Today is Earth Day (if you didn't already know that). It felt important that I say something. But after thinking about it a while I realized I couldn't possibly say it all in one post. In fact, if anything, this entire blog and all the posts I write are a celebration of Earth Day. Every day is Earth Day on www.speckonadot.com.
So I decided instead to dedicate this post to showing you why its so important to celebrate and protect the earth. Every time we travel, my family asks for pictures of my husband and I. Usually that's a tough task, because we almost never take pictures of ourselves. For us, its all about the space we're in and celebrating its uniqueness. Now I can put all those pictures to work, to share the beauty I see everyday, all around me.
Here's the earth in all its glory - sunrise to sunset, seasons changing, creatures big & small. After seeing this, how could you not want to have it live on forever....
![Sunrise over the Freedom Tower Sunrise over the Freedom Tower](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiTCzj_H_qn7M_aLrvt208uY0akqx99ZbXfJ-1rUlMl8ZqJHQrCpYHy7dcf3gJjx7EhAXp9z8-bq7nrw0o2dV9swtqCIBXkRwKQQwbvmXxlthC20sx265W7gZivMSJP7ybgiGsnEdpuyn/s1600/1Dawn.jpg) |
Dawn of a new day, sunrise over the Freedom Tower |
![New Life Begins Birds nest with egs](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qxuJ38Q0NHZdZVoLuv-KZnFM9OvjDvSK_qPlXzQj_p9OmREMFUaTobw1MlIKLKmZfhW4xJnimlsiel0FE0sKVp7bFxW6DKKnjHwrp-i4W98ZIi8kUM1BgIX7VaOXiCiqy3XX50okYhfk/s1600/1e.JPG) |
New Life Begins |
![Baby Birds in nest Baby birds just hatched](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizl4Zrjc0pW1TpLRoONv_lmKA53kGt4DKdb6I2eagksoJfXOnqazgRfj5SwErnOnEukNqwNzJG3YPMzxdBXvCOMpZuYBuGFkDPKunCprEEh0UcyXyZA9lZfc8x7g-fwO8Gls02qr-8k45a/s1600/2.jpg) |
First peek at the world, wheres mommy, I'm hungry... |
![Iguana in the Sun Iguana in the sun](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XlASasEEDykT7iwV6z6w-zIpyUG8w8wEhBIE_vKSEmWOCy3gRokwKWL8O-yBPma0EuL0D9ZrDZFpgVOM9SvObxEKWLn-91i37z0M2jfpPg2WY5Wn6Yp4nu22Vw4lqz7vUMJ-QInw0vXu/s1600/3.JPG) |
Iguana Getting some Sun, let's be very clear who's king here. |
![Malachite Butterfly Malachite butterfly](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBlzHhuFLGr5ZfggZMYO5XouIjd0Ea7bmyHHpgo8-W2UNcVvu1Bph0Zx3YDi5FRqhaoKPYIxDcUJ9jnSntMzvajVxg6dLCCnlJ6OGDz5Wnt_qGCAAivHD8dn2EoQC3dks68aIDeuc_aFC/s1600/4.JPG) |
Malachite spreading its wings, getting ready to feed on the sweetness |
![South American Parrot South American Parrot](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKcdpptZEk6MAnMFryCFoW3Y9d0c-EfTYBGmGl8OKV-TZp7jDGAs2BOx_HB-o-Zp6laloLtR3DDIFH5oYQjyYmU-YVdc3dN4x9rFyhzOmzdrQgx1xNI_rXEykxgHblemVGXsBZbTRpFb2/s1600/5.JPG) |
South American parrot flutters its wings to warm them up for the day |
![Caterpillar Caterpillar](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-EY8NrQbINge0giAlC2A75j5gfFRdozL_QOmnEiw9_WEIxsQyaRH0inDoIMVBprsIqNvHvyUZhz3kLzCEnzDyF5vshNShMRxv7aOae80NAQEos9kbbVM3IgAEvzNBmqADtjOaZyuEfG_/s1600/6.JPG) |
