Cedar Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing

Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according […]

Strength

Strength

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations. And the everlasting mountains were scattered. The perpetual hills bowed. His ways are everlasting. I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a […]

Bull Elk

Bull Elk

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when […]

Fern Pattern

Fern Pattern

but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD   Numbers 14:21 When I take the time to look around on my hikes, I almost always see something I haven’t seen before. Patterns of the most intricate kind abound in the woods and mountains as the above picture […]

Wren in a Box

Wren in a Box

But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? […]

The Recyclers II

The Recyclers II

All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust. Ecclesiastes 3:20 Each spring a bit of a unique sight occurs for a short time around the forests and meadows where I live, especially if there are some old leaves from last fall still visible on the ground. Earthworms come […]

Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Genesis 1:31 In the mountains where I live, we have only one species of tree squirrel. I’ve seen them in different hues of red, and their underside can range from orange […]