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How did ferns evolve?

Gametophytes are haploid

Diploid sporophytes

Went birding with friends

Saw only common species

Yet all were special

Baby Harp Seal Pup

smiling for the camera

Cute but defenseless

Alone down inside

Ancestral Puebloan’s Kiva

What are its secrets?

Lazy Pine Siskin

Wanting to go for a ride

Not goin’ to happen

Hiked to the river

But then had to hike back out

Very exhausting

Today, I did a solo hike on a trail called Purgatory Flats….It does go down to a rather flat area, but then the trail goes all the way down to the Animas River….10.3 miles round trip. with a 1820 foot elevation drop down to the river and then a hike back up the trail with an elevation gain of 1820 feet.  The trail is often very steep and rocky.  I carried a 23 pound pack and I was really exhausted by the time I made it back to the car…..

A hospital bombed

Mass graves. Refugees on foot

Helpless, my tears fall

I usually don’t watch TV, but I turned it on at lunchtime today and I openly wept at what I saw.
The maternity hospital bombed.  Ukrainians burying Ukranians in a mass grave.  Refugees of women, children, old men and women on foot…some having to be carried…..everyone….some with pets.. carrying on their backs and in their hands what they had left of their lives…. My heart aches for these people and for humanity.  And I kept on thinking how fortunate I am and   “There but for the grace of God, go I.”

The Evening Primrose

Slow dancing in my garden

A daily blessing

Women balancing

in Bali, Indonesia

Sacred offerings

In honor of International Women’s Day

Sandhill Crane pair

Their haunting Unison Calls

An omen of Spring