Beautiful to beauty... Caterpillar to a butterfly |
![Cirrocumulus clouds, Manhattan skyline Cirrocumulus clouds, Manhattan skyline](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRH73mHtiBUyQIvOKgMZlghJ85CwH7naHRpB0D1uDala7N9vYgEj3lGlELUWVygzM_x37Kr0lzxrtAMH8quwwJ_ilbO74BDQmXdQOLXL6dCJnJ1F3NJ9rRvkgRmwnBMseoa_2ee8fR_P6g/s1600/8.jpg) |
Cirrocumulus clouds in a fall sky reaching out long fingers towards Manhattan |
![Altocumuls clouds - Hawaii Altocumuls clouds - Hawaii](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_gV3Bu7p1-Z_yd0wcuU17Id1SVXdjdYPrqWLKd7IaBz7iEuUdOxVVrzzF0W6RvsERVG-8NmigKej5P_1tnV-eKwL6Q2Cs25ES-qwZ622WLg5QAT2b5LR5XWvtR30kgE11rJwxDSq265p/s1600/10.JPG) |
So many shades of Blue and white, who would have thought... |
![Yellow-throated Euphonia Yellow-throated Euphonia](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5boqEMa-zpGhq_9X5lPzWSByHSK4oPzOtpIlw-9yziIRHBeosBIbzIc577orpJkxcWGbdQSol1aaF-n6Xce55p6c5Q_y7CNtL2nYxN2MYyTJAhk1AS4LBuvLU-Upg7SaiJLJrd8UD0a06/s1600/11.JPG) |
Wait....don't move.... is that....LUNCH! |
![Howler Monkey Howler Monkey](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn3ak4IXGYsnukHLmvCXCokLcYqHLtMP7Svub3Rn9GOAIbjon05Rnj3h9abQY620fDAZXe8H_xyurqXYdD3lU26bMp2TGiIg4gZRU4Qj0PDZ9aQry1ax3xCuP6iUaiHJrxUcI7xmhVPCFZ/s1600/12.JPG) |
Napping in the afternoon sun |
![Java Sparrows Java Sparrows](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6jG5WZ8J0otn7cq9dnEBqAggiIlY2_oEZJo5jJmXE9RsNN2NVSDjiYVKiBlWbd2df6-eV-bLqF5CYz2tHxIxBVLI3w_Uc0WfuzgoFmVeXnDFBDrSyZnlcYu0cObmAp71Hl6JQJ7weQM_/s1600/13.JPG) |
Sunbathing |
![Cloud forest Fungi Fungi in Cloud Forest](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJiHveO-Yh5EC72U-16qPp2mi9zrF0AmyXwmwcGPOq9YkobDFLFhzgKqo7xcf_rgSFxCeFd_Vpjnipx9ulSi_xv-KABAy6EMdwghhmDv276dAbfayUhclDWWR9Vv_8yEiPO7XPviCRSQ3/s1600/14.jpg) |
A beautiful symbiotic partnership |
![Pacific dolphin Pacific Dolphin](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmL_Kd2BAjeo_AGypEa-4AKevOshvPfzTTm6RwzoUz0YskhtV1N_4bwz3YHkNURx0woKVwJNYWFC9-XjPkrgJ3jDD4pxJ21edz2gFRVFCEmO9TokGe9WNJVROKw64JlrNL6g6-9QgxjETz/s1600/15.JPG) |
Dolphin in the ocean, still friendly and curious... |
![Sunset over ocean Sunset over ocean](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZflHA2VytPVf4G2zu4DbNoYSn9Tgp_j3lwWAEXQuF0akNrK_AwqLxFo0e4JGfXHDJQY4MI6RQmxQW6UroKfpPKYlA6mlr_Hx5pFOPZDzl1HQVSH2KiVhFD5boQHpsu3lu_0PNb_TCr8Ex/s1600/16.JPG) |
Sunset on the Western Shore |
![Sunset over ocean Sunset over ocean](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWY0Gt0KnUEuPu1vXFY-xtF7pUj0tfUwCfx54LtLKCspK6ctXJwXvYpr1BeOFXkSVtgC7Wry2OZGRmshJNzmosSb7nsoathvm8ACIogzd_XKOoBG08N0NWXBTS7as1b0Y2iRdrOXXqrom/s1600/17.JPG) |
The colours! |
