I left quite early for Lake Conestee Nature Preserve. I rented a 500 mm PF lens for this week. This is the third lens I rented this year, and by far the best one. The only drawback is that it is a prime lens, which means it has only one focal length, 500 mm. This is my first experience with a prime lens.
Read MoreShorty
Daniel sat there beside that mound of dirt. His heart was broken. He had lost his best friend in the world.
Read MoreBird In Trouble
Recently, during a hiking trip to Lake Conestee Nature Preserve, I encountered an American Bittern, beautiful, well camouflaged, a relative of the many herons I see at the park. I startled it as I walked across an observation deck access-ramp over beaver pond water, where it was hiding underneath. My encounter with the bittern stirred some old memories, causing a déjà vu moment which I could not pinpoint at the time.
Then I remembered.
Read MoreSunrise from the Mountainside
It is dark, inside and outside. With no good reason that might be apparent, I rise from my bed, turn on the light, and begin my day. I'm growing old and have little to show for my years, little to look forward to, little to be proud of or to excite me with what might come to pass. Still, I rise from my bed and begin my day, for I know something, something that can change how I feel.
Read MoreFirst Visit to Sassafras Mountain Tower
Have you ever had an experience that defies your ability to describe it, an experience on a high place that was born in low expectations, an experience that it would be kind to call miserable, but an experience with an afterglow of unanticipated beauty?
I have.
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