Doug’s Blog
I am still whole
Sometimes we come together, sometimes we go our own ways. The secret is in realizing our wholeness in the unique journeys of both!Bull Moose (mooses? meese??)WyomingGrand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Peace of the wild
"When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.I come into the peace of wild...
My Choice
Seven Spotted Ladybird, Colorado “My Daily Meditation surrounding Self Confidence;I believe in myself. I believe in those who work with me. I believe in my partners and investors. I believe in my friends. I believe in my family. I believe that God will lend me...
I Believe
“My Daily Meditation surrounding Self Confidence;I believe in myself. I believe in those who work with me. I believe in my partners and investors. I believe in my friends. I believe in my family. I believe that God will lend me everything I need with which to succeed...
Of Trains, Beads and Lenses
“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads and as we pass through them they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue, and each shows only what lies in its focus.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Northwest Railway Museum, Snoqualmie,...
Feeling good
Photographers take photos for a number of reasons. Of course you’re always looking for that spectacular landscape or wildlife encounter. Then sometimes you’re walking along and you see a scene that just makes you feel good. Time stands still and you want to remember...
Rain will do that
McDonald County, MissouriIf you could see my original photograph right out of the camera you would believe me when I say I did not alter the colors you see here. Rain has a way of making everything look over-saturated, in much the same way that troubles accentuate...
Missouri Fall
I don’t always know where I am going, but it sure is nice to be right here!Southeastern Missouri
Time Flows
"The passage of time is probably the most basic, most predictable concept in the universe, yet I find that it constantly surprises me and I hear myself thinking, “Where did the time go?”Northeastern Oklahoma
Trail Blazers
Our way has become more clear by the courage of those who have gone before, by the affirming wisdom in their voice, and the unfaltering love in their heart.Northern Colorado
Taking it in
"When a stranger appears at your door,feed him for three daysbefore asking who he is,where he’s come from,where he’s headed.That way, he’ll have strengthenough to answer.Or, by then you’ll besuch good friendsyou don’t care."~ Naomi Shihab Nye, Red Brocade Arapahoe...
I see you in me
“the sun shines down upon us, the lucky ones…you’re the radiant autumn leaves, so bright and vibrant, so vivid and ablaze with warming colors…i am your reflection in the river, only just a bit darker, and hazy opaque, and slightly blurred, more cooled by the waters...