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Breathe…..



Serpentine Wall


Isn’t this just gorgeous?!?!? Brick serpentine wall surround by the red leaves of fall. I stood up on the wall so I could get this over view picture. It was so pretty out there. Some people think that fall and winter are such drab times of the year. I think nature is just showing off with what can be done with less colors. Sometimes less is more.

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Truths


Tonight I did a presentation on Deforestation and Conservation in my Global Sustainability class. I made all the backgrounds of the slides photographs I have taken in Missouri conservation areas. I opened the presentation with this video. The dramatic cinematography and powerful effect of the video creates such an emotional wave in me.
I hope you enjoy this video as much as I do.


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Hold On



Freedoms



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Fluffies



Wandering and Poetry


I just started this site yesterday and have had so many people make such sweet comments to me. And who would have thought that a connection would happen. So, from the suggestion of a fellow blogger to add a poem, I requested that he send a poem. Above is his poem to go along with my photo. Isn’t the internet so wonderful when all the right people are together…

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Light at the End


This cave was so amazing, mesmerizing, and beautiful. Deep inside there were leopard frogs in pools, water flowing from somewhere deep inside. We hiked for about half an hour before we turned back. Just when it started to get to the crawling point, we decided we had seen enough wonderment for the day. It was truly an amazing thing to see.

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Friend at the Stream


 


Along Side


 

Along side the frozen waterfall, watching the dripping water splash into the pool below. Shimmering and beautiful. Winter can be very grand.

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Frozen Giants


 

These giant icicles are taller than I am. In real life they are amazing. These pictures just do not do them justice. This entire canyon is enclosed in them. Giant icicles….they are truly beautiful.

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Granite and Green


Beautiful flowing creek with granite rocks covered in moss. The sound is so amazing and relaxing. The view is a never ending beauty. I will be back here in the spring, summer and fall. This is a place to experience in all the glorious times of the year.

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Flowing Along


Another picture of the hidden treasure off the highway. The waterfall flows down some rocks, around a bend, and down into a beautiful stream that meanders along side some gravel roads until it reaches the Meramec.

I’m going back in Spring when all is awake, all is vibrant, all is alive.

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Hidden by the Highway


Down a gravel road I met a friend. Asking for directions, unlikely friends are made. The best friends are found this way. The connection to others who love nature such as myself. Ray. Ray took me to a beautiful hidden treasure off a highway. No one knows it’s there really. Just some locals, a few passer-bys who happen to hear the roar of this beauty on just the right day. Littered with trash and nonsense on the trail to get there, this gem is hidden from everything. Tucked away by nature to preserve it’s beauty. Preserve it’s innocence and magnificence.  Thank you for sharing Ray!!!

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Purply Dew


Purple wild flowers in the morning dew….in a field behind a fast food restaurant. Nature happens where it wants to.

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Fragile



Another Angle



Cutting through the Rock


Amazing what the power of Nature, the force of water, the weathering of time can do. Natural Bridge – Gasgonade County – Missouri

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Around the Bend


Down the rocks, bending through the woods, a little clear stream flows on.

 

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Trickling On


Down through the woods, through the rocks, into the flow…. Beautiful little creek. Beautiful little place.

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Rusting Away in the Woods


Walking along a trail we came along this…..a gear, a wheel, a something. I’m not sure, but I liked how the light hit it and how it didn’t really belong.

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Flow On


Water flowing from a little spring from a cave, down into Hamilton Creek. Caves, springs and creeks are all so lovely.

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Growing in the Spring


Little plants growing in a spring during the middle of winter. Hamilton Creek area in Missouri. Gorgeous, water bubbling up from the bottom of the pool, everything in it so green with life, while the surrounding woods were monotone in the color of winter.

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Flowers in the Winter



Mossy Fallen Tree


Fallen log decorated by beautiful moss. Green is a beautiful color.

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Trickle


LaBarque Creek – water trickling down the rocks. Such a beautiful sound, such a lovely view.

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Serpentine Wall


Isn’t this just gorgeous?!?!? Brick serpentine wall surround by the red leaves of fall. I stood up on the wall so I could get this over view picture. It was so pretty out there. Some people think that fall and winter are such drab times of the year. I think nature is just showing off with what can be done with less colors. Sometimes less is more.

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Looking Up from Under the Bridge


Hiking along a trail, I crossed a bridge over a dried up creek bed. I jumped down and got under the bridge to see another perspective. I thought the fern was very elegant amongst the fall leaves.

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Flowing



Transformation



Silence



Breathe…..



Life as an Adventure


Once upon a time, I didn’t like my life so much. I was in a very bad place, and had a huge mountain in front of me. I didn’t see life as an adventure, I didn’t even see it as a life.

Perspective is everything. Now I see my life as challenging, adventurous, and full of hope.

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