I like to take pictures when I’m outdoors. I’m certainly no professional photographer, but the following pictures are ten of my favorite pictures from 2019. These are not necessarily the best pictures, but pictures that have some meaning. All these were taken with my old, junky phone (so i’m told). No filters, I’m not cool enough for that. Anyhow, these capture some moments from 2019.

Ok, so this is actually the end of 2018, our family trip to Florida at Christmas. Sunset over the gulf.

Summer

A path through the mountains. The Grand Tetons.

Bradley Lake off from Taggert Lake Trail. The Grand Tetons.

My hiking partner. The Grand Tetons.

The Lower Falls. Yellowstone National Park.

Sunrise over bean fields. Ohio.

Fall

My daughter’s first deer.

The quiet place in the woods.

Each day, find the good. Find it in the little things that maybe no one else notices. Something that brings a smile, laughter, peace, assurance. It may be a “thing”, it may be a someone. These are put around us by God, to remind us of His goodness, to remind us of Himself. And if I may say so, also find some adventure.

“He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams. He began to say to himself: “Perhaps I shall cross the River myself one day”.
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien