Mike Hargis
@miketakespics.bsky.social
I believe in the power of love. Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Trail Photographer/Forest Portraiture, Doggie Daddy, Neurodivergent, C-PTSD, Taoist, Vegan, Forest Dweller, Walker. My photographs are best viewed on a larger screen.
"In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve."
~ Thornton Wilder
A year ago today, I was given a second chance at life.
~ Thornton Wilder
A year ago today, I was given a second chance at life.
The Day I Died
Thinking back after a year
miketakespics.leaflet.pub
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
"In Love’s service, only wounded soldiers can serve."
~ Thornton Wilder
A year ago today, I was given a second chance at life.
~ Thornton Wilder
A year ago today, I was given a second chance at life.
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.”
~ John Muir
Good morning Bluesky! Have a glorious day my friends ❤️
~ John Muir
Good morning Bluesky! Have a glorious day my friends ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.”
~ John Muir
Good morning Bluesky! Have a glorious day my friends ❤️
~ John Muir
Good morning Bluesky! Have a glorious day my friends ❤️
“We are constantly invited to be what we are.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
Sweet dreams my friends ❤️
~ Henry David Thoreau
Sweet dreams my friends ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“We are constantly invited to be what we are.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
Sweet dreams my friends ❤️
~ Henry David Thoreau
Sweet dreams my friends ❤️
“The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds”
~ Thomas Merton
Good morning beautiful souls! Slowly inhale the cleansing peace. Be the moment. Live the joy. Have a wonderful Tuesday my friends ❤️
~ Thomas Merton
Good morning beautiful souls! Slowly inhale the cleansing peace. Be the moment. Live the joy. Have a wonderful Tuesday my friends ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds”
~ Thomas Merton
Good morning beautiful souls! Slowly inhale the cleansing peace. Be the moment. Live the joy. Have a wonderful Tuesday my friends ❤️
~ Thomas Merton
Good morning beautiful souls! Slowly inhale the cleansing peace. Be the moment. Live the joy. Have a wonderful Tuesday my friends ❤️
“If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.”
~ Buckminster Fuller
I hope that you've enjoyed your day. Have an insightful evening ❤️
~ Buckminster Fuller
I hope that you've enjoyed your day. Have an insightful evening ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.”
~ Buckminster Fuller
I hope that you've enjoyed your day. Have an insightful evening ❤️
~ Buckminster Fuller
I hope that you've enjoyed your day. Have an insightful evening ❤️
“What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution.”
~ Ram Dass
Good morning Bluesky! Did you have a good weekend? I hope so. This is the last Monday of the week, so make the most of it. Be the light. Be the love. Be having a way cool day ❤️
~ Ram Dass
Good morning Bluesky! Did you have a good weekend? I hope so. This is the last Monday of the week, so make the most of it. Be the light. Be the love. Be having a way cool day ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“What you meet in another being is the projection of your own level of evolution.”
~ Ram Dass
Good morning Bluesky! Did you have a good weekend? I hope so. This is the last Monday of the week, so make the most of it. Be the light. Be the love. Be having a way cool day ❤️
~ Ram Dass
Good morning Bluesky! Did you have a good weekend? I hope so. This is the last Monday of the week, so make the most of it. Be the light. Be the love. Be having a way cool day ❤️
“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.”
~ G.K. Chesterton
Hey howdy folks! It's been a mighty fine day here. I hope that you have an extraordinary evening ❤️
~ G.K. Chesterton
Hey howdy folks! It's been a mighty fine day here. I hope that you have an extraordinary evening ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.”
~ G.K. Chesterton
Hey howdy folks! It's been a mighty fine day here. I hope that you have an extraordinary evening ❤️
~ G.K. Chesterton
Hey howdy folks! It's been a mighty fine day here. I hope that you have an extraordinary evening ❤️
“You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.”
~ Cheryl Strayed - Tiny Beautiful Things
Good morning my friends! Love them all, and have a beautiful Sunday ❤️
~ Cheryl Strayed - Tiny Beautiful Things
Good morning my friends! Love them all, and have a beautiful Sunday ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.”
