“Of the many forms that silence takes, the most memorable is the dry husk of the cicada.” ~Jon Davis
Crawfish chimneys
At this time of the year, farm fields and roadside ditches across West Tennessee are dotted with small mud chimneys which are laboriously created by crayfish.
As they burrow out their tunnels, they dig up mud, make it into balls, take the balls to the surface and set them in place — layer by layer. It is interesting to observe the different architectural structures they create.
“Create your own visual style … let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.” ~Orson Welles
Dragonflies and damselflies
“We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.” ~G. K. Chesterton
Big old bullfrog
... When the marshy meadows glimmer With a misty, purple shimmer, And the twilight flush is changing into shade; When the firefly lamps are burning And the dusk to dark is turning,-- Then the bullfrogs chant their evening serenade ... ~Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Shiloh National Military Park
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- Shiloh National Cemetery
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- Shiloh National Cemetery
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- Shiloh National Cemetery
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- Pittsburg Landing – Tennessee River
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- Confederate Monument
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- Location of Ruggles’ Batteries
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- Replica of Shiloh Log Church
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- Replica of Shiloh Log Church
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- Shiloh Branch
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- Shiloh Branch
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- Minnesota monument
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- Monument to Tennesseans who fought at Shiloh
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- Monument to Tennesseans
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- Monument to Tennesseans
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- Death site of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston
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- Death site of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston
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- Bloody Pond
This past weekend we visited Shiloh National Military Park. Here are a few photos taken during the driving tour around the park.
Curiosity
Recently I spotted this handsome little Lark Sparrow curiously peeking down at me from high atop a tree. My camera and I were peeking back at him.
“Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures.” ~Lovelle Drachman
Out for a stroll
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” ~John Muir
Joyful
“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.” ~Charles H. Spurgeon
Among the blackberry blossoms
“You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.” ~Will Rogers
Golden sunset
“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.” ~C. S. Lewis
walking on a country road 