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
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.
Playing with bubbles
Posted: July 28, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Air, Digital Art, Earth, family, grandparenthood, home, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Summer, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: bubbles, Columbus, Digital Art, George Santayana, grandparenthood, nature, Outdoors, Photography, play, quotes, reflections, water 37 Comments
A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.
~ George Santayana
The Color Run Redux
Posted: July 23, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, celebrations, Earth, family, friends, Fun!, goals, home, Photography, Spirit, Summer, travel, Walking, weather | Tags: Columbus, Outdoors, Photography, Summer, The Color Run, travel, walking 36 Comments
Resting in the yellow zone. (Photo by M.)
Two days after The Color Run, and I’m still washing off color. That’s because I made sure I got well and truly colored. The color I’m dealing with today is all over the stuff I unpacked this morning, things I wore and/or had with me while walking The Color Run. There is so much color to deal with because I figured I might as well go all-in. You don’t have to. If you prefer not to get too much color, stick to the middle. You’ll probably get some color, but not a lot unless the volunteers spreading the colorful cheer are very vigorous and enthusiastic in their duties.
WordPress randomness in real life situations
Posted: July 22, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, celebrations, Earth, exercise, family, Fire, friends, Fun!, goals, grandparenthood, home, Photography, Spirit, Summer, travel, Walking, weather | Tags: bloggers, blogging, Columbus, MaidinSun Photography, Ohio, Outdoors, Photography, randomness, The Color Run, travel, walking, WordPress 33 Comments
Early morning at the start line for The Color Run. Columbus, Ohio. July 21, 2012.
The Color Run was a blast. It was so much fun I’d love to do it again someday, hopefully with one of my grandchildren. Oh heck, I’d like the whole family to come along! And all of my friends! If you ever get the opportunity to participate in one, do it. Don’t think twice about it. Just do it. You don’t have to be a runner. Many of the people participating were not running at all. Some were walking. A few were skipping or dancing occasionally (especially at or near the finish line). More than a few were rolling on the ground, but that was just at the color stations. I’m pretty sure they didn’t roll the entire 5k.
Let’s walk
Posted: July 20, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Earth, goals, health, home, nature, Photography, Spirit, Summer, Walking, water, weather, yoga | Tags: Columbus, Hiking, nature, Outdoors, Photography, Quail Hollow State Park, Summer, The Color Run, trees, walking, water, weather, woods 44 Comments
Through the archway
Yesterday, in the morning before the rains came, I went for a hike at Quail Hollow State Park. Photos for today’s post are from that hike. I hiked 5k, a practice run for tomorrow’s Color Run (which I’ll be walking, as I expect quite a few folks will be doing since it’s not a race but something done for fun).
Glass in the garden
Posted: May 7, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Earth, family, Fire, grandparenthood, home, Local Tourists, Madison, nature, Photography, Spirit, Spring, travel, Walking, water, weather | Tags: Chihuly glass, Columbus, flowers, Franklin Park Conservatory, garden, glass, nature, Photography, reflections, spring, water 52 Comments
One of the reasons I love visiting the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio, is the Chihuly glass. For those inquiring minds that want to know, you are allowed to take photographs as long as you are not going to sell the photographs. I have promised not to sell them, and I make a grand total of absolutely nothing on my blog, so I won’t be profiting from them in any way.
Life in the Bogs 