Sometimes all you can do is give up
Posted: December 18, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, Earth, fall, health, home, Letting Go, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, water | Tags: autumn, flowers, Health, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, pond, quotes, water, wildflowers 13 Comments
But what avail the largest gifts of Heaven,
When drooping health and spirits go amiss?
How tasteless then whatever can be given!
Health is the vital principle of bliss.~ James Thompson
Mr. Thompson’s sentiments seem a little extreme, but I can relate to the general idea. The flu has infiltrated my defenses. “Drooping” describes how I feel very well. Rather than fight it, I’m giving up and going to bed, at least for today. I’ll be back soon.
Comfort and joy
A family holiday
Posted: December 16, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, celebrations, Earth, fall, family, Fire, grandparenthood, Gratitude, holidays, home, Love, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, Erma Bombeck, family, Frederick Buechner, MaidinSun Photography, Maya Angelou, Mother Teresa, nature, Outdoors, Photography, quotes 26 Comments
Maddy’s flowers*
You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.
~ Frederick Buechner
*Dandelions are blooming like crazy across the lawn, on the pathways, in the meadows, and around the pond.
Imitating Mother Nature
Posted: December 14, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, celebrations, Daily Walk, Earth, fall, family, Fire, grandparenthood, holidays, home, Mindfulness, Photography, pond, Spirit, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, Christmas, flowers, frost, Holiday, MaidinSun Photography, Mother Nature, nature, Outdoors, Photography, water, weather 32 Comments
Mother Nature’s Christmas decorations
Yesterday afternoon, as the sun hit the Christmas decorations adorning the yard and home of the neighbor across the street, the sparkle and shimmer reminded me of the morning frost at sunrise. I delighted in the idea that Christmas decorations are a way of imitating Mother Nature’s glitz and glam. You might think I was the first person to think of this idea. You’d be wrong, of course, but you might think it based on how delighted I was with the thought. Read the rest of this entry »
Wintry magic in the meadows
Posted: December 13, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, Daily Walk, Earth, fall, Fire, Gratitude, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Today's Joys, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, bokeh, fairy, flowers, frost, light, magic, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, sunrise, water, weather, wildflowers 32 Comments
Shades of blue
Bundle up. We’re going on an early morning walk and it’s cold. In the 20’s cold. Dress in layers and be sure to include a hat and warm gloves or mittens. I’m wearing my mitten-gloves with a pair of liner gloves underneath because I’ll be taking photos and experience has taught me to protect my fingers.
Sunshine on a cloudy day
Posted: December 12, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Air, Autumn, Daily Walk, Earth, fall, Fire, home, Mindfulness, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, clouds, MaidinSun Photography, mindfulness, nature, Outdoors, Pema Chödrön, Photography, pond, quotes, reflections, Sharon Salzberg, trees, water, weather, Winter solstice, woods 26 Comments
Lake effect clouds streaming in
Yesterday afternoon brought a beautiful mix of clouds, sunshine, and lake effect snow. I was so busy posting leftovers that I didn’t get around to looking at the photos from my walk. That has turned out to be a good thing because I don’t have time to upload and sort through the photos from today’s walk.
Leftovers
Posted: December 11, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in art, Earth, fall, festivals, Fire, goals, holidays, home, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, Christmas, Columbus, Franklin Park Conservatory, Leftovers, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, sunshine, water, weather 20 Comments
Dancers at the Something Russian Festival
Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and cupboard of the heart.
~ Thomas Fuller
Time in a bottle
Posted: December 10, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in art, Autumn, Digital Art, Earth, fall, home, memes, nature, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, Walking, water, weather | Tags: autumn, Collage, Daily Post, Daily Prompt, MaidinSun Photography, memories, nature, Oscar Wilde, Outdoors, Photography, quotes, Time capsule, water, weather 22 Comments
It is a rainy, dreary, doldrums kind of day here in the Bogs. Rather than write about that and show you gray, dreary, dull images, I turned to the The Daily Post for some inspiration. The Daily Prompt for today is: Time Capsule.
Life in the Bogs 