by susan preston | Sep 14, 2021 | Photo of the Day, Trees
Crabapples in Albuquerque Human are tuned for relationship. the eyes, the skin, the tongue, ears, and nostrils–all are gates where our body receives the nourishment of otherness. ― David Abram Photo Credits: Crabapples in Albuquerque, by Susan J. Preston,...
by susan preston | Sep 13, 2021 | Photo of the Day, Trees
Crabapple Bough Let the apple ripen on the branch beyond your need to take it down. Let the coolness of autumn and the breathing, blowing wind test its adherence to endurance, let the others fall. Wait longer than you would, go against yourself, find the...
by susan preston | Sep 12, 2021 | Photo of the Day, This Life
Penguin Plunge C As a photographer, I feel an urgency to remind my fellow humans that our destiny is inexorably tied to the fate of the sea. As a scientist, I am motivated by the knowledge that continuing to ignore the failing health of our oceans now, while we...
by susan preston | Oct 29, 2020 | Birds, Bosque del Apache, Photo of the Day, Sunrise + Sunset
Invincible Dawn “Night never had the last word. The dawn is always invincible.“ – Hugh B. Brown There is nothing in the world that captures my imagination the way a mass ascension of snow geese in the icy morning air does. To bear witness to the cacophanous honking...
by susan preston | Oct 25, 2020 | Bosque del Apache, Photo of the Day, Wildlife
Traversing the Edge of Wonder “When we walk slowly, the world can fully appear. Not only are the creatures not frightened away by our haste or aggression, but the fine detail of fern or flower, or devastation and disruption, become visible. Many of us hurry...
