Ice-covered Cattails

I shot this picture outside Troy, New York. I am thinking of the way Nature’s creations are presented to us daily, each with a particular light and sensibility  

Inside a Bud

“Happiness doesn’t exist on the far side of distant mountains. It is within you, yourself. Not you, however, sitting in idle passivity. It is to be found in the vibrant dynamism of your own life as you struggle to challenge and overcome one obstacle after another, as you clamber up a perilous ridge in pursuit of that which lies beyond.” […]