The Grooming Goose…

Amongst the cattails

In the spring

Nature pops up

New life begins.

Celebrating Earth Day

Three small children 
Bring home
Three small pines.

The trees were planted in a line.
Side by side, the children grew.
Side by side, grew the trees.

That first earth day,
It has created a beautiful background. 
For so many
a wonderful thing.

Family gatherings,
Children playing,
Music in the yard.
A beautiful couple
saying, 'I do'.

From a seed,
into a sapling.
From a sapling,
into a tree.
From a tree,
into a stump.
From a stump,
into earth.
To  provide nourishment, 
for the next tiny seed.

Summer in the Springtime

We climbed up a hill, and, discovered a tranquil little lake.

We stopped the car to allow this beautiful creature to safely cross the road, then secure herself a safe hiding spot amongst the evergreens.

Fences,
that no longer prevent people from entering.

A beautiful bouquet, delivered by mother nature herself .

The old and the new……and the forest life continue.

We spent a wonderful, mid April day, discovering beautiful Cooper’s Falls.

Taking advantage of an unseasonably warm day. No mosquitoes, and no blackflies.

Ontario, yours to discover!

Two Swans Dancing….

Two swans dancing.....

In a farmer’s flooded field…..

No Snow….

There is no snow,

in my part of Ontario

There is no snow,
on the beach.
Just a dike,
of crusty 
white ice.

Sand on the street. 
Brown streets.
Not white.

Beauty,
in the browns,
the blues, 
the greys.
And every shade
in between.

The Fearless Chick-a-Dee

A chick-a-dee

lands

On an out stretched

hand.

Confident,

Bold,

Self assured.

A human friend

Among the flock.

In a treetop,

down on the

ground.

It peeks,

and it peeks,

at the seeds,

inside.

A suspended

perch,

above

the ground.

Dew drops, and Rain Drops

Raindrops,
like dew drops,
glitter
on the ground.

They sparkle
and
they shimmer.

They don't make a sound.

Water for spiders,
for bugs,
and for flies.

For beetles, 
for slugs,
and bees
near their hives.

Gathered like lace,
their patterns 
sublime.

Beautifully placed
in the swirling 
abyss
of time.

Water….

water ebbs
water flows
over fingers
over toes

it washes your face
it cleanses your soul
leaving a trace
making you whole

it swims through your mind
it tickles your feet
it makes you smile
at those you meet

I love it
as water
I love it
as ice

water
it waters the world
making 
everything right

Looking Between the Trees…

The things you see, when you look between the trees, is sort of like. Reading between the lines.

The Colours of Black River Wilderness Park

A 180 acre park, Black River Wilderness Park is owned and operated by the Chippewas of Rama First Nations.

The different colours of the Black River

On the red trail, or was it the yellow one, or maybe the green trail? No, I think it was the blue trail.

The Black River, moving it’s way throughout the park.

On this last day of the season, the tents and the RVs have left the grounds. A single campfire fills the air with an earthy smell of smoke.