found him.
Been walking everyday which helps me stay out of my head, which is a dangerous neighborhood at times.
Looking at upgrading my camera since Fujifilm has some sales going on. That won’t make me a better photographer, either.
