by susan preston | Dec 10, 2022 | Bosque del Apache, Musings, Photo of the Day, Wildlife
Queen of the Bosque Only seldom, and rarely in my wildest dreams, have I dared myself into imagining a face to face encounter with a mountain lion. And in those dreams, how fanciful it would be to presume it would take place with a camera in close proximity. Minutes...
by susan preston | Dec 4, 2021 | Photo of the Day, South Africa, Wildlife
Cheetah Today is International Cheetah Day! It was a complete thrill to photograph this cheetah on my last day of safari in South Africa several years ago. With an horrible scratch drawn down her blood smeared face and a wound dribbling from her chest, she circled...
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...
by susan preston | Sep 18, 2020 | Musings, Taos, Wildlife
Swimming with Horses C Sweet mare, so tender and shy. One of a herd of near-wild horses who roam through sacred pueblo lands, she averted her gaze and kept her distance. I felt a kinship with what seemed like a quiet pain flowing through the barbed wire fence...
by susan preston | Sep 2, 2020 | Musings, Photo of the Day, Taos, Wildlife
Rabbit Antenna “A lifetime may not be long enough to attune ourselves fully to the harmony of the universe. But just to become aware that we can resonate with it – that alone can be like waking up from a dream.” – Brother David Steindl-Rast This remarkable little...
by susan preston | Sep 1, 2020 | Photo of the Day, Taos, Wildlife
Deep Listening “It seems that intuitive listening requires us to still our minds until the beauty of things older than our minds can find us.” ― Mark Nepo, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen Like the earth listening to seed waiting to unfold, how can I cultivate a generous...
