Week Seventy - Flowers and Logan Canyon

It has been raining for several weeks,

today the sun was out for a while.

This caused mist and low clouds along

the mountains, floating

through the Douglas Fir trees.

Staying the Course

By BJ Gallagher
Our journey of life is about progress, not perfection.

It's not about doing one thing100% better -

it's a matter of doing 100 things,1% better each day.

Progress is evolutionarynot revolutionary,

and most days we measure our progressin inches,

not miles.
What matters mostis showing up for

your lifewhether you feel like itor not.
Ask yourself,"What two or three little things

can I do todaythat would move me forward?"
You'll be amazed at how much distanceyou

can coverby taking it in increments.
The little things add up;the inches turn to miles;

and we string together our effortslike so many pearls.

Before long,look what you have -a whole strand!
Ah... beautiful.

Week Sixty Nine - More Tetons

Red Wing Blackbird above with nest and eggs below.

Pair of Northern Shovelers

"My son,

a man will never learn all he needs

to know with just one experience.

Experiences must pile up, as boulders

do at the foot of the cliff of a man's life.

And as they pile up, each one will give him

insight into the others, giving him the time

he needs to evaluate and to think about them.

In that way only will a man learn the lessons

Wanken tanka (The Great Creator) would have

him learn from the experiences he chooses to give him."

-Blain M. Yorgason

Week Sixty Eight - Part Two - Tetons.

Have you ever wondered why they

put power poles in the forest?

We found out why today.....

scroll down.

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Enough to make you smile and say AHHH?

Sunset image taken by my wife Kathy
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Week Sixty Eight - Yellow Stone, Tetons !!!!!

We left home last Thursday morning (05-28-09) and will

leave for home next Monday late afternoon.

The following images are just a taste of what we are seeing and

doing in Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons!

"I would like to lease or buy

the days that other people waste."

-Harley Brown

About now, my mother in law is saying;

"OH SPIT!"

Sorry mom.

The above image taken by my wife Kathy

"If a man will devote his time

to securing facts in an impartial,

objective way, his worries will usually

evaporate in light of knowledge."

HERBERT E. HAWKES

Misc. Post - Some people and faces we met this week.

Some faces and people from the
Mountain Man Rendezvous
yesterday.

"The milder and calmer you are,

the more effective will be your anger.

The more energetic you are,

the more valuable will be your forbearance.

The more skillful you are,

the better will you profit by your

intelligence and even by your virtues.

The more indifferent you are,

the more easily will you make yourself loved."
— Eliphas Levi

Week Sixty Seven - (Part Two) Snowy Egret

Snowy Egret Setting on nest of 4 eggs

Showing off a bit

These are more images taken on a canoe trip with one of my sons.

Week Sixty Seven -(Part One) Marsh, babies, White Face Ibis, nesting

White Face Ibis

These images were taken during a canoe trip with one of my sons.Standing guard and adjusting the eggs. After a hard day hatching a yawn is in order -

(Notice the egg to the right is pipped and hatching also)

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The Little Things

“The little things are most worthwhile…

a quiet word, a look, a smile.

A listening ear that’s quick to share,

another’s thoughts, another’s cares…

though sometimes they seem small,

these little things mean most of all.”

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Week Sixty Six - Robin, Siskin, Owl, Crossbill

A blog to Climb Mt Everest with

http://bruceoneverest.blogspot.com/

Great Horned Owl Chick -

(Three and one half weeks old)

I have been watching them

Female GH Owl -

"You are too close to my babies"

Female Crossbill -

a rare visitor to my area

American Robin

Pine Siskin -
"Ahh, a nice summer shower."



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"I have spent my life climbing mountains,
I was told about the other side of them,
That it was better over there.
I found out later that what is on the other side,
was actually in front of me all the time.

I know now, that it is not important, what is over there.
I just need to keep climbing and improving me.
I need to take time to enjoy the present moments.
They are what count.
They are what shape the my future.

Present moments are what make up the other side of my mountain.
They are what make the journey all worth while.

Now when I climb mountains, I look forward some.
I look backwards, some. But most important?
I look all around me - right where I am.
And I smile."


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"The preparation is the experience!"

Week Sixty Five - Kolob Canyon again

Compare to Week Sixty Two

Few weeks later, better time of day, better angle of light.

KOLOB CANYON


"The best sermons are lived, not preached"

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"Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer."

