The ablest navigators

poetry, philosophy, found photos, vintage images, my own snaps, music, the human condition and grace. Yep - that about covers it.

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December thaw.

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Newborn lambs 12/19/25, just in time for Christmas.

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Oil fields.

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Winter on the prairie.

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Abandoned.

NEW LIFE SECOND CHANCE TEMPLE OF GOD MINISTRY PLAZA

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On the sheep-cropped summit, under hot sun,

The mouse crouched, staring out the chance

It dared not take.

Time and a world

Too old to alter, the five mile prospect—

Woods, villages, farms—hummed its heat-heavy

Stupor of life.

Whether to two

Feet or four, how are prayers contracted!

Whether in God’s eye or the eye of a cat.

(Cat and Mouse, by Ted Hughes)

(Cleo the Rescue Cat, on a west-facing windowsill.)

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Spectacular showing of the Aurora Borealis on the prairie.

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Good Tape By Annie

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It's my 16 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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Night in the Erzgebirge.

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Apple picking season

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Swiss Chard in the late afternoon.

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The other night husband and I were watching a documentary about the yeti where they were doing DNA analysis of samples of supposed yeti fur, and every one of them came back as bears.

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

Bears. They’re everywhere. Be wary. Anyone or anything could be a bear.

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oh shit

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As the OP of this post, I’m going to threaten that if this gets to one million notes by the 10 year anniversary on 1 June 2026, one year from today, I will get a lower back tattoo of the loch ness bear monster.

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Y'all know what to do Tumblr.

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I’m doin’ it.

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I’m in.

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The crows are starting to gather.

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August morning.

Hello, sun in my face.

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On the edge of the woods on a humid August morning.

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The barn cats steal a nap in the cabin on a beautiful late July afternoon.

All tired out from stalking the sheep.

Dreaming of chasing chickens.