Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesfor a hundred miles through the desert repenting.You only have to let the soft animal of your bodylove what it loves.Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on.Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rainare moving across the landscapes,over the prairies and the deep trees,the mountains and the rivers.Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again.Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,the world offers itself to your imagination,calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -over and over announcing your placein the family of things."Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver

Monday, July 28, 2008

Long Lake, Quincy CA

Corin teaching me how to fly fish

Shawn taking a ride
Nala waiting for dad
Long Lake Recreation is in between Quincy & Truckee CA. It is nestled in a quaint area of the mountains & took a mile to hike in, plus a boat ride across Long Lake to get to the cabin. The family owned cabin, once built by a civil war miner, is still standing strong & has become a historical landmark. Long Lake sits in front of the deck while Mirror Lake awaits us from behind the small cabin. Horse flys & mosquito's were in full force that weekend but did not take away from the beauty that surrounded us.
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