Thank you to my readers!!
January 30, 2017 - A big thank you tonight to all those who have taken the time to read and comment on my blog.....I appreciate your browsi...
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Changes
January 28, 2017 - Cold winter morning
The sun is gone
Still I have to
Carry on
Face the day
Forge along
Yet within me
There's a s...
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Nights of Light
January 28, 2017 - Pulsing light on velvet skies
Dancing brilliance catch my eyes
I am captured by the sound
Of silent glitter all aroun...
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A Treasure
January 25, 2017 - Oh carefree, happy days of youth
The world, mine to explore
From break of day till evening time
I'd spread my wings a...
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Thanks for the memories....
January 24, 2017 - Remembering those who have gone before us and paved a way for us to walk...
May we too make pathways that cause others...
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Broken Wings
January 24, 2017 - The sky is gray this winter morn
Clouds are thick and low
I'd like to say my heart is bright
But can't quite say it's...
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A bigger view...
January 23, 2017 - "...for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and...
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The colors of a barn
January 23, 2017 - I have a bit of a fetish for old barns. I don't know....something about what is silent that intrigues me! The activity t...
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Heart and Soul
January 22, 2017 - Somehow this shot finds me holding to an ember that lingers deep within my soul. A flame of every passion that makes me...
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Barns and things
January 22, 2017 - Across the river, through the trees
There's a barn that sits in these
Rolling fields of golden grain
That sway in spi...
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Endings and Beginnings
January 21, 2017 - Saying goodnight to this beautiful day. The holidays are pretty much behind us. 2016 is done. One president has gone and...
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Bright hope for tomorrow.
January 21, 2017 - I have to say that sunshine is feeling good just now! Makes me think happy thoughts! Today I was listening to the Inaugu...
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Smiling color
January 18, 2017 - A splash of color for a winter day. Go ahead - smile!
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Somewhere Out There.....
January 18, 2017 - Do you ever wonder who is looking up at the same sky? :)
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The Bench (Photo featured on Facebook's "Just Breathe" site)
January 18, 2017 - I come here now and then to see
How my heart is managing
Life and all its highs and lows
Nights of sorrow, days of go...
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What a hoot!
January 16, 2017 - This is me after a day of working a new job, still not understanding quite what I am doing, and having frustrations tigh...
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Down the Road
January 15, 2017 - Looking down that road again
Wondering what's beyond the bend
The only thing I get to see
Is where I've been or wish...
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Sweet Tooth Morning
January 15, 2017 - We have been "holed in" now for 3 days due to the ice and road conditions surrounding the very large hill where we live.
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Trials Turn to Gold
January 15, 2017 - I often think about the days gone by
And ponder my regrets
Shattered dreams and hopes undone
So hard to forget
Per...
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A momentary diversion...
January 14, 2017 - These will be back! Until then, here's a smile!:)
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Ice
January 14, 2017 - Underneath the canopy
Of crystal coated boughs
Fragile chandeliers of ice
Dress each branch with crowns
Diamond co...
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Dust if You Must (Rose Milligan)
January 13, 2017 - DUST IF YOU MUST (Rose Milligan)
Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better
To paint a picture, or write a letter,...
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Pillars
January 13, 2017 - Photographs inspire me. They make me think more deeply and even write about those thoughts. Sometimes when I look at sti...
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A Corporate Decision to Divert from Icy Interests
January 13, 2017 - In case you live in the midwest and haven't noticed, the roads (and most everything else) are covered with a glaze of ic...
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Pretty in Pink
January 13, 2017 - Maybe just a picture bright
Could bring some focus to my sight
Take away some winter grey
Add a smile and lift the da...
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Asa
January 12, 2017 - This sweet baby is too quickly becoming a little boy! I love catching him still enough to get glimpses of sugar! The smi...
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Deli-Bell (Grand daughter deluxe!)
January 12, 2017 - Sometimes a girl just has to stand on her head to express what is in her heart!
This Deli is the Bell of all Bales!
Lo...
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Nova Lee
January 12, 2017 - Just because this little princess needs a spot light!
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Ready or not...
January 12, 2017 - Ready or not, here it comes! I do love me some winter snow, but ice? Well, that's a bit different...especially when it b...
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A David Lesson
January 11, 2017 - This picture kinda reminds me of me today. Ever have moments when contemplation and questions fill your heart and mind?...
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Choose the Rock of Ages
January 11, 2017 - Did someone say we're getting an ice storm??
Weather reports are sounding a little scary if you've listened this 11th d...
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A Reminder...
January 10, 2017 - Another blazing reminder of who holds the universe in His hands. This photo was taken early last fall near the St. Louis...
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Sunset
January 10, 2017 - Whispy grasses, bending boughs
Sleepy wind dies softly down
Decrescendo of the day
Clouds and color meet to play
Eve...
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Through the Broken Glass
January 08, 2017 - This photo was taken from inside an old mill. In its day, activity was alive and productivity was a daily offering. The...
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Winter Dream
January 08, 2017 - Sparkling snowflakes, prisms bright
Frosty spectrums of delight
Sunshine fragments, twinkly slivers
In this time of q...
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The Birds Don't Mind
January 05, 2017 - Even birds seem to declare
"When the weather's gray,
Take a look around and see
What might lift the day."
Little t...
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O Tannenbaum
January 05, 2017 - Whispy, soft pines, topped with cottony crystals! My kind of scene. The world enshrouded with a clean, white blanket of...
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A Day Like Today
January 05, 2017 - Oooops......This might have happened on a day like today. It certainly CAN happen on a day like today! But we won't say...
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Five-Generations.
January 03, 2017 - Grandma Zelda Rouse, her daughter: Elsie (Rouse) Cooper, her daugher: Kim (Cooper) Bollinger, her daughters: Sarah Bolli...
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Winter grace
January 03, 2017 - Winter magic
Icy frills
Frosted lace
On window sills
Brisk and cold
North winds blow
Promising
The gift of snow...
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