Tag Archives: Jackson Lake

Thought for the day about stupid!

Some Californians apparently have no idea about dealing with winter.  My post “Color Me Cold” has pictures taken the Sat. before Christmas.  Notice the patches of open water.  Both hubby and I remarked on how stupid it was that folks … Continue reading

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Color Me Cold

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflection

Jackson Lake . . . and St. Andrew’s Abbey

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A Quench

With lapping water, repetitive, hypnotizing, and cool breezes easing mind and body, summer’s scorching heat is quenched.

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This one is already retired!

This overlooks Jackson Lake and may become my retirement home.  Would you call this a fixer-upper or fixer-downer?  The scenery would be nice, but I think it will need a much bigger picture window!

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Bugs and Blossoms

Small, almost lost in the bigness of water and trees and mountains towering. Insignificant, compared to terror and politics and financial machinations. But small enough to mend thread bare places in my soul; insignificant enough to blend together heart-sighs into smiles– small … Continue reading

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Red-winged Songster

Another resident at Jackson Lake with a rather groovy song.  The lyric goes like this: “Hey, baby, baby, I have babies in the woods, and I would sing and distract you as long as I could, whoa yeah, whoa yeah. … Continue reading

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The Jackson 5

Okay, I know I’ve milked the music theme a lot, but hey, we were at Jackson Lake, and there were 5 ducklings, so . . .   (Thanks to the Birding Bunch who verified it really is a coot.  That’s … Continue reading

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Everywhere Tall Trees

The stretch to the sun, the stretch to the center of the earth, and the sheltering cool in between.  Secret hidden places for treasures and firm holding branches—houses in the air.  Feathery leaves trap mysteries in my mind and catapult … Continue reading

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That I Am . . .

Be still . . .      be quiet, unplug,      no talk radio,      no I-pod or I-pad or I-anything,      no racing thoughts and mental list making. And know . . .      in my head,      in my … Continue reading

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