Fragile Beauty...

Zebra mussel shells on the beach of Lake Eerie in winter.

Taken Jan 2, 2013

A flower (Bloodroot) growing on the forest floor; Shorthills Conservation Area, ON.

Taken April 9, 2012

Sunny stream running through Mont-Tremblant National Park.

Taken Sept 1, 2008

Spring in bloom: Cherry blossoms.

Taken April 9, 2012.

Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. It expands through successive stages of the beautiful to values as yet uncaptured by language.

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—	Aldo Leopold

Devils waterfall (“Chute de diable”) within Mont-Tremblant National Park, QC.

Taken Sept 1, 2008.

Clover in a field of sunshine.

Taken June 26, 2011.

A dragonfly resting on a branch at the edge of a stream.

Taken June 20, 2010.

Small fish taking refuge in the warmer waters on the edge of Lake Eerie. #2.

Taken April 13, 2012.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

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—	Albert Einstein

A peaceful walk in the chasm. Ausable Chasm, NY.

Taken September 4, 2012.

All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are commonly called, but with the best things of this world- not with money and titles, horses and carriages, but with bright and happy thoughts, contentment and peace of mind.

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—	John Lubbock

The close-up beauty of a flower yet to bloom.

Taken August 30, 2011

Purple wild flowers border the shore of a rehabilitated quarry. Wainfleet Wetlands Conservation Area, Ontario.

Taken Aug 7, 2012.