Hope
Posted: January 28, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Earth, exercise, goals, home, nature, Photography, pond, snow, Spirit, water, weather, winter | Tags: Hope, nature, Photography, pond, reflections, snow, trees, water, winter, WP Weekly Photo Challenge 7 Comments »
The rowboat in a snow squall waiting for warmer weather. Or…
A raptor visitation
Posted: January 27, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Critters, Earth, home, nature, Photography, Spirit, Walking, winter | Tags: Akron, Akron Art Museum, birds, Cooper's Hawk, Impressionism, nature, Photography, Red-tailed Hawk, water 41 Comments »
Yesterday seemed to be my day to visit with hawks. While out running errands a red-tailed hawk flew close to me, showing off his gorgeous colors and beautiful feathers. I did not have the camera with me at the time. To be honest, even if I had I probably wouldn’t have thought to photograph the hawk because I was stunned by his closeness and beauty.
Temperature inversion
Posted: January 26, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Blog Business, Earth, home, nature, Photography, Spirit, Walking, water, weather, winter, yoga | Tags: Freezing rain, ice, nature, Photography, rain, Reblogging, water, winter 51 Comments »
Warm and cold were battling it out here in the Bogs this morning. We had what is called a temperature inversion where the air up above is warm, causing rain, but down below it’s freezing, causing the rain to turn to ice when it hits the trees and the ground and everything else in the cold zone.
Simple
Posted: January 25, 2012 Filed under: nature, snow, home, winter, weather, yoga, 365 Yoga Challenge, Quotes, Photography, water, Earth, Spirit, Letting Go | Tags: flowers, snow, Photography, Wabi-sabi, winter, nature, John Daido Loori, Zen 14 Comments »
To be simple means to make a choice about what’s important, and let go of all the rest. When we are able to do this, our vision expands, our heads clear, and we can better see the details of our lives in all their incredible wonder and beauty.
~ John Daido Loori
Giants and other woodland sculptures
Posted: January 24, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Earth, goals, hiking, home, nature, Photography, Spirit, Walking, weather, winter, yoga | Tags: Fairy tale, Hiking, Jack the Giant Killer, nature, Photography, Quail Hollow State Park, trees, winter, woods 15 Comments »
‘Whoever shall this trumpet blow,
Shall soon the giant overthrow,
And break the black enchantment straight;
So all shall be in happy state.’~ From Jack the Giant Killer, the English fairy tale version
The photos in this post are from my Quail Hollow hike a few weeks ago. I realized this morning that I had not finished sorting through the images I brought home with me via the camera. When I saw these two trees lying on the forest floor on the carpet of green, I immediately thought of a felled giant.
