Category Archives: Nature

Canada, Oh Canada

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Monica
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More from Yellowstone

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Monica

Here are some more pictures from Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons: The Deluge Swan Lake the day we arrived, and the last time we saw blue sky.                                                                 This is the largest bear print I have ever seen.  Further down the … Continue reading →

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I’m Bigger Than You Are

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Monica

A Most Interesting Game It was a wet, wet week in Yellowstone.  Probably a good thing, and it didn’t keep us off the trails.  Torrential downpours, late spring snow melt, and new snow combined to turn the trails into lakes … Continue reading →

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Off to Yellowstone!

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Monica

MELODY OF THE FIREHOLE RIVER Urgent green insistent gold-brown fullness of spring water plays its deep-toned melody in a fast, loud, on-rushing rumble more dramatic than the quiet contemplative alto the higher-pitched gurgle of summer’s gentle blue.

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Birth Announcement/Wild Wolf Encounters

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Monica

WILD WOLF ENCOUNTERS True Stories of Wolves in the Wild with pictures, poems, and links to videos Dear Bloggers, You know from my posts and poems that I am interested in and concerned about wolves.  I have been lucky enough … Continue reading →

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Spring Dare

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Monica

Here are some redbud pictures and poems from this spring and a less normal one. Spring Dare Redbud hesitates waits to open her blossoms wakes to winter’s storm (or)  Redbud hesitates ventures open blossoms forth provokes winter’s storm I got … Continue reading →

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Telling the Truth/Wolves in the U.S.

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Monica

Here’s a link to an interesting article in The American Prospect about wolves and wolf management in the Western U.S.  Everything I know indicates it’s accurate, fair, and thorough . Wolves to the Slaughter, by Christopher Ketcham Carter Niemeyer’s book … Continue reading →

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Goodnight Moon…

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Monica

happy 2012, fellow bloggers!

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Scenes from a Mountain Cabin

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Monica

Here are some lovely flowers and faces from our mountain property.  The flowers are courtesy of an unusually wet year.

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“Wish for the Result with Great Fervor…”

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Monica

Yoga Action Wish for the result with great fervor, but remain completely patient and serene. Gertrud Hirschi, Mudras, Yoga in your Hands            Yoga and action – we don’t often connect the two.  But like the word yoga itself, many … Continue reading →

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