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.
"Looking for fun and feeling groovy"
~ Paul Simon
It's a mighty fine Oregon afternoon to be out kickin' around in the forest. I hope that your day is as fine as frogs hair split three ways! ❤️
~ Paul Simon
It's a mighty fine Oregon afternoon to be out kickin' around in the forest. I hope that your day is as fine as frogs hair split three ways! ❤️
February 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM
"Looking for fun and feeling groovy"
~ Paul Simon
It's a mighty fine Oregon afternoon to be out kickin' around in the forest. I hope that your day is as fine as frogs hair split three ways! ❤️
~ Paul Simon
It's a mighty fine Oregon afternoon to be out kickin' around in the forest. I hope that your day is as fine as frogs hair split three ways! ❤️
"There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light."
~ Rumi
Good morning my friends! Your smile is the gateway to your peace and joy, a beacon welcoming others into the love and light. You are a conduit of compassion, and this world needs your healing heart. Thank you ❤️
~ Rumi
Good morning my friends! Your smile is the gateway to your peace and joy, a beacon welcoming others into the love and light. You are a conduit of compassion, and this world needs your healing heart. Thank you ❤️
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
"There is a morning inside you waiting to burst open into light."
~ Rumi
Good morning my friends! Your smile is the gateway to your peace and joy, a beacon welcoming others into the love and light. You are a conduit of compassion, and this world needs your healing heart. Thank you ❤️
~ Rumi
Good morning my friends! Your smile is the gateway to your peace and joy, a beacon welcoming others into the love and light. You are a conduit of compassion, and this world needs your healing heart. Thank you ❤️
"The only normal people you know are the ones you don't know very well."
~ Alfred Adler
"We're all Bozos on this bus"
~ Firesign Theater
Good afternoon my friends! I'm having a way groovy day, and I hope that you are as well. ❤️
~ Alfred Adler
"We're all Bozos on this bus"
~ Firesign Theater
Good afternoon my friends! I'm having a way groovy day, and I hope that you are as well. ❤️
February 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
"The only normal people you know are the ones you don't know very well."
~ Alfred Adler
"We're all Bozos on this bus"
~ Firesign Theater
Good afternoon my friends! I'm having a way groovy day, and I hope that you are as well. ❤️
~ Alfred Adler
"We're all Bozos on this bus"
~ Firesign Theater
Good afternoon my friends! I'm having a way groovy day, and I hope that you are as well. ❤️
Reposted by Mike Hargis
Joy is its own resistance. If you need inspiration on how to spread it, the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has a calendar to give you ideas for every day of the year. Goodnight, folks!
www.randomactsofkindness.org/printables/c...
www.randomactsofkindness.org/printables/c...
www.randomactsofkindness.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Joy is its own resistance. If you need inspiration on how to spread it, the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has a calendar to give you ideas for every day of the year. Goodnight, folks!
www.randomactsofkindness.org/printables/c...
www.randomactsofkindness.org/printables/c...
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."
~ Maya Angelou
Good morning my friends! I hope that you have a simply delightful and joyous day ❤️
~ Maya Angelou
Good morning my friends! I hope that you have a simply delightful and joyous day ❤️
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."
~ Maya Angelou
Good morning my friends! I hope that you have a simply delightful and joyous day ❤️
~ Maya Angelou
Good morning my friends! I hope that you have a simply delightful and joyous day ❤️
The Tao of Progress is thus. You're making our world a better place. ❤️
February 8, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The Tao of Progress is thus. You're making our world a better place. ❤️
No complaints here. I hope that you are well and warm and safe up there. Keep on rockin' in the free world! ❤️
February 8, 2026 at 3:33 PM
No complaints here. I hope that you are well and warm and safe up there. Keep on rockin' in the free world! ❤️
"Every time we catch ourselves going down the rut of a habitual reaction, we have a chance to interrupt the momentum and discover a whole new direction and depth to our life."
~ Pema Chödrön
Good morning Bluesky! May you find your joy and your peace. Have an amazing day ❤️
~ Pema Chödrön
Good morning Bluesky! May you find your joy and your peace. Have an amazing day ❤️
February 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM
"Every time we catch ourselves going down the rut of a habitual reaction, we have a chance to interrupt the momentum and discover a whole new direction and depth to our life."
~ Pema Chödrön
Good morning Bluesky! May you find your joy and your peace. Have an amazing day ❤️
~ Pema Chödrön
Good morning Bluesky! May you find your joy and your peace. Have an amazing day ❤️
Welcome back to Bluesky my friend!
February 8, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Welcome back to Bluesky my friend!
Your photograph is absolutely stunning. ❤️
February 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Your photograph is absolutely stunning. ❤️
"Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulty."
