Sunday Signage
Posted: January 13, 2013 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Critters, Daily Walk, Digital Art, Earth, exercise, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, pond, snow, Spirit, Sunday signage, Walking, water, weather, winter | Tags: black squirrel, clouds, Dix Stadium, Jane Austen, Kent, Kent Ohio, Kent State University, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, rain, snow, Sunday signage, trees, water, weather 23 Comments
I want a sign like this for my kitchen.
Angry people are not always wise.
~ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
When I was young, and quite possibly stupid, I would become passionate in my anger during some of the arguments between M and myself. Consequently, objects (and implements) were known to suddenly take flight (and no, we did not have a poltergeist living with us). When I saw this sign while out on our walk yesterday, I laughed and laughed, thinking how fun it would be to have such a sign in my kitchen. I no longer throw things out of anger, but the occasional implement has been known to go flying out of my klutzy hands when I’m prepping food.
The wonders of winter
Posted: December 30, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Daily Walk, Earth, exercise, Fire, hiking, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, pond, snow, Spirit, Today's Joys, Walking, wandering, water, weather, winter | Tags: clouds, cross-country skiing, Hiking, Holden Arboretum, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Photography, pond, Quail Hollow State Park, Ski, snow, trees, water, weather, winter, winter landscape 39 Comments
You probably don’t have to be a long-time visitor to Life in the Bogs to know winter is my favorite season. I love it, most especially when there is snow. Snow is necessary for a proper, enjoyable winter. I’ve lived in places where they have rainy, dreary winters, and that’s no fun at all. If gray, wet days are what you experience during the winter months, I can understand not loving the season.
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.
On the Towpath Trail
Posted: October 27, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Air, Autumn, Bicycle Adventures, Digital Art, Earth, exercise, internet, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, water, weather | Tags: Akron, autumn, cycling, Emily Dickinson, Halloween, Humbert Wolfe, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, reflections, Towpath Trail, trees, water, weather, William Motherwell 37 Comments
In the spirit of Halloween, I thought I’d have a little fun with the photos I took on yesterday’s bike ride. I started my ride in Akron and ended in Peninsula where I caught the train back to Akron. It was a good ride. Almost 14 miles when all was said and done. I did get a bit chilled out there. The temperature, close to 70 when I started, dropped about 15 degrees while I was riding. My fingers and toes were numb when I finished. It felt good to sit by the heater on the train and thaw out.
Turning point
Posted: October 26, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Air, Autumn, Bicycle Adventures, Daily Walk, Earth, Fire, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Walking, water, weather | Tags: autumn, cycling, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, trees, water, weather, woods 32 Comments
Change is on the horizon
Those persons are happiest in this restless and mutable world who are in love with change, who delight in what is new simply because it differs from what is old; who rejoice in every innovation, and find a strange alert pleasure in all that is, and that has never been before.
~ Agnes Repplier
A walk along the Allegheny River
Posted: October 15, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Autumn, Bicycle Adventures, Daily Walk, Earth, exercise, fall, Fire, goals, health, hiking, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, Spirit, travel, Walking, water, weather | Tags: Allegheny River, Allegheny River Trail, autumn, cycling, fall foliage, Hiking, Indian God Rock, MaidinSun Photography, Mother Nature, nature, Oil Creek State Park, Outdoors, Pennsylvania, travel, trees, water, weather, woods 36 Comments
Start
Thank you to everyone who joined in the group walk. I haven’t had a chance to join you all on your walks yet, having just arrived home a little while ago. I think everyone who needed a little extra time has managed to get their walks in so it probably won’t be necessary to extend the deadline. However, if you want to join in and haven’t had a chance to walk or do your blog post about it yet, let me know. I plan to do the wrap-up either tomorrow or Wednesday and will wait a bit if you need extra time.
Sunday smorgasbord
Posted: October 7, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, Earth, fall, Fire, hiking, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, Walking, wandering | Tags: autumn, fall foliage, Hiking, Holden Arboretum, J. Krishnamurti, Kahlil Gibran, MaidinSun Photography, Matrix, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, rain, reflections, Terry Pratchett, trees, water, weather 28 Comments
There is no spoon* (Leaves and reflections on the pond. Edited in Pixlr.)
The wise man does not seek enlightenment, he waits for it. So while I was waiting, it occurred to me that seeking perplexity might be more fun. . . After all, enlightenment begins where perplexity ends.
~ Terry Pratchett
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