things that i think about & things that think about me &
things that are beautiful & other things
![Delft Delft](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/duck-delft-netherlands-june2014.jpg)
Waterlilies and Ducks in the Canal Return a Bicycle to Earth
![Manchester Manchester](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/manchester-double-rainbow.jpg)
Double Rainbow with Magpie Over Red Church and Neon Topiary
![Liverpool Liverpool](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/liverpool-england_august2013.jpg)
The sand remembers the waves.
![Llangollen Llangollen](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/llangollen-wales_august2013.jpg)
Ruined castle that the sheep now rule.
![Salford Salford](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/salford-quays-england_may2013.jpg)
Saford Quays swan parade.
![Grindleford Grindleford](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Grindleford-england_may2013.jpg)
Tiny flowers growing through the mossy enchanted floor.
![Moss Side Moss Side](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/moss-side_manchester_march2013.jpg)
Moss and wild tulips.
![Mont Saint-Michel Mont Saint-Michel](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mont_saint-michel_france_march2013.jpg)
Sheep and castle sunset.
![Saint-Malo Saint-Malo](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/saint-malo_bretagne_march20131.jpg)
Empty bathing pool on the other side of the Atlantic.
![Carnac Carnac](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/carnac-bretagne_march2013.jpg)
Spirit and ghost trees in enchanted forests.
![Manchester Lace Manchester Lace](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/manchester_u-k_january2013.jpg)
Petals like lace cascading.
![Jonesville Winter Jonesville Winter](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/jonesville-virginia_january2013_last-evening-at-home.jpg)
The last evening at home.
![roan-mountain-tn-mediterranean-donkeys-octobe-2012](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/roan-mountain-tn-mediterranean-donkeys-octobe-2012.jpg)
Mediterranean Donkeys waiting for pretzels.
![Alpacas Alpacas](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/alpacas_asheville-nc_october2012.jpg)
Honey alpacas.
![buffalo-mountain_tn_my-favorite-road_september2012](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/buffalo-mountain_tn_my-favorite-road_september2012.jpg)
The moon and our headlights, the only things to see.
![Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sulphur-springs-tn_september-2012.jpg)
White barns in blue twilight.
![Harmony Harmony](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/harmony-tn_august-2012.jpg)
White cows, clouds.
![Hollyhock Hollyhock](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hollyhock_istanbul_june-2012.jpg)
Hollyhock in neon pink glow
![Fethiye Fethiye](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fethiye-turkey_june2012.jpg)
Seuss-like flowers with summer sun.
![olympos-turkey_may2012](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/olympos-turkey_may2012.jpg)
Ancient ruins in the green river washing toward the sea.
![Kütahya Kütahya](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/kutahya-turkey_may2012.jpg)
Sun setting through chimneys and clouds.
![Harran Harran](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/harran-turkey_april2012.jpg)
Goat grazing near the metallic dome in the land of sparkling gowns.
![Şanlıurfa Şanlıurfa](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sanliurfa-turkey_april2012.jpg)
White fish emerges from the depths then disappears.
![Gooseberry Gooseberry](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gooseberry_april2012.jpg)
The most intimate of gooseberries.
![Olive Trees Olive Trees](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/iznik_olivetrees_april2012.jpg)
A dreamworld I stumbled into, an orchard with olive trees and violets.
![Iznik Lake Iznik Lake](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/izniklake_divingduck_april2012.jpg)
A duck diving toward the submerged Nicene church.
![Myra Myra](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/myra-turkey_april-2012.jpg)
Abandoned cave tombs from the Lycian times.
![Spiked Tree Spiked Tree](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/spikedtree_kas_march2012.jpg)
A tree from another dimension.
![Kas Kas](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/goose_kas_march2012.jpg)
A goose dancing the swan lake.
![Konya Snow Konya Snow](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/konya-turkey_feburary20121.jpg)
The heavy snow weighs down the things we built.
![Fethiye Fethiye](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fethiye_algaeropes_february2012.jpg)
The Ties that Bind, sitting sleepily.
![Yaniklar Yaniklar](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/yaniklar_koya_ducks_february2012.jpg)
Synchronized ducks, swimming.
![Edirne Edirne](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/edirne_turkey_january2012.jpg)
Birds over domes in the Balkans with sun shining through snowfilled atmosphere.
![Sea of Marmara Sea of Marmara](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/istanbul_turkey_december2011.jpg)
Ships depart into the mist of eternity.
![Bursa Bursa](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bursa_turkey_december2011.jpg)
Life retakes the old castle wall while Ulu Mountain heralds the sun.
![Phrygian Valley Phrygian Valley](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/phrygian_turkey_november2011.jpg)
The land of Aesop and King Midas, where all the earth seems golden.
![Aizanoi Turkies Aizanoi Turkies](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/aizanoi_turkey_november2011.jpg)
Wild turkeys, electric glowing gobblers, and one with rainbow tail.
![jekyll-island_ga_june2011](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/jekyll-island_ga_june2011.jpg)
Wasteland, island, desert(ed).
![Georgia Moon Georgia Moon](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/moon_georgia_march2010.jpg)
The moon departs from new leaves of coming Spring.
![Seabirds Seabirds](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/seabirdsoveratlantic_november2010.jpg)
Seabirds chase us as the sun departs.
![Rosy Maple Moth Rosy Maple Moth](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/rosymaplemoth_athens.jpg)
Rosy Maple Moth waits for true love.
![Turkey Vulture Turkey Vulture](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/turkeyvulture_kendrickcreekvalley_july2010.jpg)
Turkey Buzzard near the Old Highway.
![Pacific Coast Pacific Coast](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/california_pacificocean_june2010.jpg)
Wildflowers along the shore, waves crashing onto boulders.
![Snake River Plain Snake River Plain](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/idaho_may2010.jpg)
Sunbeams falling over flatlands.
![Wyoming Wyoming](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wyoming_may2010.jpg)
Endless expanses of green toward endless expanses of blue
![Black Hills Black Hills](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blackhills_southdakota_may2010.jpg)
Towers of rocks, sparkling stones in a sacred land.
![Badlands Badlands](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/badlands_southdakota_may2010.jpg)
Earth rocks like moon rocks.
![stickleyville_va_december2009](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/stickleyville_va_december2009.jpg)
Snow in the valleys of the Appalachians.
![jonesville_va_december2009](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/jonesville_va_december2009.jpg)
Deer in the snowy field beside the forest of my childhood.
![July 2009 Sky July 2009 Sky](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/july2009sky.jpg)
Clouds like a sea covering the earth.
![Red-tail Hawk Red-tail Hawk](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/falcon.jpg)
Watching this red-tail hawk as he was watching me (for hours) in the snow.
![One-eyed Cardinal One-eyed Cardinal](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cardinal.jpg)
The one-eyed cardinal through binoculars.
![17-year-cicada 17-year-cicada](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/cicada_dance.jpg)
A 17-year cicada dances with our fingers in the Tennessee manifestation.
![Believer Jellyfish believe_jellyfish](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/believe_jellyfish.jpg)
A bag floating in the Sea of Marmara that says “believe”, surrounded by jellyfish.
![Boone Lake](http://marieporterfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/crayfish_boone-lake_spring2006.jpg)
Crawdad Clasping the Light