~ Helen Keller
I am in awe of Helen Keller. Have a wonderful evening my friends ❤️
~ Helen Keller
I am in awe of Helen Keller. Have a wonderful evening my friends ❤️
February 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM
"Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulty."
~ Helen Keller
I am in awe of Helen Keller. Have a wonderful evening my friends ❤️
~ Helen Keller
I am in awe of Helen Keller. Have a wonderful evening my friends ❤️
"When you know how to listen, everybody is the guru, speaking to you."
~ Ram Dass
Good morning my friends! Have a beautiful day ❤️
~ Ram Dass
Good morning my friends! Have a beautiful day ❤️
February 7, 2026 at 1:56 PM
"When you know how to listen, everybody is the guru, speaking to you."
~ Ram Dass
Good morning my friends! Have a beautiful day ❤️
~ Ram Dass
Good morning my friends! Have a beautiful day ❤️
That looks so very delicious!
February 7, 2026 at 12:30 AM
That looks so very delicious!
"Smile, breathe and go slowly."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I hope that your evening is delicious ❤️
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I hope that your evening is delicious ❤️
February 7, 2026 at 12:23 AM
"Smile, breathe and go slowly."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I hope that your evening is delicious ❤️
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I hope that your evening is delicious ❤️
Good morning my friends! I love the pastel palette of pre-dawn here in the Cascades. Witnessing such beauty truly helps to bring us to an awareness of the moment. Immersed in the here and now, we know who we are. We see the perfection, and we understand that we are the light, and we are the love. ❤️
February 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Good morning my friends! I love the pastel palette of pre-dawn here in the Cascades. Witnessing such beauty truly helps to bring us to an awareness of the moment. Immersed in the here and now, we know who we are. We see the perfection, and we understand that we are the light, and we are the love. ❤️
Reposted by Mike Hargis
Love is the bridge between you and everything. Rumi
I just love the rustic look of this old bridge from one of our many saunters around Buckhead Loop. I like to pause and make a wish🍃 when the stream below is running.
I just love the rustic look of this old bridge from one of our many saunters around Buckhead Loop. I like to pause and make a wish🍃 when the stream below is running.
February 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Love is the bridge between you and everything. Rumi
I just love the rustic look of this old bridge from one of our many saunters around Buckhead Loop. I like to pause and make a wish🍃 when the stream below is running.
I just love the rustic look of this old bridge from one of our many saunters around Buckhead Loop. I like to pause and make a wish🍃 when the stream below is running.
That has nothing whatsoever to do with the quote I posted, or my comment. Thanks for your input though, and have a peachy day.
February 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
That has nothing whatsoever to do with the quote I posted, or my comment. Thanks for your input though, and have a peachy day.
I moved to the Atlanta area in 1984, and fell in love with it. There were 2 million people in the metro area then. 15 years later, there were 5 million people there, and I was no longer in love with it. I moved back to Kentucky.
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I moved to the Atlanta area in 1984, and fell in love with it. There were 2 million people in the metro area then. 15 years later, there were 5 million people there, and I was no longer in love with it. I moved back to Kentucky.
"Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
"Breathing in, I know that anxiety is in me. Breathing out, I smile to my anxiety."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Embrace the moment. Let the moment embrace you. ❤️
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
"Breathing in, I know that anxiety is in me. Breathing out, I smile to my anxiety."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Embrace the moment. Let the moment embrace you. ❤️
February 5, 2026 at 1:59 PM
"Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
"Breathing in, I know that anxiety is in me. Breathing out, I smile to my anxiety."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Embrace the moment. Let the moment embrace you. ❤️
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
"Breathing in, I know that anxiety is in me. Breathing out, I smile to my anxiety."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Embrace the moment. Let the moment embrace you. ❤️
So then, you are equating changing oneself with adapting to the world?
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
So then, you are equating changing oneself with adapting to the world?
I am unclear regarding your point. Would you care to elaborate?
February 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I am unclear regarding your point. Would you care to elaborate?
Thank you so much!
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Thank you so much!
"Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward"
~ e e cummings
Good morning! Righteous indignation is like candy to our brains. Stop buying it. Stop selling it. You are the love, you are the light, and we've much work to do. Have a beautiful day my friends! ❤️
~ e e cummings
Good morning! Righteous indignation is like candy to our brains. Stop buying it. Stop selling it. You are the love, you are the light, and we've much work to do. Have a beautiful day my friends! ❤️
February 4, 2026 at 2:13 PM
"Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward"
~ e e cummings
Good morning! Righteous indignation is like candy to our brains. Stop buying it. Stop selling it. You are the love, you are the light, and we've much work to do. Have a beautiful day my friends! ❤️
~ e e cummings
Good morning! Righteous indignation is like candy to our brains. Stop buying it. Stop selling it. You are the love, you are the light, and we've much work to do. Have a beautiful day my friends! ❤️