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Wilderness Wednesday: Hunker Down

25 Wednesday Mar 2020

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The word, hunker,  first emerged in the Scots language in the 18th century. It originally referred to squatting down on the balls of one’s feet, keeping low to the ground but still ready to move if necessary. Lyndon  Johnson used it to mean “get down to  work”.

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This is a proper hunker. Notice the balanced stance, the hunched shoulders and the absent neck.  All that is missing is chocolate or Doritos – Nacho cheese flavour- and the t.v. remote.

Take my feathered friends’ advice: Keep Calm and Hunker Down. [Notice that I said ‘take my feathered friends’ advice’, and not mine. That’s because if we’re ever in a situation where I am the voice of reason, we are in serious trouble].

Keep your stick on the ice. We’ll get through this together. – Red Green

Happy Monday!

The Origin of Hunker Down: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-stormy-origins-of-hunker-down-1505490652

Wilderness Wednesday: Perception

06 Tuesday Aug 2019

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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. – Langston Hughes

We finally received some much needed rain, but it just made it more humid outside. As if that was possible. I got caught in it, twice. But I wasn’t the only one…Someone was singing in the rain and taking a shower…

He sounded like a cardinal, but he looked like a wet rooster.

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Some people feel the rain. Some people just get wet. – Bob Marley

It’s all about perception! 

Happy Wednesday!

 

Wilderness Wednesday: Robin Condos

03 Wednesday Jul 2019

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The art of the bird is to conceal its nest both as to position and as to material, but now and then it is betrayed into weaving into its structure showy and bizarre bits of this or that, which give its secret away and which seem to violate all the traditions of its kind. – John Burroughs

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Practice makes perfect. After a long time of practicing, our work will become natural, skillful, swift and steady. – Bruce Lee

 

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love… – Pele

Happy Wednesday!

This is my entry for Cee Neuner’s Black & White  Challenge for Lines/Angles.

CFFC: Feathers

15 Wednesday May 2019

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I shall always remember how the peacocks’ tails shimmered when the moon rose amongst the tall trees, and on the shady bank the emerging mermaids gleamed fresh and silvery amongst the rocks… ― Hermann Hesse, The Journey to the East

Admire someone else’s beauty without questioning your own.

This is my response to  Cee Neuner’s Fun Foto Challenge: Feathers

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Cee’s B&W Photo: In/On Water

17 Wednesday Apr 2019

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The day, water, sun, moon, night
– I do not have to purchase these things with money. – Plautus

Canadian Geese (B/W)

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. – Plautus

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Persevere in virtue and diligence. – Plautus

This post is for Cee Neuner’s Black & White Photo Challenge : In/On the Water

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Wilderness Wednesday: Swan Song

17 Wednesday Oct 2018

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Friday may have been Fall’s swan song. It was sunny and warm…and since there was no power at work, I got to work from home.

Every year, I drive by a street lined with beautiful red maple trees, and every year I think, I must drive by with my camera some time. And I never do.

But since I was driving by on my way home, and feeling like a kid who just escaped sitting in a boring  classroom all day, I seized the moment (along with my dying cell phone).

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The unexpected surprise is always sweeter. – Anonymous

After I took my photo of the maple trees, much to my delight, I discovered not only a man-made lake, but one boasting a white swan. Swan on Redstone_ed_cc

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. Isaac Asimov

Happy Wednesday!

Wilderness Wednesday: Arise

29 Wednesday Aug 2018

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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. – Confucius

Don’t be shocked! On our last day of holidays, I was awake at 4:30. Big Guy and I headed to the dock around 6, to watch the sunrise. After a week of unsuccessfully photographing gaggles of geese flying up and down the river, imagine my delight at finding the whole flock right on my doorstep!

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. – Marcus Aurelius

Happy Wednesday!