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Sense and Sensitivities
"Information is not knowledge." ~ Albert Einstein Freud and Erickson wrote of life stages - focus and purpose changing with experience...
Austen Hayes
Apr 2, 20183 min read


Winter-Ending Walk
"When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their...
Austen Hayes
Mar 24, 20182 min read


Your Time, Your Life; How Do You Spend It?
It seems the less time spent with t.v., social media, magazines, the more we have to give. Our quality of connecting improves...less...
Austen Hayes
Mar 17, 20182 min read


Accepting the self as nature
"You must not know too much, or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and water-craft; a certain free margin,...
Austen Hayes
Mar 10, 20182 min read


Meeting the house finch
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all." ~ Emily...
Austen Hayes
Mar 3, 20182 min read


EXPLORING: LIFE WITHOUT TV
"Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it". ~ Dee Hock Maybe it's the time of my life, maybe...
Austen Hayes
Feb 24, 20182 min read


Merely to Be With Nature
I watched the other day as a small red fox walked into the yard, perched on the stone wall, looking towards the house as he groomed...
Austen Hayes
Feb 10, 20181 min read


Beauty in the ordinary
"Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary." ~Blaise Pascal A simple setting allows the human eye...
Austen Hayes
Jan 19, 20181 min read


Best Friend
When I photograph Beale I generally take a side or back shot...he's completely blind. I almost feel I'm protecting his dignity to not...
Austen Hayes
Jan 12, 20181 min read


The nature of nurture...
Update - August 4 2024 It's been a long while since I took this photo. So much has changed. The two dear labs who visited this spot with...
Austen Hayes
Jan 12, 20181 min read

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