Abba's Art

Tag: Inspiration

  • An Afternoon in Nature

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    Spent part of the afternoon canoeing Fish Lake visiting a family with a new set of triplets; watching a guy in tuxedo attire putting on a display trying to impress an equally well-dressed gal; and, back on shore, listening to a mother calling her kids from a high-rise . . . ??? In Jungle Book…

  • Glory!

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    This picture was why I stood, transfixed in total awe, out on our deck at 1 AM this morning . . . the majestic Land of the Midnight Sun. I M Blessed . . . May U B 2                                  …

  • Wilderness Chronicles

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    A spruce hen and her chick perched safely above me . . . fresh imprints revealing a predator/prey pursuit . . . last fall’s bull moose antler scrapes . . . each a page in Mother Nature’s cycle of life that graced today’s wilderness wanderings. “For every creature of the forest is mine, and the…

  • All Creatures Great and Small

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    Last Frontier’s wildlife portrays Mother Nature’s calm and chaos . . . strength and stamina . . . beauty and barbarity. The cow moose scars are mostly likely from a foiled grizzly attack. “All creatures great and small. The Lord God made them all”. – James Herriot Keep Looking Up . . . His best…

  • John Muir Quote

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    John Muir described my Greatland front yard with 5 words . . . “Nature –  the manuscripts of God” I M Blessed . . . May U B 2 Keep Looking Up . . . His best is yet to come!

  • Stormy Day on the Mountain

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    “A stormy day on the mountain beats a sunny day at the beach” . . . a touch of  dementia?  . . . perhaps, but hold those Florida Retirement Community flyers 😊. . . enjoyed dodging raindrops hiking up Castle Mountain today. I M Blessed . . . May U B 2 Keep Looking Up…

  • Welcome Back Flowers

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    Welcome Back Flowers is the sequel to Farewell Flowers posted prior to leaving the Smoky Mountains forests for the Alaskan wilderness last month. Snow-birding between these two awesome corners of creation provides ‘seasonal jet-lag’ . . . as Spring morphs into Summer in the Smokies, it’s just beginning to emerge from Winter’s grip in the…

  • Contentedly Rich and Breathless

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    Socrates once wrote, “He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature“. Centuries later someone penned, “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away”. This morning His creationscape left my soul content . . rich .…

  • Seasons Exchange

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    Snows receding from the mountains . . . Trumpeter swans nesting on the lake . . . Spring relinquishing to Summer . . . Seasons exchange in the Land of the Midnight Sun  “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven” – Ecclesiastes 3:1             …

  • My Last Frontier Backyard

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    People often ask, “Why do you love Alaska so much? . . . here’s a few pics taken in my backyard today . . . any further questions? 😊                         “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork“. -Psalm 19:1 I M Blessed . . . May U B 2   …