The frost fairies were here this morning
Posted: March 9, 2013 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Daily Walk, Earth, Fire, home, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, Spirit, Today's Joys, Walking, wandering, water, weather, winter | Tags: bokeh, flowers, frost, George Eliot, Hiking, Jack Kornfield, MaidinSun Photography, Mary Rose O'Reilley, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, Thich Nhat Hanh, water, weather, wildflowers, winter 25 Comments
Sap-cicles at sunrise
Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us; there have been many circulations of the sap before we detect the smallest sign of the bud.
~ George Eliot
Dear Mom
Posted: September 9, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Critters, Earth, family, goals, grandparenthood, home, Letting Go, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Summer, Walking, wandering, water | Tags: birds, death, flowers, great blue heron, Love, MaidinSun Photography, Mother, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, reflections, Summer, Sunflower, Thich Nhat Hanh, water, wildflowers 27 Comments
A sunflower for remembrance.
Well, it’s been three years now since you died. This is probably going to be the last year I’ll write to you on the date of your death. From now on, I’d rather celebrate the anniversary of your birth, and your life. I think of you often, and I’d rather not dwell on the cancer, the hospice room, and the sadness. I don’t believe you would have wanted that from any of us. I will, however, always remember those beautiful sunflowers.
Quiet on the home front
Posted: August 12, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Critters, Digital Art, Earth, Fire, goals, home, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Summer, Walking, water, weather | Tags: clouds, flowers, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, reflections, Thich Nhat Hanh, trees, water 40 Comments
Reflective
Silence is our deepest nature, our home, our common ground, our peace. Silence reveals. Silence heals.
~ Gunilla Norris
Slow walking a 5k on a spectacular Sunday
Posted: April 29, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Air, Critters, Earth, Fire, home, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Spring, Walking, wandering, water, weather, wwwp5k | Tags: American Goldfinch, birds, Dawn Chorus, Eastern Bluebird, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, reflections, spring, Thich Nhat Hanh, trees, water, wwwp5k 46 Comments
A spectator watching my 5k.
Happy Sunday! I know that by the time this post goes out some of you may be finished or just about finished with Sunday. I hope it was a good one. Did you participate in Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k? I did, and with probably one of the slowest times on record.
Things to do while I’m not feeling well
Posted: December 29, 2011 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Earth, goals, health, home, Letting Go, nature, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, water, weather, winter, yoga | Tags: Ginger, Health, nature, Photography, postaday2011, quotations, Rooibos, Saki, tea, Thich Nhat Hanh, water 25 Comments
#1: Enjoy a cup of tea. Really enjoy it. Watch the steam curl and rise. Place my hands around the cup and feel the warmth. Notice the color of the tea. Breathe in the scent, the warmth, the moisture. Feel the liquid warmth on my tongue and sliding down my throat and into my stomach, the heat radiating throughout.
Savor the flavor.
Give thanks.
214: Sunshine on a cloudy day
Posted: April 25, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Earth, Fire, home, nature, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, Spring, Summer, travel, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: Colorado, flowers, Gerald De Nerval, Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Linda Hogan, Photography, postaday2011, quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thich Nhat Hanh, wildflowers 16 Comments
Fog, clouds, rain, mist, and gray sum up this Monday here in the Bogs. Since most of the photos I took today are on the gray and gloomy side, I decided to brighten things up with a series of wildflower shots I took in Colorado last year.
Life in the Bogs 