Crooked Creek by Sue Mattingly
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi
This letter was published today in the Courier-Journal and I thought it was worth sharing. I found a wildlife baby – now what? Our native wildlife are having their babies. If you find a wildlife baby that might need help, what do you do? The best thing to do is NOT care for them yourself, […]
Today I look at the flowering trees and think of you. When we enjoyed them last spring we had no reason to think it would be our last dogwood season together. Now you lie in the cold ground with woods of redbud all around, but cannot see, or smell, or move to raise your eyes […]
Poem by Sylvia Mattingly – January 10, 2016 a first kiss of snow with a first kiss of snow on a january day perhaps winter at last has something to say after patiently biding its time to alight it has covered the earth with a blanket of white it is not as though winter […]
A rare lower humidity day brings a cute youngster out to play at Pope Lick Park. It was curious, but not a risk taker. This was as close as I came. A surprise on the walkway was this baby frog. It was definitely a day for juveniles. She/he was the perfect subject for photo […]
Nothing exciting to report this morning, no deer, no trains, no Goatman, just the beauty and peace of nature. Here are a few random photos: I hope you too, find time to enjoy nature today, whether it is inside with your pet(s), watching birds through the window or walking outside in the sunshine.
Goatman? Today while walking I thought I had spotted the Pope Lick Monster, https://crookedcreek.live/2018/05/23/pope-lick-park/ but it turned out to be just another tree. I wanted to share it with you regardless. Friendly Deer She wasn’t shy. I talked with her a while and didn’t want to disturb her by getting out my phone to photograph […]
THE ESSENCE OF EACH PERSON I believe the soul is the essence of a person. It is who they are at their core. This is not original, we’ve seen this word used by others in this series. Since “soul” is such a difficult concept for me to imagine and since that word has connotations of […]
