Wintering
Posted: January 25, 2013 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Air, Critters, Daily Walk, Earth, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, snow, Spirit, Today's Joys, Walking, water, weather | Tags: birds, clouds, Dark-eyed Junco, Henry David Thoreau, House Finch, Isaac Newton, Lake-effect snow, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, Red Cardinal, snow, Snow Day, trees, water, weather, William Stafford, winter 43 Comments
Snow day
A Valley Like This
Sometimes you look at an empty valley like this,
and suddenly the air is filled with snow.
That is the way the whole world happened —
there was nothing, and then…But maybe some time you will look out and even
the mountains are gone, the world become nothing
again. What can a person do to help
bring back the world?We have to watch it and then look at each other.
Together we hold it close and carefully
save it, like a bubble that can disappear
if we don’t watch out.Please think about this as you go on. Breathe on the world.
Hold out your hands to it. When mornings and evenings
roll along, watch how they open and close, how they
invite you to the long party that your life is.~ William Stafford
This, that, and the other thing
Posted: January 11, 2013 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Air, Bicycle Adventures, Critters, Daily Walk, Earth, exercise, goals, health, home, Love, Meditation, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, snow, Spirit, Walking, wandering, water, weather, winter | Tags: Bill Watterson, birds, bowling, Henry David Thoreau, ice, MaidinSun Photography, meditation, Mother Teresa, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, rain, reflections, Ricki Lake, snow, trees, water, weather, winter 41 Comments
Reflections on ice
Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you’re just a reflection of him?
~ Bill Watterson
Happy Solstice
Posted: December 21, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Air, beginnings, celebrations, Daily Walk, Earth, holidays, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, snow, Spirit, Walking, wandering, water, weather, winter | Tags: clouds, Health, Henry David Thoreau, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, snow, trees, water, weather, winter, Winter solstice 34 Comments
Winter Solstice
It snowed and snowed, the whole world over,
Snow swept the world from end to end.
A candle burned on the table;
A candle burned.~ Boris Pasternak
A light dusting
Posted: November 27, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, Daily Walk, Earth, fall, home, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, snow, Spring, Walking, water, weather | Tags: autumn, clouds, Henry David Thoreau, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, snow, sunset, trees, water, weather 38 Comments
We had a light dusting of snow overnight. Looks like the weather folks were right for a change. Good for them.
The lights
Posted: November 15, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, Daily Walk, Earth, Fire, home, Mindfulness, music, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Today's Joys, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, Barry Lopez, frost, Grasscut, Henry David Thoreau, Julia Cameron, MaidinSun Photography, Mother Nature, music, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, Spirit, water, weather, wildflowers 38 Comments
Frosty holly
I’m going to skip Thursday’s Travels today because Mother Nature decided to decorate the meadows. The morning was steeped in the awesomeness of frost and sunlight.
Earth’s eye
Posted: October 20, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Air, Autumn, current events, Digital Art, Earth, fall, Fears, Fire, hiking, home, Letting Go, Meditation, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, rants, Spirit, Walking, water | Tags: Aldo Leopold, autumn, clouds, fall foliage, Fracking, Henry David Thoreau, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, Quail Hollow State Park, quotes, reflections, water 42 Comments
A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden, “The Ponds” (1854)
If you live in northeast Ohio and you’re a fan of Quail Hollow State Park, please read on.
Canning
Posted: September 11, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Air, canning & freezing, Critters, Digital Art, Earth, Fire, food, garden, gardening, Harvest, home, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Summer, Walking, water, weather | Tags: birds, food, garden, Henry David Thoreau, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, reflections, Summer, tea, water, weather 17 Comments
Iced tea on the deck
It’s that time of year again. The tomatoes need to be canned. The peppers need to be frozen. Apples need to be turned into applesauce.
Life in the Bogs 