Plockton, Rosshire, Scottish Highlands
Applecross Peninsula, Scottish Highlands
Western tip of Portugal
I have been doing a bit of organising with my photos, and a friends Facebook post inspired me to make some small elemental themed galleries. So here is my first one – Stone on Earth.
Stone on Earth reminds me to take the time to sit still and rest for a while. The stones are in no hurry, they are comfortable with their place on the earths surface. Their lifespan is so much greater than ours, and in their slow and steady pace is a good hint to me to slow down and breathe a little slower. Whenever I rush I’m in terrible danger of missing whats unfolding around me, so perhaps I can learn the lesson of the still stone, and just watch the world for a while.
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What a lovely lesson. And what beautiful pictures – Just looking at them make me serene. Thank you.
What a great lesson we can learn from these earth stones. Love your thoughts.
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In awe!
I’m going to link this to my post on the earth element.
Beautiful photos and a lovely lesson, one I think I may have to adopt too 🙂
Thanks…..now if only I too could remember the lovely lesson of stone on earth when things get frantic….as they inevitably do!
I love rock and stone, somehow I feel connected to it – I spent many hours over more than one hot summer hauling from the hedgerow all those rocks that the settlers shouldered and dragged to the perimeter – they beautify my garden.
That sounds like very hard work, but I bet they look gorgeous nestled among the plants? One of my Uncles spent years of his life carrying rocks from the shore up to his garden to create rookeries and paths and it looks amazing….almost like the work of nature but not quite!
I slept in and have felt rushed all morning because I am “behind”. I am sure the stones would be bemused by my idea that I needs to catch up a couple of hours.
Indeed Linda…..it’s all a matter of perspective:-) Hope you have caught up with yourself!
I love stones – a beautiful gallery!
Me too, I have a habit of collecting them as I walk 🙂 Then they find new homes, either in the garden, on the door step or somewhere in the house! For me it’s as if they hold a little essence of where ever they have been resting and watching the world.
Just like me, then.
Between a love of dogs and stones we seem to share much in common 🙂
Mmm. If you ever visit Sweden – I’m here!
Oh don’t tempt me…..I will visit Sweden….it’s been on my list of places to visit for years 🙂 If you plan to revisit Scotland do let me know….lunch, walk, talk, laugh, photos, dogs, stones and not necessarily in that order 🙂
Ha, ha – I’ll be back some day. Hopefully before I need a wheelchair…it would have been so great to have that walk and talk – and everything – in any order that felt best. I’m no good at treating myself with good treats…maybe you are? My liffe seems only to be WORK right now..
Oh that’s no fun, there has to be room for play and just for being and enjoying being alive! I’m getting better at this slowly…..watch the blog for progress:-)
Oh, I will! You are a great inspiration and I’m working on more doing what I really want to do. But, I think my real opportunities will come when I retire. I’m planning to do so within maybe three years only…If you are still there, I’ll let you know of my plans.
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A lovely post from breathofgreenair….
A lovely post. Thankyou 🙂
Thank you…..and what a lovely compliment to find that you had reblogged my post 🙂