Author Archives: greenmackenzie

About greenmackenzie

Hi, I'm Seonaid, and I share my home on the shores of Loch Ness deep in the Scottish Highlands with my husband, my son and a couple of dogs. I love art which is here now and gone tomorrow...like food and nature...but also have a passion for vintage and the ancient past! Nature is my favourite muse, with her wild ever shifting seasons. I have been using and teaching mindfulness and relaxation for over 12 years, and have yet to become any sort of expert :-) I'm a Psychotherapist and Cancer Support Specialist in Maggies Highlands

Blossom Celebrations

Posted on May 24, 2016 by greenmackenzie

Come with me under the blossom skirts of Spring, and lie on the soft damp earth with the sound of bees busy in your ears. Sun filtered through blossom flesh takes on luminous sparkles and dazzling glints which catch … Continue reading →

Posted in mindfulness, nature photo, weekly photo challenge | Tagged blossom, celebration, earth, flowers, mindfulness, nature, photography, postaday, spring, white | 71 Comments

Bluebells and Birches (Fairy Magic)

Posted on May 14, 2016 by greenmackenzie

All across the lower slopes a soft spring breeze is playing silvery songs on the fresh green leaves of the silver birches. It’s notes fill the air, dazzling the ears with its shifting shingle waves, mingled with the scattered … Continue reading →

Posted in mythology, nature photo, relaxation | Tagged birch woods, bluebells, fairies, magic, mindfulness, nature, photography, scotland, sleeping, spring, woods | 37 Comments

Early Summer Kisses

Posted on May 9, 2016 by greenmackenzie

Summer has opened her long light filled arms wide, and she was spilling soft kisses all along the West coast of the British Isles yesterday evening. Not a whisper of a breeze stirred the air, and the birds sang … Continue reading →

Posted in Celtic, mindfulness, nature photo | Tagged druid, Highlands, landscape, magic, mindfulness, nature, photography, scotland, seascape, summer, travel | 30 Comments

The Stillness of the Lichen Woods

Posted on April 17, 2016 by greenmackenzie

We walked the other day, between ancient trees, draped in fine clothes of moss and lichen. The air was as pure in the mouth as spring water, and the sounds of the outside world were muffled and absorbed by … Continue reading →

Posted in elemental, mindfulness, nature photo | Tagged Atlantic Hazelwoods, biology, Celtic Rainforest, druid, lichen, mindfulness, nature, photography, scotland, trees, woodland | 58 Comments

Futures Weave

Posted on April 12, 2016 by greenmackenzie

Day opens unseen Fates silky fingers turn threads Twisting future life In response to the WP challenge theme ‘future’

Posted in mindfulness, poem, weekly photo challenge | Tagged dawn, Haiku, landscape, life, mindfulness, nature, photography, poetry, postaday, spiritual, verse | 34 Comments

Earth Cycles

Posted on April 7, 2016 by greenmackenzie

Here in the hills where the wild sheep grow, tended by rain soaked winds and sun kissed clouds, the grass grows impossibly green. It rolls in velvet folds across the low green lands, giving way to a thick plaid … Continue reading →

Posted in elemental, nature photo, weekly photo challenge | Tagged earth, Isle of Skye, landscape, mountains, nature, photography, postaday, scotland, sheep, weather | 43 Comments

Glen Brittle Fairy Pool Magic

Posted on April 5, 2016 by greenmackenzie

Deep in the heart of Glen Brittle, a crystal clear stream pours down from the Black Coullin, tumbling through pools of turquoise blue and pastel pink. The Allt Coir a Mhadaidh, Stream of the Foxes Hollow, has carved a … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient sites, Celtic, mythology | Tagged change, earth, Fairy Pools, Glen Brittle, magic, mountain, nature, scotland, Skye, speckled, waterfalls | 52 Comments

Coullin Candyfloss

Posted on March 30, 2016 by greenmackenzie

Coullin Candyfloss Spun in soft sugary tufts Across cold black teeth Day 3 of the 7 day nature photo challenge which Amy invited me to join. Click here for day 1, The Dawn Day 2, Mountainous Half-Light. Today I’m inviting a … Continue reading →

Posted in nature photo, Plockton, poem | Tagged clouds, Coullin, earth, Haiku, Isle of Skye, landscape, mountains, nature, photography, scotland | 36 Comments

Mountainous Half-Light

Posted on March 29, 2016 by greenmackenzie

In the half-light between mist and sun, within the deep folds of the winter Coullin, a sparkling bridge of light spans the Choire Laggan. Some say the rainbow bridge Bifrost leads all the way to Asguard, home of the … Continue reading →

Posted in nature photo, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged Coullin, Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, landscape, mindfulness, mountains, nature, photography, postaday, scotland, weather | 52 Comments

The Dawn

Posted on March 28, 2016 by greenmackenzie

The day shows herself Letting in light by layers Shade flees to the folds. Taken as the sun rose over the Plockton Crags on Good Friday morning. Find more dusk and dawn images at WP weekly challenge ‘half light‘. … Continue reading →