American Avocets — Painting by kenne
These long-legged waders have long necks,
thin bills, and striking patterns. They forage i
n shallow water for small invertebrates.
In the Sonoran Desert, they often nest around artificial ponds.
— kenne
Sunset Over the San Juan Islands — Image by kenne
Forming an archipelago in the northwest corner of the contiguous United States, the San Juan Islands are between the US mainland and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and are part of the U.S. state of Washington.
— kenne
“Be patient toward all that
is unsolved in your heart
and try to love the questions themselves,
like locked rooms and like books that
are now written in a very foreign tongue.
Do not now seek the answers,
which cannot be given you because
you would not be able to live them.
And the point is,
to live everything.
Live the questions now.
Perhaps you will then gradually,
without noticing it,
live along some distant day
into the answer.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
(from Tom Turner’s book of quotes and notes)
