Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 🇨🇦

Close-up of delicate white frost crystals clinging to bare, interweaving branches against a blurred winter background.

Close-up of delicate white frost crystals clinging to bare, interweaving branches against a blurred winter background.

Delicate needles of hoarfrost
Cling to winter's bare branches
A silent, crystal lace
Sparkling in the light

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A gray squirrel hangs upside down from a snow-covered tree branch, eating from a black wire suet feeder attached to the branch.

A gray squirrel hangs upside down from a snow-covered tree branch, eating from a black wire suet feeder attached to the branch.

A gray squirrel hangs upside down from a snow-covered tree branch, eating from a black wire suet feeder attached to the branch.

A fuzzy acrobat on high,
Beneath a cold and snowy sky.
He clings for dear life to his treat,
Ignoring gravity's conceit.
With tail a-twitch and beady eye,
He steals the suet passing by!

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A full snow moon shines brightly through a network of bare, dark tree branches at night, creating a strong silhouette effect.

The great orb hangs, a frozen sun in night's dark heart,
Gleaming through skeletal limbs where cold winds start.
No sound but the still air, a breath the Earth has held,
Beneath the Snow Moon's quiet glow, our spirits are compelled.

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A close-up photograph of a vibrant yellow hibiscus flower against a stark black background. The image highlights the ruffled petals and the central stamen of the tropical bloom with dramatic lighting.

"Against a dark sky all flowers look like fireworks"

- G.K. Chesterton

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A large white egret is pictured landing on a body of water, with its wings fully spread and its black legs reaching down to the surface.

A large white egret is pictured landing on a body of water, with its wings fully spread and its black legs reaching down to the surface.

A Moment of Landing
White wings spread wide
Above the dark water
Black legs reaching down
A touch
Then stillness
For a time, the bird
Rests in the grace
Of the world.

Great Egret

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Close-up photograph of a chicken wire mesh heavily encased in a thick, clear layer of ice and frost.

Frozen lace of wire, cold and bright,
A crystalline web in the pale light.
Each hexagonal space, a frosty design,
Where winter's still hand has drawn the line.

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A vibrant blue jay bird with a white chest, a black collar, and a blue and white patterned tail perches on a network of bare, snow-dusted branches in a winter setting. The bird is viewed in profile, surrounded by a soft, out-of-focus background.

The forest has a thousand moods
For every mood an answering bird
The bird is but a living word
To voice the spirit of the woods

- James H. Ecob

Blue Jay

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I love Sandhill Cranes.

wow this is great

Thank you

A stocky, blue-gray female Belted Kingfisher perched on a wooden post, looking over a blurry background of autumn foliage. The bird has a large head, a shaggy crest, and a prominent rusty-colored band across her white breast and flanks, which distinguishes her as a female of the species

A flash of blue,
A shaggy crest.
The world fades to gold.
A patient, steady watch
by quiet water.

Belted Kingfisher

November 2025

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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

- Martin Luther King Jr.

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Thank you very much.

Golden spikes reach to the sky,
Where buzzing helpers flutter by.
With happy hues of yellow flame,
The sunny coneflower speaks its name.

Echinacea - Coneflower

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Legs planted firm in the cool, clear water,
A study in grey feathers and sharp focus.
Sunlight dances on the ripples,
As life and hunger briefly intertwine.

Great Blue Heron

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Pelican stands near water
Stones wet and smooth
The flow is endless
Life watching the river's song
Nature's simple art.

American White Pelican

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Thank you so much.

Stillness breaks, the air moves,
a great heron rises
from the quiet pond.
Wings beat slow, strong,
leaving the placid surface
to silent flight.

Great Blue Heron

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“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”

-T.S. Eliot

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"Freezing (Freezing), can't move at all
Screaming (Screaming), can't hear my call
I am dying to live
Cry out, I'm trapped under ice"
-Metallica

Doesn't look like it is improving outside.

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A small life finds its sustenance
Against the white and cold, a moment's grace.
Survival, simple and bold.

Black-capped Chickadee

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A small bird, upside down it creeps,
A winter snack for keeps,
From branch to tree it leaps.

White-breasted Nuthatch

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The crest is high.
The eye is sharp.

"Those are my seeds.
Don't even think about it."

Blue Jay

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A vivid spark against the winter gray.
Bare branches weave a frame for one bright visitor.
A moment of silent, vibrant color.

Northern Cardinal

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Snowy Snack

A sparrow in the snow,
With stripes of tan and white.
He hops and scratches with both feet,
To find a tasty winter treat.

White-throated Sparrow

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Clusters of winter jewels,
clinging to bare branches.
A splash of red
against the silent, cold white.

Vibernum

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"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love."

– Linus van Pelt

Surprising discovery on a trail walk

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On Frozen Pond

The wide pond, a sheet of white.
Ice holds the silent cold.
Dark trees line the frozen shore,
A small house watches the quiet afternoon.
Winter’s breath, still and deep.

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In marshy ground, where grasses tall reside,
A sandhill crane, with crimson patch of hide.
Its feathers gray, a graceful, ancient sight,
Captured forever in the tranquil light.

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