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"If you find yourself in a hole,

the first thing to do is stop digging."
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The only way to get through life is

to laugh your way through it.

You either have to laugh or cry.

I prefer to laugh.

Crying gives me a headache."

— Marjorie Pay Hinckley

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Week Sixty Four -

Imagination will often carry

us to worlds that never were.

But without it, we go nowhere.

-Carl Sagan

Week Sixty Three -

There has never been another you.

With no effort on your part you

were born to be something

very special and set apart.

- Dan Zadra

Week Sixty Two - St George, Kolob Canyon

We got up Saturday morning and drove to St George.

We ate dinner with my parents that night.

The next morning, we drove to Kolob Canyon to take a quick look

around and a few photos and then we drove home again.

700 miles later I wonder what were we thinking....

It was a good trip and it was worth it! We were wondering if we should have showered better ;)

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass,

it's about learning to dance in the rain.

-unknown

I like to see a man proud of the place he lives.
I like to see a man live so his place can be proud of him.
- Abe Lincoln
There are only two ways to live your life.

One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle.

- Albert Einstein

Week Sixty Two - Old and New

It is not the storm without that

is a danger to you,but the storm within.

The water outside the ship will never sink it,

but it is the water in the ship that sinks it.

-unknownLast leaf of fall meets the first buds of spring. The old red barn.

Pine Siskin
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What I do today is important

because I am paying a day

of my life for it.

What I accomplish must be

worthwhile because the

price us high.

-unknown

Week Sixty One - Mormon Temple

-The Logan Temple-

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)

nestled in the foothills of

Cache Valley.

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An old Chevy, Retired after many years of service.
Reminds me of a quote,
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"When an old man opens

up his memory bin,

we ought to listen."

-Boyd K. Packer "There are only two things you can do with time --

spend it or invest it.

If you spend it, consider it gone forever.

When invested, it creates a lifetime residual."
— James Arthur Ray

“Act the way you’d like to be and

soon you’ll be the way you act.”
-George W. Crane

Week Sixty - Willard Canyon

-Willard Canyon -

Rock Trails "I go to nature to be
soothed and healed,
and to have my senses
put in tune once more."
-John Burroughs

Panning for Gold! Wish we knew what we were doing.

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I got up early Sunday morning for a 7:00am meeting. When I
left the house it was 46 F outside and dry. When I came out
of the meeting just over an hour later there was two inchs of snow.
Needless to say, The Robins were not impressed.

Week Fifty Nine - Owls

A symbol of spring for me -

Great Horned Owls nesting Top left, female on nest - bottom right, male standing guard.

These three Great Horned Owl images were taken

about 200 yards East of where I work.

"It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life."
— Elizabeth Keeney

"Only when the questions become more important

than the answers will the solutions emerge."
— James Arthur Ray

"When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace."
— John Lubbock

"Most people tip-toe through life hoping

they make it safely to death."
— Earl Nightingale

Week Fifty Eight

Less than a mile

from the front door... "Or do you wish to undertake a struggle

that consists of rising ledge to ledge in a steady ascent

to the top, a struggle where the hardships are

investments in your future,

and the victories bring you irreversibly closer to

the world of your moral ideal, and should you die

without reaching full sunlight,

you will die on a level touched by its rays?"
— Ayn RandNovelist and Philosopher

"Most would like to have knowledge and
power but would prefer to purchase it versus
work for it.
True knowledge is knowledge of self.
This knowledge cannot be acquired in a book,
purchased for all the money in the world,
or received as a gift.
True knowledge and power must be earned."
— James Arthur RayCreator of Harmonic Wealth®"

Week Fifty Seven

Wyoming mine revisited

"True nobility isn't being better than everybody else,

it is being better than you used to be."

- Dr. Wayne Dyer

Week Fifty Six

Another Winter Day in Cache Valley "People stumble over truth from time to time,

but most pick themselves up and hurry off

as if nothing happened."

-Sir Winston Churchill

"No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality."
— Napoleon Hill

"The price of greatness is responsibility."
— Winston Churchill

"The democracy will cease to exist when

you take from those who are willing to work

and give to those who would not."

-Thomas Jefferson

Week Fifty Five

Rural Cache Valley

Snow, Frost, Sunshine

"Believe that your life is worth living, and your belief will create the fact."
— William James

"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."
— Eric Hoffer