Spring cleaning
Posted: February 26, 2013 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, beginnings, Earth, Fire, goals, health, home, Letting Go, Mindfulness, music, nature, Photography, Quotes, renovations, Spirit, Walking, wandering | Tags: Cleanliness, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Clutter, flowers, full moon, Home, MaidinSun Photography, moonrise, music, nature, Outdoors, Photography, quotes, Red-tailed Hawk, spring cleaning, sunrise, Wendell Berry, winter 40 Comments
From the archives. Crocus, Spring 2009.
Don’t own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.
~ Wendell Berry, Farming: a hand book
Somewhere, sometime, I read something that suggested one’s outer environment is a reflection of one’s inner state of being. If there is any truth to that, my inner state of being must have been chaotic, cluttered, disorganized, and in need of a good dusting or scrubbing. My inner being was holding on to “fat clothes,” too. Expansion of the inner being is no problem, but my outer being needs to let go of such things. There is no going back.
Thursday Travels: Cape Breton sunrise
Posted: January 31, 2013 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Earth, Fire, hiking, home, nature, Photography, Quotes, snow, Spirit, Spring, Thursday Travels, travel, Vacation, water, weather, winter | Tags: Canada, Cape Breton Highlands, fog, Hiking, John Ruskin, MaidinSun Photography, Margaret Atwood, nature, Nova Scotia, Outdoors, Photography, quotes, snow, spring, sunrise, sunset, Thursday Travels, travel, trees, water, weather, winter 39 Comments
South Harbor sunset. Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. (7 June 2012)
In the last edition of Thursday Travels, M and I had just arrived at the cabin we rented on South Harbor, not far from the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia. We got there just in time for sunset although we didn’t see the sun itself. Just a band of light on the horizon.
How’s it going?
Posted: January 9, 2013 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, beginnings, Daily Walk, Earth, Fire, goals, health, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, snow, Spirit, Walking, water, weather, winter, yoga | Tags: Aristotle, January, MaidinSun Photography, Mark Twain, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, Shakti Gawain, snow, sunrise, sunset, trees, Waking up early, water, weather, winter 47 Comments
Sunrise network
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
~ Aristotle
Go with all of your heart
Posted: January 3, 2013 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Air, beginnings, Daily Walk, Digital Art, Earth, Fire, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, snow, Spirit, Walking, wandering, water, weather, winter | Tags: cold, frost, ice, James Gates Percival, MaidinSun Photography, meadows, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, snow, sunrise, sunset, trees, water, weather, wildflowers, winter 38 Comments
Yesterday’s sunset
My Yogi Tea tag wisdom for the day is:
Wherever you go, go with all of your heart.
I would add to that:
And listen to your body.
The purple hour
Posted: December 24, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, celebrations, Daily Walk, Earth, holidays, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, snow, Spirit, Walking, wandering, water, weather, winter | Tags: Bess Streeter Aldrich, Christmas, Christmas Eve, clouds, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, reflections, snow, sunrise, trees, water, weather, wildflowers, winter 32 Comments
Christmas star
Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart…filled it, too, with a melody that would last forever.
~Bess Streeter Aldrich, Song of Years
Wintry magic in the meadows
Posted: December 13, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, Daily Walk, Earth, fall, Fire, Gratitude, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Today's Joys, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: autumn, bokeh, fairy, flowers, frost, light, magic, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, sunrise, water, weather, wildflowers 32 Comments
Shades of blue
Bundle up. We’re going on an early morning walk and it’s cold. In the 20’s cold. Dress in layers and be sure to include a hat and warm gloves or mittens. I’m wearing my mitten-gloves with a pair of liner gloves underneath because I’ll be taking photos and experience has taught me to protect my fingers.
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
Life in the Bogs 