Painted princess - Floating along the blossoms - Peaceful companion

Shark Valley, Everglades National Park, Butterfly, Flower, Photography, Connected to the Vine Photography

Grave Andersonville - So empty with quietness - I bid thee farewell

Andersonville National Historic Site, National Prisoner of War Museum, Andersonville National Cemetery, Camp Sumter, Civil War, Confederate Military Prison, Civil War Prison Camps, Andersonville, Georgia, Haiku, Photography, Connected to the Vine Photography

Black-necked Stilt

Black-necked Stilt, Everglades National Park, Flamingo, Florida Bay, Photography, Connected to the Vine Photography

American Crocodile

American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, Crocodile's habitat is limited to the southern half of Florida, Everglades National Park, Flamingo, Photography, Connected to the Vine Photography

Sandhill Crane and Colt

Sandhill Crane and Colt, Savannas Recreation Area, Fort Pierce, Florida, Photography

Waiting for the sunrise at Ortona

Ortona South Campground, Ortona Recreation Area, Caloosahatchee River, Okeechobee Waterway, LaBelle, Florida, South Florida, Glades County, Photography

Nine Mile Pond

Nine Mile Pond Canoe Tour, Everglades National Park, Canoe, Tours, Photography

Linguus Tree Snail

Linguus Tree Snail, Everglades National Park, Pineland Trail, Photography

Pied-Billed Grebe and Breakfast

Pied-Billed Grebe, Everglades National Park, Anhinga Trail, Birding, Photography

Everglades Osprey

Everglades National Park, Flamingo, Osprey, Birding, Photography

Black Crowned Night Heron

Big Cypress National Preserve, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Ten Thousand Islands Marsh Trail

Roseate Spoonbills

Big Cypress National Preserve

Seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalms 34:14, Ocala National Forest, Salt Springs Campground

Salt Springs Sentry

Ocala National Forest, Salt Springs Campground, Red-shouldered Hawk

“Under the waterfall, I'm finally letting down my walls, Under the waterfall, All my burdens feel so small”

Echoing Green, Salmon River Falls, Ice, Water, Waterfalls, Oswego County, New York

Fort King George Historic Site

Fort King George, Colony of South Carolina, Current State of Georgia. The fort was built in 1721 along the Altamaha River and served as the southernmost outpost of the British Empire in the America’s until 1727.

Fort Frederica

National Park Service, Fort Frederica National Monument, St. Simons Island, Georgia, Fort Frederica “The Magazine”, James Oglethorpe, John and Charles Wesley

"An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day"

Henry David Thoreau, Garner State Park, Concan, Texas, Frio River, Texas Hill Country, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

“Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference, a veteran doesn’t have this problem.”

Veterans Day 2012, Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, Sampson Air Force Base Museum, Sampson Vets Association, Sampson State Park, New York State

“The Amish are islands of sanity in a whirlpool of change.”

Nancy Sleeth - "Almost Amish", Swartzentruber Amish, Subgroup of Old Order Amish