Susanne Swing ThompsonMar 233 minCarolina Wrens | Shared MomentsI really couldn’t ignore them: the sounds of a Wren chirping in the early morning. Sometimes it was two Wrens. After a few days, and...
Susanne Swing ThompsonMar 92 minOf Stillness and MomentsIt was the end of the first week of March and the weather was indecisive. Rain and the last of winter temperatures were in the forecast...
Susanne Swing ThompsonMay 5, 20211 minAmidstWhen all the world went on lockdown and the USA joined them in mid-March 2020, something began to happen: people started noticing the...
Susanne Swing ThompsonApr 3, 20214 minSheepcote Farm - A Connected HeritageMorning lit the rural road and created dew-glimmers in the fields as I approached Sheepcote Farm. Now, a mere 10 minutes later, that...
Susanne Swing ThompsonJan 2, 20211 minReflectionsA Canadian Goose had been here. Or, perhaps, a Mallard or the Great Egret who had stood there preening herself like a model cast from...
Susanne Swing ThompsonJul 24, 20202 minWater | Play of LightThe creek widened and then narrowed, then swirled its skirt out again as it made its way around a bend...
Susanne Swing ThompsonMay 23, 20201 minLearning to FlyIn early May, I came upon two Barred Owlets in Briarlake Forest Park. It was a deep, beautiful, and unexpectedly shared experience. ...
Susanne Swing ThompsonMar 30, 20201 minAmidst.When I pause I can see it: the first shoots breaking through the soil, drawn by the sun's rays and the pull of nature's rhythm. It is...
Susanne Swing ThompsonAug 28, 20192 minFamiliar PathThis summer, the open road stretched out before me as I sat in the passenger seat and took in sights and deep conversations. I saw the...
Susanne Swing ThompsonMar 5, 20193 minRed-Tailed Hawk | Held MomentI'm not sure how I ignored the sound for so long. That squawking -- somewhere near our backyard, and loud enough to hear through the...
Susanne Swing ThompsonDec 7, 20181 minOf damp starkness and bright red The brilliant red cardinal has been on those bare branches for much of today. I saw him several times from my own, warmer perch – I,...
Susanne Swing ThompsonDec 7, 20182 minLife Stages."What stage of life are you in?" I was asked this question today. While it seems like a basic question, it really only is on the surface....
Susanne Swing ThompsonOct 15, 20183 minNature's BalmA friend called to tell me that a woman in a nearby neighborhood was tagging and releasing Monarch Butterflies in her garden that...
Susanne Swing ThompsonMay 12, 20182 minSpring WalkI needed to go back to the place from which I'd started...to take a closer look. Right around me. The April days had (literally) been...
Susanne Swing ThompsonFeb 18, 20182 minPerched.There is a lot to be said for just sitting and looking. Waiting. Not knowing what, if anything, will change, and finding the surprises in...
Susanne Swing ThompsonJan 17, 20181 minPonderings[Thoughts on mindset...cognizant that we aren't in control but how often I try...] I have been thinking a lot about how to enter this...
Susanne Swing ThompsonDec 27, 20171 minPerhaps a Different Lens...It has happened a lot lately. I set out to wander and take photos, and have my camera mounted with my long lens. Just in case I might...
Susanne Swing ThompsonDec 16, 20172 minAmidst the Snowlace I awoke to snow this time last week. I didn’t really expect it. Any of it, actually. They’d said earlier in the week that it would snow,...
Susanne Swing ThompsonNov 19, 20173 minBeneath the SurfaceIt was even more than I expected. I have always been captured by Suzy Schultz’s artwork. Her incredible artistic gifts, and the work she...