Category Archives: weekly photo challenge

Working with Extras

Posted on June 14, 2014 by greenmackenzie

I have been both blessed and cursed to have three built in extras whenever I’m out on a photo shoot. Sometimes I’m out primarily to walk the dogs, and the photos are an added extra, and sometimes I’m out to … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, mindfulness, photos, weekly photo challenge | Tagged dogs, landscapes, mindfulness, nature, photography, postaday, scotland, travel | 74 Comments

Skye sized Room

Posted on June 7, 2014 by greenmackenzie

We all need enough space and room to grow and breathe. Here on the North East tip of the Isle of Skye you will find more room than you will ever need. The landscape of the Quiraing is spacious and … Continue reading →

Posted in mindfulness, photos, weekly photo challenge | Tagged change, Isle of Skye, mindfulness, mountains, nature, photography, Quiraing, relaxation, scotland, spiritual | 63 Comments

Bog Art

Posted on May 17, 2014 by greenmackenzie

As we all know, nature paints the most beautiful pictures using clouds, earth and water. Here gazing west across the Inner Sound, the waves and sun filled breeze have inspired reflections between the earth and the sky. Natures art is … Continue reading →

Posted in art, elemental, weekly photo challenge | Tagged art, Bog Cotton, landscape, nature, photography, postaday, scotland, travel | 53 Comments

Spring Tales

Posted on May 3, 2014 by greenmackenzie

Walk with me a while, beneath the creamy blossom trees, and I’ll tell you a tale or two about Spring and her vibrant magic. She stretches her arms wide, and pushes the cold and the darkness out to the edges … Continue reading →

Posted in philosophy, photos, weekly photo challenge | Tagged change, cherry blossom, dreams, magic, nature, philosophy, photography, postaday, spring | 66 Comments

Thresholds

Posted on April 7, 2014 by greenmackenzie

Thresholds are magical spaces, which lie in between two places or states. They are neither one nor the other, but are a mixture of both at once. Because they are neither here nor there, they lie in the third place … Continue reading →

Posted in art, Celtic, change, elemental, mindfulness, mythology, nature photo, photos, spiritual, unconscious, weekly photo challenge | Tagged Celtic, change, magic, nature, photography, postaday, spring, symbolism, thresholds | 64 Comments

Remote Street Life

Posted on March 30, 2014 by greenmackenzie

Up in the more remote parts of Highland Scotland, there are breathtaking roads which wind their way through steep glens and over mountain passes, with just a thin strip of Tarmac. These single track roads can offer thrilling driving experiences … Continue reading →

Posted in elemental, mindfulness, nature photo, philosophy, photos, thoughts, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged Bealach na Ba, driving, mindfulness, pass of the cattle, photography, postaday, roads, scotland, single track | 27 Comments

Self Reflection

Posted on March 23, 2014 by greenmackenzie

Self reflection is a beautiful gift which can help to ground us in our own reality. By pausing and wondering for just long enough our minds can become beautifully smooth, like the surface of a perfectly still pool, and we … Continue reading →

Posted in art, change, mindfulness, nature photo, philosophy, photos, relaxation, spiritual, weekly photo challenge | Tagged art, mindfulness, mirror, nature, photography, postaday, self-reflection, spiritual, swan | 56 Comments

Springs Inside Story

Posted on March 17, 2014 by greenmackenzie

Her energy has been building, a deep pulse of life and colour, throbbing just below the surface. Contained by the old cracked, black and white skin of winter, she has been growing in hidden waves. Gathering colours and shapes for … Continue reading →

Posted in art, change, elemental, green walks, mindfulness, nature photo, photos, weekly photo challenge | Tagged change, earth, elemental, flowers, magic, nature, photography, postaday, spring | 54 Comments

Tree Clouds

Posted on March 8, 2014 by greenmackenzie

Clouds whisper thoughts And leaves whisper dreams On the edges almost everything is possible The lip of water meets the limit of sky And all we have ever imagined is birthed through kisses into life. A cloud of leaves and … Continue reading →

Posted in art, elemental, mindfulness, nature photo, photos, poem, relaxation, verse, weekly photo challenge | Tagged art, elemental, mindfulness, nature, photography, poetry, postaday, trees, verse | 39 Comments

Abandoned Castle

Posted on March 3, 2014 by greenmackenzie

High on the Northumbrian coast sits this abandoned Medieval castle, its stone crumbling slowly back into the earth from which it was pulled. Built by the Kings cousin, one of the wealthiest men in the country, it was never inhabited … Continue reading →