Simply put
Posted: January 4, 2013 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Daily Walk, Earth, home, nature, Photography, Quotes, snow, Spirit, Today's Joys, Walking, water, weather, winter | Tags: Khalil Gibran, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, quotes, simplicity, snow, water, winter 28 Comments
The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.
~ Kahlil Gibran
The grove of maples
Posted: October 5, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Air, Autumn, Earth, fall, Fire, hiking, home, Letting Go, Local Tourists, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, Walking, wandering | Tags: autumn, fall foliage, Hiking, Holden Arboretum, Khalil Gibran, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, quotes, Robert Louis Stevenson, Susanna Tamaro, trees, weather, woods 24 Comments
Trees are different. From the moment it sprouts until the day it dies, a tree stays fixed in the same spot. Its roots are nearer than anything else to the heart of the earth, and its crown is nearer to the sky. Sap courses through it from top to bottom, from bottom to top. It expands and contracts according to daylight. It waits for rain, it waits for sun, it waits for one season and then another, it waits for death. Not one of the things that enable it to live depends on its will. It exists and that’s all. Now do you know why trees are so good to stroke? Because they stand so staunchly, because their breathing is so slow and so serene and so very deep.
~ Susanna Tamaro
Tempestuous
Posted: April 16, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Air, Earth, home, Letting Go, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Spring, Walking, water, weather | Tags: clouds, flowers, Khalil Gibran, Mother Nature, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, spring, trees, water, Wind 17 Comments
Wind in the willows
The wind is raging here in the Bogs today. Newly formed leaves, blossoms, and seeds are flying off the trees, along with a few branches. The birds who try to fly are having a rough time of it. Mother Nature is in a blustery mood.
310: Morning jewels
Posted: July 30, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Earth, family, goals, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Summer, Walking, water, weather | Tags: Cleveland, dew, Great Lakes Science Center, Hunter S. Thompson, John Burroughs, Khalil Gibran, Pablo Picasso, Photography, postaday2011, quotes, spiders, Spiderwebs, William Longgood 35 Comments
Morning jewels
I woke up early this morning, and found it foggy outside. The pond was barely visible from up at the house. While the rest of the folks in the house were just beginning to stir, I went outside to see what kind of treasures the fog and dew had helped to create.
Life in the Bogs 