Category Archives: weekly photo challenge
Travel Theme: Foliage
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
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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
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Travel Theme: White
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
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Tagged Beijing, China, Chinese, dragons, marble staircase, palace, photo, travel, travel photo, white
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Weekly Photo Challenge (Everyday Life)
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
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Tagged everyday, everyday life, heart, life, love, mindfulness, open hearted, philosophy, photo, postaday, shells
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Weekly Photo Challenge (Everyday Life)
Originally posted on Bouncing Beardies:
Everyday these two love to get their paws wet, and play catch in the water, either in the sea or in the river. They never get bored with it, and would probably play forever. The…
Posted in dogs, green walks, mindfulness, philosophy, spiritual, weekly photo challenge
Tagged dogs, life, mindfulness, nature, photo, postaday, relaxation, walk, walking
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Near and Far
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
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Tagged beach, change, clouds, East Lothian, Edinburgh, light, mindfulness, nature, photo, postaday, relaxation, scotland, scottish, Yellowcraigs
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Weekly Photo Challenge(Free Spirit)
I took these photos while climbing the Quiraing,on the Isle of Skye this June. All mountains lift my spirit and infuse me with a sense of freedom. Its as though walking up into the clouds peels away layers of tightness … Continue reading
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Tagged free spirit, Highlands, Isle of Skye, jagged rocks, mindfulness, mountain, nature, outdoors, photo, postaday, Quiraing, relaxation, Rosshire, scotland, scottish, Skye, travel, walk, walking
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Weekly Photo Challenge (Merge)
I love the liminal space of the beach where land and sea merge in an ever-shifting mix. ….especially a sandy beach, which is a perfect merge of both water and earth ….and in the distance the ocean and the sky … Continue reading
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Tagged Applecross, beach, clouds, edges, evening, Jura, liminal, merge, mindfulness, nature, photo, postaday, relaxation, scotland, scottish, Skye, travel
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Weekly Photo Challenge (Growth)
I love the lush but delicate blossom that springs each year from the old knarled wood of this apple tree. The buds start out such a deep pink and fade into pastel as the flowers open. Each flower has the … Continue reading
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Tagged apple, blossom, garden, postaday, tree
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