~ Cheryl Strayed - Tiny Beautiful Things
Good morning my friends! Love them all, and have a beautiful Sunday ❤️
~ Cheryl Strayed - Tiny Beautiful Things
Good morning my friends! Love them all, and have a beautiful Sunday ❤️
“I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.”
~ Dalai Lama XIV
Be the light. Be the love.
Have an amazing day my friends ❤️
~ Dalai Lama XIV
Be the light. Be the love.
Have an amazing day my friends ❤️
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.”
~ Dalai Lama XIV
Be the light. Be the love.
Have an amazing day my friends ❤️
~ Dalai Lama XIV
Be the light. Be the love.
Have an amazing day my friends ❤️
“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Good morning Bluesky! If you're having difficulty seeing the love and the light in this world, then cultivate them in your heart. Have yourself a marvelous day my friends ❤️
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Good morning Bluesky! If you're having difficulty seeing the love and the light in this world, then cultivate them in your heart. Have yourself a marvelous day my friends ❤️
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Good morning Bluesky! If you're having difficulty seeing the love and the light in this world, then cultivate them in your heart. Have yourself a marvelous day my friends ❤️
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Good morning Bluesky! If you're having difficulty seeing the love and the light in this world, then cultivate them in your heart. Have yourself a marvelous day my friends ❤️
“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
~ George Bernard Shaw
I've had a delightful day here in the hills. I hope that your day has been most rewarding. Let's do it again tomorrow. Have a blissful evening my friends ❤️
~ George Bernard Shaw
I've had a delightful day here in the hills. I hope that your day has been most rewarding. Let's do it again tomorrow. Have a blissful evening my friends ❤️
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
~ George Bernard Shaw
I've had a delightful day here in the hills. I hope that your day has been most rewarding. Let's do it again tomorrow. Have a blissful evening my friends ❤️
~ George Bernard Shaw
I've had a delightful day here in the hills. I hope that your day has been most rewarding. Let's do it again tomorrow. Have a blissful evening my friends ❤️
“I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”
~ Anne Frank
Good morning Bluesky! If you are in the military, and someone gives you an illegal order, please don't obey it. Be the love. Be the light. Have a most excellent day my friends ❤️
~ Anne Frank
Good morning Bluesky! If you are in the military, and someone gives you an illegal order, please don't obey it. Be the love. Be the light. Have a most excellent day my friends ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”
~ Anne Frank
Good morning Bluesky! If you are in the military, and someone gives you an illegal order, please don't obey it. Be the love. Be the light. Have a most excellent day my friends ❤️
~ Anne Frank
Good morning Bluesky! If you are in the military, and someone gives you an illegal order, please don't obey it. Be the love. Be the light. Have a most excellent day my friends ❤️
“Wonder. Go on and wonder.”
~ William Faulkner
Cool runnings ❤️
~ William Faulkner
Cool runnings ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“Wonder. Go on and wonder.”
~ William Faulkner
Cool runnings ❤️
~ William Faulkner
Cool runnings ❤️
“One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.”
~ Jack Kerouac
Good morning my friends! Allow yourself to feel the joy deep within you. You won't be able to stop smiling 😁
Have yourself a kind kind of day ❤️
~ Jack Kerouac
Good morning my friends! Allow yourself to feel the joy deep within you. You won't be able to stop smiling 😁
Have yourself a kind kind of day ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.”
~ Jack Kerouac
Good morning my friends! Allow yourself to feel the joy deep within you. You won't be able to stop smiling 😁
Have yourself a kind kind of day ❤️
~ Jack Kerouac
Good morning my friends! Allow yourself to feel the joy deep within you. You won't be able to stop smiling 😁
Have yourself a kind kind of day ❤️
“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”
~ Henry Miller
The trees are my witness.
Sweet dreams Bluesky ❤️
~ Henry Miller
The trees are my witness.
Sweet dreams Bluesky ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”
~ Henry Miller
The trees are my witness.
Sweet dreams Bluesky ❤️
~ Henry Miller
The trees are my witness.
