“All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain sight.” — Robin Sloan “Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.” — Sarah Dessen * * * A favorite sight in North American wetlands, the Great White Egret hunts in classic heron fashion, standing immobile … More Hiding
“Today we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our parks and wilderness areas.” — Ansel Adams “A marsh is a whole world within a world, a different world, with a life of its own, with its own … More Simple Grandeur
“We have two lives and the second begins when we realize we only have one.” — Confucius “If you want to be original just try being yourself, because God has never made two people exactly alike.” — Bernard Meltzer * * * Lesser Yellowlegs frequent marshes and mudflats, which is where photographer Jan … More Twins
“Following your dreams means getting your feet wet.” — Edie Melson “If you really want to get your feet wet, you have to first have the courage to step in the water.” — Eugene Nathaniel Butler * * * Egrets, high stepping through the marsh — Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2018
“I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.” — Peter Straub * * * Egret in marsh photo by Mary O’Connor © 2016
“One of my modeling bookers told me that the most important thing is to try to be vigilant about taking care of yourself. Get sleep, don’t be afraid to trim your hair even if you’re trying to grow it out, don’t bite your fingernails, and stay in shape. A lot is in the little things.” … More “I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.”
As if to dress the winter marsh, cattails turn their cigar heads into a white and fluffy mass of seeds, ready to drift off in the wind and build new colonies for spring. * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
Setting the stage for the reds and golds of autmn’s foliage still to come, the summer marsh breaks into its own contagious rash of color. * * * Photo credit: Jan Logozzo
Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes. – Carl Friedrich Gauss — Red-winged blackbird photo, Mary O’Connor © 2013
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 