March 10th, 2007
good planets are hard to find
Sorry to be tardy in getting Good Planets up this morning. However, we’ve had a rather crazy week and I’m running a little behind. Last weekend, Don was knocked out of action with a kidney stone and ended up in the hospital for a couple of days. All is well and, despite what some of you may hear to the contrary, the health care system up here is functioning like a well-oiled machine. So, back to the wonderful photos submitted for this week’s edition of Good Planets. The theme is “home” and as I’m sure you’ll all agree, everyone rose to the challenge as the photos are lovely.
Peter de Wit in Nova Scotia sent this photo of Musquodoboit Beach, eastern passage NS. He writes:
It was -5c the day this photo was taken, and WINDY, about
-15c windchill. Some good Canadians were surfing anyways, about 5 or 6 of them. Changing into wetsuits out in the freezing wind. I had my winter jacket on.
Peter also sent this wonderful photo of the lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove and writes:
One of the more famous landmarks of Nova Scotia. Here it is in late fall, when all the tourists have gone home. Of the two photos, I guess this one is more ‘home’, as it only minutes away from where I sleep every night.
Cathy of Looking Up writes:
I’m delighted to share the macro shot I got of a snowflake just outside my living room window.
Cindy Mead of WoodSong Nature Photography, and the ever wonderful WoodSong blog, sends this photo and writes:
Here’s a photo I took near our home of a very popular trout river- we visit it weekly it’s my hubby’s favorite fishing spot- I tag along and watch river otters and birds :) I don’t do alot of scenics because I hear a bird or see a flower and off I go!
Yankee Transplant writes:
have just returned from a trip to the Memphis Botanic Garden-the daffodils are at their peak. I love this planet!
Richard Wiley sent along this great photo and writes:
This possom comes up on our back deck in the evening to eat bird seed.
Coincidentally, Ruth of Body, Soul, and Spirit, sends along this photo and writes:
I watched this opossum venture out from its home under this log beside the Speed River. I know virtually nothing about these animals and have never seen one before in the city.
Robin of Dharma Bums writes:
In keeping with your theme of “home” I am sending a photo of one of my favorite local birds: Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius). I think it’s one of the prettiest birds I’ve ever seen, and it’s one that visits our backyard in spring and fall. Definitely a reminder of home.
Celeste of Dzonoqua’s Whistle sends two photos of her home in coastal Oregon. She writes:
My home is an a-frame, unobtrusive, just big enough for my family, with all outdoors around us to live in. I have learned a lot about myself living here, who I really am, what makes me tick. I am really myself here, and I’m thankful for that gift, something I’ll carry no matter where I may have to live in the future. It seems the big picture of all life comes into its proper perspective here. I can hear myself think(or not think, just be…).
This picture kind of sums up what I feel about “home”. The top of my house peeping out from the surrounding woods–a small, simple place, full of loving family, deep within natural nature, “far from the madding crowd”.
You can read Celeste’s complete post about her home here
SBGyspsy of The Gypsy’s Caravan sends this lovely river photographed near her home during a recent “deep freeze”.
Xris of Flatbush Gardener sent along two photos taken in front of his home in New York City. The first depicts:
Bees and Crocus tommasinianus in my front garden
And the second:
The street tree in front of my house
Evan of Fairfax, Virginia, sends along this colorful Blue jay.
From The Fatlady Sings, I received two wonderful photos of flowers. Of the first, whe writes:
…a vase full of peonies. The hot colors look like a bouquet of living flames – and the scent! Just one of these fills an entire room with perfume. A vase full and you feel like you are living inside a bottle of Chanel!
And of the second:
some Monarda. I’ve always thought the crown-like petals look like flickering flames….
Liza from The Egret’s Nest of Boulder Creek, California, sent along this scene and writes:
I really loved the way the sun was coming through the forest and lighting up bits and pieces of it. After a rainy week, this was a welcome sight. Now, where did I put my sunglasses! And, gloves . . . it’s still cold out! Brrr!
Susannah from Wanderin’ Weeta in the Lower Fraser Valley of B.C., sent along two photos and writes:
Home is a swallow’s nest under the overhang of a shed at the bird sanctuary on Reifel Island.
Or a bald-faced hornet’s nest over the marsh near Crescent Beach.
And last, here’s my own contribution for this week…
My home is where my indoor and outdoor life meet.
Okay, that’s it for this edition of Good Planets. Thanks everyone for all of the wonderful photos. I hope I didn’t miss anyone’s submissions. If so, let me know and I’ll add it — it’s never too late around here. As for the next edition, I’ve decided to go with a theme again — it will be “A Memory” — however you wish to interpret that. The next edition of Good Planets will appear here on March 24th, so try to send submissions along by March 23rd.
Please note! You can peruse through past images from Good Plants in the archive, maintained by Pam of Tortoise Trail.
Bev