Category Archives: photos

Chinese Guardians

Posted on October 6, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This photo is my response to the Travel Photo Challenge: Animals Okay Im cheating a little with my mythic animal, but she is so magnificent I couldn’t resist sharing her. This shot shows a female Shi shi, stone lion, or … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient sites, history, mythology, photos, travel | Tagged animals, Beijing, China, chinese guardians, Chinese lion guardians, Chinese lions, chinese luck, guardian lions, lion dragon guardians, luck, palace guardians, photo challenge, protection, Shi shi, symbolism, travel | 6 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy

Posted on October 6, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Here are some of the many things which make me happy. There are atleast two in every photo. This has been such a lovely challenge to take part in, as I have been smiling all the time I’ve been choosing … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, Edinburgh, food, green walks, mindfulness, nature photo, photos, spiritual, Uncategorized, weekly photo challenge | Tagged dogs, Edinburgh, gardening, Highlands, life, love, mindfulness, nature, outdoors, photo, photography, postaday, Rosshire, scotland, scottish, Skye, sunset, things to do in Edinburgh, travel, walk, walking | 1 Comment

Weekly Photo Challenge: Mine

Posted on October 2, 2012 by greenmackenzie

I created this Daisy Heart three summers ago, so I can claim it’s mine…made with my two hands, my heart and my imagination, captured on my camera. I made it on the grass which fringes a favorite coral beach of … Continue reading →

Posted in art, mindfulness, nature photo, philosophy, photos, poem, spiritual, thoughts, verse, weekly photo challenge | Tagged change, daisy, daisy heart, flower heart, Highlands, life, love, Mary Oliver, mindfulness, mine, nature, philosophy, photo, photography, poem, poetry, postaday, relaxation, scotland, scottish, spiritual, summer day, travel, wild and precious life | 6 Comments

Destination Death

Posted on September 30, 2012 by greenmackenzie

At a funeral this week, while tears were streaming down my cheeks, I came to realise that I was actually crying for me, and for those left behind by the death of a beautiful person. It wasn’t the wonderful words … Continue reading →

Posted in friends, mindfulness, philosophy, photos, spiritual, thoughts | Tagged cancer, change, daeth, dying, life, life and death, loss, love, mindfulness, philosophy, quote | 10 Comments

Travel Theme: Foliage

Posted on September 29, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Here is my offering for the Travel Theme Challenge: Foliage These were taken last Autumn in the Birks of Aberfeldy, in Perthshire, Scotland. This is such a stunning ancient beech forest, that it has inspired lots of poets, writers and … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient history, ancient sites, green walks, history, mindfulness, nature photo, philosophy, photos, poem, verse, weekly photo challenge | Tagged autumn colours, Birks of Aberfeldy, life, light, mindfulness, nature, outdoors, Perthshire, perthshire scotland, philosophy, photo, poem, poetry, postaday, Robert Burns, scotland, scots pines, scots poem, scottish, spiritual, sunlight, travel, tree, vacation, walk, walking | 7 Comments

Change Hurts

Posted on September 25, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Okay I know that everything changes all the time. My breath is in constant flow in and out of my body. My thoughts rise constantly in my mind like bubbles in fizzy water, restless and changing with every breath. Time … Continue reading →

Posted in green walks, mindfulness, philosophy, photos, spiritual | Tagged acceptance, change, hurt, life, mindfulness, musings, new, philosophy, self awareness, spiritual | 2 Comments

Travel Theme: White

Posted on September 24, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This amazing marble relief staircase is inside the Forbidden City, in Beijing. I took this photo back in 2004, and was captured by the shimmering white, swirling clouds and dragons, which seem to move in the shifting sunlight. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in history, mindfulness, photos, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged Beijing, China, Chinese, dragons, marble staircase, palace, photo, travel, travel photo, white | 10 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge (solitary)

Posted on September 23, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This is a solitary Banyan tree. Despite its many trunks this is one tree, which has grown on a host tree, which it then strangles and overcomes, before going on to sprout many hanging roots, which form new trunks! The … Continue reading →

Posted in mindfulness, nature photo, photos, spiritual | Tagged banyan tree, growth, mindfulness, nature, nature photo, photo, postaday, solitary, spiritual, tree, weekly photo challenge | 5 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge (Everyday Life)

Posted on September 19, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Everyday life throws a barrage of experiences at us, I can’t stop this, avoid it, or change it. What I can do is chose to meet this infinite wave of life with an open heart. Everyday and every moment of … Continue reading →

Posted in mindfulness, photos, weekly photo challenge | Tagged everyday, everyday life, heart, life, love, mindfulness, open hearted, philosophy, photo, postaday, shells | 3 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Near and Far

Posted on September 12, 2012 by greenmackenzie

These photos were taken on one of those atmospheric afternoons, where the sun and the clouds compete for sky, whipped along by a warm late summer wind. I love the way the sand and the sea form converging lines reaching … Continue reading →