the very best thing…

The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.

~Wallace Wattles~

river haiku

Autumn’s magic sets

Branches aflame with color

As the river sings

 

Thomas Merton’s Prayer

MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going.
I do not see the road ahead of me.
I cannot know for certain where it will end.
Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so.
But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you.
And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing.
I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire.
And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it.
Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death.
I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

~Thomas Merton~

four seasons fenceline

Autumn

Winter

Spring

Summer

I’m throwing in this extra winter shot, because it is one of my favorites.  I didn’t use it in the series because the perspective is different from the other shots.

 

four seasons ladder

Winter

Spring

Summer

Autumn

 

back forty

These pictures were taken in the woods around my house.

 

fall colors

Our leaves have all fallen here, so I’m posting these pics from a few weeks ago.

 

 

staron house

These are several views of one of my favorite old houses in our area.

 

clark lake

I took these shots about two weeks ago at Clark Lake in Goodman.  The timing was perfect; the lake was calm, the colors were peak and the light was just right.

 

blacksmith shop

This is the old Chiliki blacksmith shop on Old Hwy 101 in Armstrong Creek, WI.