The Day of Idiosyncrasy
Posted: December 7, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, celebrations, Earth, fall, Fire, home, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, travel, Walking, water, weather | Tags: autumn, Franklin Park Conservatory, garden, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, rain, water, weather 27 Comments
Frog at Creekside Park in Gahanna (Ohio)
According to the authors of the book The Secret Language of Birthdays, December 7th is the Day of Idiosyncrasy. Those born on this day are said to consider themselves different or peculiar or just plain weird.
Thursday Travels: Ferries and boats and lighthouses, oh my
Posted: December 6, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in Life, Autumn, Earth, fall, home, music, nature, Photography, Spirit, Spring, Thursday Travels, travel, Vacation, water, weather | Tags: autumn, bowling, Canada, clouds, Ferry, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Nova Scotia, Outdoors, Photography, Prince Edward Island, spring, travel, Voodoo Loons, water, weather, Wood Islands Prince Edward Island 26 Comments
Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island
Last week when we left off, M and I were getting ready to leave Prince Edward Island. After a quick visit to say goodbye to the beach, we made our way to Wood Islands, PEI to take the ferry to Caribou, Nova Scotia. (Side note: This must seem like it was the longest trip in the world, especially when you consider that this is only the half way point. We really did pack in a lot of activities each day.)
Musings
Posted: December 5, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, Daily Walk, Earth, fall, Fears, Fire, goals, home, Letting Go, Love, Mindfulness, music, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Today's Joys, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, clouds, Douglas Adam, Life the Universe and Everything, MaidinSun Photography, Marianne Williamson, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, Steve Jobs, sunrise, trees, water, weather 28 Comments
Early this morning
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
~ Steve Jobs
Rambling into December
Posted: December 4, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Autumn, Daily Walk, Digital Art, Earth, fall, Fire, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Today's Joys, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, birds, clouds, Douglas Adams, Erica Jong, Fear of flying, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, sunrise, swan, trees, water, weather 16 Comments
Baby pine, future Christmas tree
December finds himself again a child
Even as he undergoes his age.
Cold and early darkness now descends,
Embracing sanctuaries of delight.
More and more he stares into the night,
Becoming less and less concerned with ends,
Emblem of the innocent as sage
Restored to wonder by what he must yield.~ Nicholas Gordon
Spectral morning
Posted: December 3, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Air, Autumn, Daily Walk, Digital Art, Earth, fall, family, grandparenthood, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, travel, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, clouds, Columbus, Eugene O'Neill, fog, Franklin Park Conservatory, Julien Green, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, rain, reflections, travel, trees, water, weather, woods 25 Comments
Borderline
Last night while I was sleeping the pond, the woods, and the meadows disappeared into mystical, magical fog, altering the landscape and moving the boundaries. When I walked around the pond and into the woods this morning, I, too, vanished into the mist, wandering in a world that was familiarly unfamiliar.
Space and time
Posted: November 30, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, Daily Walk, Earth, fall, Fire, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Today's Joys, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: Albert Einstein, autumn, John Lennon, MaidinSun Photography, Meadow, Muskrat, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, sunset, trees, water, weather 28 Comments
Galaxies in a small block of ice on the pond
It’s hard to believe that it’s almost December. This year seemed to fly by. Is time faster than the speed of light? (I suppose if time was faster we’d be able to time travel.) Sometimes it feels that way — much too fast.
Wandering in the woods
Posted: November 28, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, Daily Walk, Earth, fall, Fire, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Today's Joys, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, Charles de Lint, clouds, Hermann Hesse, Hiking, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, trees, water, weather, woods 18 Comments
Halcyon light
It’s been a while since I’ve wandered around in the woods at the back of the pond. The earth around here is back to its natural boggy state, and sometimes getting down into the woods can be an adventure when the ground is wet and slippery. I must have been in the mood for adventure this morning.
Life in the Bogs 