More from the Garden Studio A garden doesn’t need to be completely wild to feel like part of the woods. Over time, I’ve learned that the most effective bird photography setups aren’t

A garden doesn’t need to be completely wild to feel like part of the woods. Over time, I’ve learned that the most effective bird photography setups aren’t the ones that try to hide every human element — they’re the ones that strike a balance.
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Just a bunch of Jackasses

A day in the Forests of Sudbury Some outings start with a plan, but the forest always reserves the right to rewrite it. This photograph came from one of those April mornings in the Sudbury wo

Some outings start with a plan, but the forest always reserves the right to rewrite it. #nature #photography #wildlife #woodpecker
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Staying Sharp When Winter Shuts the Door Winter has a way of testing a photographer’s resolve. The light fades early, the cold bites hard, and the landscapes that usually call us outside turn quiet

Winter has a way of testing a photographer’s resolve.
The light fades early, the cold bites hard, and the landscapes that usually call us outside turn quiet and still. But harsh weather doesn’t have to mean creative hibernation. #cat #feline #petphotography
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Turtles The common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is one of North America’s most iconic freshwater reptiles. Known for its prehistoric appearance and powerful

The common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is one of North America’s most iconic freshwater reptiles. #conservation #environmental #nature #photography #reptile #Turtle #wildlife
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Winter Visitors in the Garden Studio Winter has a way of quieting the world, softening the landscape, and revealing the small dramas that play out in the trees just beyond the window. This season,

Winter has a way of quieting the world, softening the landscape, and revealing the small dramas that play out in the trees just beyond the window.
#nature #Nuthatch #photography #wildlife
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Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.
~ Buddha

Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.

- Panditavagga: The Wise

Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken.

- Subhasita Sutta: Well-Spoken

Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.

- Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

- Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace

All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

- Dandavagga: Violence

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Your up and down emotions are like clouds in the sky; beyond them, the real, basic human nature is clear and pure.

- Lama Yeshe, ecoming Your Own Therapist: An Introduction to the Buddhist Way of Thought