Sweet dreams Bluesky ❤️
I'm giving Leaflet a try...
Arrogance
a morning walk
miketakespics.leaflet.pub
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm giving Leaflet a try...
“We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.”
~ Jack Kornfield
It's a great morning! Shine, and the whole world becomes brighter. Have a beautiful day ❤️
~ Jack Kornfield
It's a great morning! Shine, and the whole world becomes brighter. Have a beautiful day ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.”
~ Jack Kornfield
It's a great morning! Shine, and the whole world becomes brighter. Have a beautiful day ❤️
~ Jack Kornfield
It's a great morning! Shine, and the whole world becomes brighter. Have a beautiful day ❤️
“What a beautiful inspirational model for how human beings might live: In a shared economy based not on greed but on nurturing relationships and mutual cooperation.”
~ Paul Stamets
Have a bomb diggity evening my friends ❤️
~ Paul Stamets
Have a bomb diggity evening my friends ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“What a beautiful inspirational model for how human beings might live: In a shared economy based not on greed but on nurturing relationships and mutual cooperation.”
~ Paul Stamets
Have a bomb diggity evening my friends ❤️
~ Paul Stamets
Have a bomb diggity evening my friends ❤️
“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”
~ Joseph Campbell
Good morning happy campers! Have a delicious day ❤️
~ Joseph Campbell
Good morning happy campers! Have a delicious day ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”
~ Joseph Campbell
Good morning happy campers! Have a delicious day ❤️
~ Joseph Campbell
Good morning happy campers! Have a delicious day ❤️
“Love is omni-inclusive, progressively exquisite, understanding and compassionately attuned to other than self.”
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
This poor Bolete was infected with Hypomyces chrysospermus. It's a case of fungus on fungus violence. Have a delightful evening my friends ❤️
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
This poor Bolete was infected with Hypomyces chrysospermus. It's a case of fungus on fungus violence. Have a delightful evening my friends ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“Love is omni-inclusive, progressively exquisite, understanding and compassionately attuned to other than self.”
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
This poor Bolete was infected with Hypomyces chrysospermus. It's a case of fungus on fungus violence. Have a delightful evening my friends ❤️
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
This poor Bolete was infected with Hypomyces chrysospermus. It's a case of fungus on fungus violence. Have a delightful evening my friends ❤️
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
~ Thornton Wilder
Good morning my friends! Being mindful adds life to our years. Have yourself an outstanding day ❤️
~ Thornton Wilder
Good morning my friends! Being mindful adds life to our years. Have yourself an outstanding day ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
~ Thornton Wilder
Good morning my friends! Being mindful adds life to our years. Have yourself an outstanding day ❤️
~ Thornton Wilder
Good morning my friends! Being mindful adds life to our years. Have yourself an outstanding day ❤️
“True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.”
~ Pema Chodron
Sweet dreams ❤️
~ Pema Chodron
Sweet dreams ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.”
~ Pema Chodron
Sweet dreams ❤️
~ Pema Chodron
Sweet dreams ❤️
“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.”
~ Dalai Lama XIV
Good morning Bluesky! Let's ride this day to a better world ❤️
~ Dalai Lama XIV
Good morning Bluesky! Let's ride this day to a better world ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.”
~ Dalai Lama XIV
Good morning Bluesky! Let's ride this day to a better world ❤️
~ Dalai Lama XIV
Good morning Bluesky! Let's ride this day to a better world ❤️
“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”
~ Norman Vincent Peale
Have a magical evening my friends ❤️
~ Norman Vincent Peale
Have a magical evening my friends ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”
~ Norman Vincent Peale
Have a magical evening my friends ❤️
~ Norman Vincent Peale
Have a magical evening my friends ❤️
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”
~ Barack Obama
Good morning Bluesky! Rise and shine my friends ❤️
~ Barack Obama
Good morning Bluesky! Rise and shine my friends ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”
~ Barack Obama
Good morning Bluesky! Rise and shine my friends ❤️
~ Barack Obama
Good morning Bluesky! Rise and shine my friends ❤️