I
live next to the foothills of the Colorado Rockies. This shot was
taken last week about a hundred feet from my doorstep, right at sunset.
Fortunately, the owner of the field - which is used both for growing
hay and grazing horses - has thus far resisted the impulse to subdivide
the land for houses. Deer, coyotes and foxes use it quite regularly.
Once in a while, a mountain lion even makes a visit to the western edge of the field.
I love coming home from work, late at night after a full evening of janitorial cleaning. As I sit in my office at home, eating a few scoops of Boulder Ice Cream and working on a Nature Photo-Quote, I listen to the coyotes bark and howl from the field just beyond my window. Before bed, I go outside and gaze up at the Milky Way. There are no streetlights on my block, and the stars shine in all of their glory, reminding me that the elements present in my body, in the field, in the horses, in the foothills, and in the cells of those crazy coyotes, were all formed "out there." And I am struck by the realization that we - and everything else on this amazing planet - are ALL One.
Photo: Larimer County, CO; January 8, 2014
I love coming home from work, late at night after a full evening of janitorial cleaning. As I sit in my office at home, eating a few scoops of Boulder Ice Cream and working on a Nature Photo-Quote, I listen to the coyotes bark and howl from the field just beyond my window. Before bed, I go outside and gaze up at the Milky Way. There are no streetlights on my block, and the stars shine in all of their glory, reminding me that the elements present in my body, in the field, in the horses, in the foothills, and in the cells of those crazy coyotes, were all formed "out there." And I am struck by the realization that we - and everything else on this amazing planet - are ALL One.
Photo: Larimer County, CO; January 8, 2014
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