Thoughts from October 11

      Dear reader,

     Here are a few moon/star/sky photos to enjoy!

The moon, Venus (I think), and Orion!

I love that crater along the terminator!

Orion

     Have a beautiful day!

     Bye,

     Christina Austine

Poetry of Nature: Hope

Hope

Photograph

Poetry of Nature: Awe

 Awe

Photograph, taken October 2019

Sunset at Clingman's Dome parking lot, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Thoughts from May 2: Woods and Sky Photos

      Dear reader,

     Here's more of the photo posts! Let's start with some photos from our woods.

Pileated Woodpecker

Deer

The deer reminded me of the Lost in the Woods nature book.

Female Northern Cardinal

     Here are some sky photos:

I have this feature on my camera called Creative Shot, which takes 6 photos at once: one in real color, and five in automatically selected settings. It is always fun to see what color settings I get!

     See you in the next post!

     Bye,

     Christina Austine

Thoughts from February 7

     Dear reader,

     I have had some photos I wanted to post for a few days, and I finally got around to it. So here are a bunch of slightly random photos from the past couple of weeks! 

Sir Bentley likes to help me make my bed in the mornings.

A gorgeous sunrise one day.

The moon was so big and beautiful!

Another gorgeous morning.

We actually got SNOW!!!! This was about a week ago. I am glad I got these photos when I did, because it started to melt after breakfast!

Bentley and the snow.

The moon one morning.

We actually got SNOW AGAIN today!!!!

Northern Cardinal, male

American Goldfinch

Carolina Chickadee

Carolina Wren

Downy Woodpecker, male

Our lab Holly's paw prints.

My paw prints. :D

Our maple tree.

Our woods.

The daffodils!

     Hope you have enjoyed this bit of nature today!

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways

    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

As the rain and the snow

    come down from heaven,

and do not return to it

    without watering the earth

and making it bud and flourish,

so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,

so is my word that goes out from my mouth:

    It will not return to me empty,

but will accomplish what I desire

    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

Isaiah 55:9-11, NIV

Wash and make yourselves clean.

    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;

    stop doing wrong.

Learn to do right; seek justice.

    Defend the oppressed.

Take up the cause of the fatherless;

    plead the case of the widow.

"Come now, let us settle the matter,"

says the Lord.

"Though your sins are like scarlet,

they shall be as white as snow;

though they are red as crimson,

they shall be like wool.

Isaiah 1:16-18, NIV

     Bye,

     Christina Austine