SUMMER COLLAGE...

"Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air..." 

                                                                                                                                -Emerson

"In summer, the song sings itself..." -William Carlos Williams

"Watching the clouds float across the sky is by no means a waste of time..." -John Lubbock

Simon and Rona

Yum Yum the deer.

"The summer night is like a perfection of thought..." 

-Wallace Stevens

"Let us dance in the sun wearing wildflowers in our hair..." 

-Susan Polis Schutz

“Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.” — Regina Brett

"Summertime is always the best of what might be..." 

-Charles Bowden

Tyee Spit

Quadra island Coast mtns

"The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever..." -E.Lockhart

"Oh Sunlight. The most precious gold to be found on Earth..." -Roman Payne

"The slow breeze and the summer sun write our memories..."-Debasish Mridha

Photographs 2026

 

ONE RACOON. TWO RACOON

 "This early piece of the morning is mine..."
                                             -Wallace Stegner (Walking to Safety)

 Racoons in early morning.

 Please don't eat the PumpkinWatermelonthingy that grows on the hill. It must look luscious to young racoons.

 Cordelia sees the racoons walk. From the safety of her fence.

 PumpkinWatermelonthingy breathes a sigh of relief.....

 One Racoon.....

 Two Racoon....

 In the early light of day.

 One Racoon....

 Two Racoon..

 A couple of Pumpkinwatermelonthingys shiver under their leaves.

  One Racoon..... 

 Two Racoon......

Digging for grubs. Digging for worms. Yawning as they walk.

 Simon squints his eyes in the sun. They dig. He squints. He stays still.

 One Racoon.....

 Two Racoon...

 The Sun is up. Everything wakes. They toddle off. Yawning as they go. One Racoon.....Two Racoon.....

 "Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at a most inconvenient time of day...." -Glen Cook ( Sweet Silver Blues)

 And out peer Spencer and Rona  from their hiding place. All is well......

photographs 2020