![Storm clouds over Manhattan Skyline Storm clouds over Manhattan Skyline](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicpVHyh6UtcSZDShIczZ7kpTPCzZGHF1-aWpK1iHL9PuWIJ6DmH67NVnJLGNqdadRmA_z-4CEBMBkaoZuYqymA9jsdzlzB9tsAT3DVJMid4c6YyTtVtea-vY3RouSJiNrh66lrXhiN3Lma/s1600/18.jpg) |
Storm Clouds Brewing |
![Centipede Centipede](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7W2qodbHWWrQMoChyIeHL7AuNFFWjg7pL5tZrAi2wkmplSL2JiKZzrJWGy_JpYqyHhl84PXiY1_FgQl9T0XzhTmQ40_C-EkUMDK2SpRbEJXRQ-BkjQVZymBN9D5mlIGWQ_hMu8cIcQSS0/s1600/19.JPG) |
What I could do with so many legs... WOW |
![Red Crested Cardinal Red crested Cardinal](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSY2cgD34EVcuOZc0yuHCgumZfScHnwXrMZM0yzpgM7DC-w0EY-5iikHPGiXPKHNOnm33wTVm95ZamWYOOrFo9ePWp6-QmqAi2U4cLl7xM-bemHxNBKjxc9inq3_SfdS6_MUWpg7JY-oI6/s1600/20.JPG) |
Crowning Glory |
![Fish in shallows Fish in shallows](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-63goUOyNIODzQcQRf3N8BizeDeaHrJfsvfOC9nNntzTfEkgoqYV1OGhRkMgT07_bR0fh5CuvKIu3ckedjn2h3lQc3r6jGZ50o_V2zR9GFNlvqALvWyo3JG0e03PHyWOiwByWGzJuJ4J/s1600/21.JPG) |
Shallow water school of fish |
![Squirrel eating Squirrel eating](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4rY_jhrCmqlXIeAh-3vIzEyeX-_dh58itIRbbpTg6tRv2Y06lh96ghfFav2nYip9f8NmPyD6KKabuvsSld2Y9kNBPGO482OVuYdZ1Hse7tZJ7_unNnRFLv44uZy2ZPx_I9RW5b7vZToC/s1600/22.JPG) |
Too busy eating to run from the two legged monsters |
![Fall colors Northeast Fall Colors](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNOH6rNyskB11mT7Tt9-2nu9plbi5S5X91ovfu3Yvt6Jy8N-Ru3i6ZwrW4HfIJRb89MCiWtyph7_LQ4NFv_VjONMHAKaXr7r1M0vuSJT1ytaZlQ-GgE68jSmMHJKMNxQUuaxN2MUlya_m/s1600/24.jpg) |
Fall colors, seasons change |
![Spider on glass Spider on glass](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4iiS3tWnF5oHtUHLedjhY-i9ZvjcHyBcgQWCUtVO2ukMQ4HVLMsA2xqxj5tno81_r6qgKJi-fhs3cX0XuHgt5eCwpfFFtuDrNNm0pXe08RGn16oGgeBFdmK6RBHb7O0tNSsV30hMHlBB0/s1600/25.JPG) |
Sheer Beauty, in the details |
![Seagulls on Ice Seagulls on Ice](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJvRbVFlgwp8J2bx1iGneA3H3WiwltClOWdKif_adJapdfUsGpQO3HxFMCF83GErvtmUqR7tlfpmrGf_AEJKMBkwJyWcIMaUOe6100A9hZRsEzgDeDiH0nWCsf7kjMO11HKTO7eOKwVkmC/s1600/27.JPG) |
Seagulls on ice shelf |
![Snow on branches Snow on tree branches](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02QwFoCNpGkgLDJ3FmmTreyUjZeQchGgFT-DqKL7znqz4AUmhJmxIsrc5TV7KNgAiNYzjtpAT_kndElHQwc8petFZgi3OcBlevpvD2amOxPy2J_WQvqVQ8g_QLFNIbPl0PJCjSXag1Lbj/s1600/28.jpg) |
frozen water lacing all visible surfaces |
![Antarctic Penguins Antarctic penguins](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUNbA0vTME3nJYM4EeZEll3vW0jFlhL8VEVhyphenhyphenL-XSWFJ7XsyMMMUeDcq2HZBt0qXJURNsDHn5Dy_5Aa0prJnj0hIvR_7kUesVLXhCH3KNADfyBEy-sRfMUI1xRmywDMOWDdIdhG_FKpeZ/s1600/29.JPG) |
The most beautiful swimming birds, highly endangered by the rising temperatures |
ReplyDeleteStunning post! Your photos tell so much more than words could ever say. THANK YOU for sharing Earth Day with us.