Red Breasted Merganser at Semiahmoo Spit

We each learn a discipline so we can transcend the discipline into an art of living. We do something over and over again using our thoughts and minds until we feel we can do it right. But we only do it right when it becomes easy and we no longer have to think about it. It flows out of us effortlessly and we become one with this wave or motion that we personally have generated. The discipline, therefore, becomes transcended and is no longer needed. This is a time when dreams begin to come true, and the world becomes a wondrous mystery to be explored.

I took this photo of a Male Red Breasted Merganser at Semiahmoo Spit near Blaine, Washington.

Steller Sea Lion's from Adak Island, Alaska

One Morning when Stacey and I were about to land our boat on a small island to collect some sea otter research, a small gang of about ten Steller Sea Lion's approached our small zodiac boat and started swimming back and forth in front of us. They seemed quite curious but were rather rambunctious and were very expressive for well over 15 minutes. Overall, they were rather comical and fun to watch and experience.

Everything in life should come easy to us and without tension and stress. If there is distress and hardship, it is a true sign that you are going in the wrong direction.

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Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale, WA

Hi Everyone, this is Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale, Washington.

This barn was built in 1911 by a Swedish Immigrant and Architect named Hokan Hovander. It was restored in 1971 and is located on 720 acres of Park land. We often come to this unique setting to enjoy and to take pictures of Wildlife. On our way home we stopped to take photographs of Trumpeter Swans that frequent the many cut corn fields in our region.

Like this renovated barn, it's time to take a good look at Ourselves and Our World and Restore it to a condition where it looks and feels Good to Live in.

Western Bluebird

Lets All See

The World

As Beautiful

And Then

Watch It Become

Absolutely True.

What We Truly Believe

Creates the Reality

That We Experience.

Immature Northern Goshawk Taking Flight

Set your Course

With determined thoughts and intentions,

And then just enjoy the ride

Feeling your Way

Through the currents and turbulence

Of everyday Life.

Elephant's Head Flower

We are having some snow

mixed with rain here in the coastal region

of the Pacific Northwest of North America.

So this week I am posting a summer mountain flower

called Elephant's Head (Pedicularis groenlandica),

which is in the Figwort Family.

I love the colour of this beautiful flower,

And enjoy seeing its' unique form and namesake.

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Our Summer in the Aleutian Islands - Continued

These are some of the small near shore Islands on Adak that Stacey and I boated to most mornings to collect scientific information on Sea Otters. One of our favourite islands was Eddy Island located in the upper back area of this photo. There would often be huge tidal currents in the morning that we would have to endure to land on these small rocks. This island had sea otters, harbor seals, stellar sea lions, a bald eagle nest, and numerous nesting birds to keep us constantly entertained. We would occasionally get to see Minke and Orca Whales too.

The largest Island in the above photo had Arctic and Aleutian Terns nesting on it. Even more interesting, there were two large Bull Caribou that often grazed on this Island. If you look carefully in the above photos, you can see the alaria kelp beds surrounding the islands. The sea otters would often feed and rest in these kelp beds.


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Front Yard Snow Birds

It is when the mental chatter in our Mind fully subsides and dissolves, that we can truly experience and appreciate the Beauty of this Moment.

Northern Pygmy Owl Feeling the Warmth of the Rising Sun

If you feel fully to that which you place your focus and attention upon, there is a feeling of satisfaction that takes you to a place beyond words, reason, knowing, and belief. This is an entry point or a portal that will take you to another dimensional realm of experiencing Life and Nature.

The eyelids of this Northern Pygmy Owl are exquisite and surprisingly remarkable. I had the satisfaction of being fully accepted by this owl as it was visiting our home in Winthrop, WA. I felt closer to Nature by exploring the Pygmy Owl's own personal Nature.

Male Bufflehead Eating Bay Pipefish

I took these photos of a male Bufflehead yesterday which eventually caught a Bay Pipefish. The pipefish are related to Seahorses and the males of this species have a brooding pouch where they incubate the eggs that the females transfer to them for about eight to ten days. These fish can also change colour to match their backgrounds while underwater. I have seen Common Goldeneye's, Double Crested Cormorants, and Common Loons catch these pipefish along Boulevard Park in Bellingham Bay.

I think, therefore, I ... Be Not


~

A Winter's Day in Fairhaven, WA

We each have our own language that we use to express our inner world to the outside world with. It's time to take inventory of our vocabulary and to know and to feel what it is we are actually saying. Each word has resonance to it and consists of energy. Some people even have emotions attached to key words and therefore become biased and prejudice when they hear them or use them. Our thoughts and beliefs are like prayers and programs that invite and create the dramas we wrap ourselves around in. Our personal realities are experienced through the words and the intentions they convey. So if we want control or want to direct and produce our own personal lives, then we have to use our language wisely and with respect, feeling how our words effect our selves and our immediate environment. Language is used to create and promote growth and it is also used to destroy carelessly. Words are indeed magical. They combine to tell the stories that we act out and live each and every day.

I took this photo yesterday at Boulevard Park located between Fairhaven and Bellingham, Washington.

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