Tag Archives: change

Winters Grip – Cailleach Bhearra

Posted on January 27, 2013 by greenmackenzie

The Cailleach’s icy grip holds the earth as firm as iron. Her cold blue skin reflects the chilly sky above, and her frozen blood is as hard as all the water across the earths face. She squeezes tight … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient history, Celtic, change, elemental, history, mythology, photos | Tagged Blue Hag, Cailleach Bhearra, Celtic, change, fairy tales, photography, scotland, scottish, snow, symbolism, winter, Winter myths | 7 Comments

Stone in Oceans Edge

Posted on January 12, 2013 by greenmackenzie

Here is the second of my elemental galleries. Click here to see the first: Stone on Earth These stones rest firmly, while the oceans tides swirl in and out in wild abandon. The wind and the moon can whip the … Continue reading →

Posted in change, elemental, mindfulness, philosophy, photos, spiritual | Tagged change, elmental, mindfulness, musings, nature, philosophy, photography, spiritual, symbolism | 12 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge – Resolve

Posted on January 5, 2013 by greenmackenzie

This year, as with every New Year, I resolve to try to live my life a little more fully. To stretch my wings a little more, and so grow into new areas. This year I hope my new camera will … Continue reading →

Posted in change, mindfulness, photos, spiritual, thoughts | Tagged change, life, mindfulness, philosophy, photography, postaday, resolutions, spiritual | 14 Comments

New Horizons: New Year

Posted on December 31, 2012 by greenmackenzie

We have just walked beneath the reddening sky of this years last sunset. It was deep red, as though the sky was bleeding as the sun sank westwards. As we prepare to celebrate the incoming New Year Scottish style, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in friends, history, mindfulness, poem, thoughts | Tagged auld land syne, change, life, mindfulness, new year, photo, poetry, scotland, spiritual | 9 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge – my 2012 in pictures

Posted on December 29, 2012 by greenmackenzie

The weekly photo challenge to end this year is to make a tiled gallery of pictures illustrating my 2012 in photos. This is quite a challenge as I have only been writing this blog since August this year, so I … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, Edinburgh, photos, weekly photo challenge | Tagged change, life, nature, philosophy, photography, postaday, scotland, spiritual | 25 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Changing Seasons

Posted on December 8, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Here in Scotland, the season is turning and Winter is unrolling her cloak across the land. The trees are bare now, stripped of their summer clothes, and the only green is from the evergreens which will endure all winter. There’s … Continue reading →

Posted in mindfulness, photos, weekly photo challenge | Tagged change, frost, nature, outdoors, photography, postaday, scotland, walking, winter | 25 Comments

Autumns last fling: just before the storm

Posted on November 20, 2012 by greenmackenzie

I took these photos while out on a dog walk on Sunday. It was a beautiful sunny autumn day, and the trees were hanging onto their last modesty covering of leaves. On Sunday evening the wind whipped up and a … Continue reading →

Posted in change, Edinburgh, mindfulness, nature photo, philosophy, photos | Tagged Autumn, change, fallen leaves, mindful walk | 2 Comments

Junk Friends: Bad for your Health

Posted on October 14, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Perhaps junk friends are as bad for your health as junk food.They can cause emotional distress and blockages, which are just as dangerous to your health as artery blocking cholesterol and fatty foods. Yet they carry no Government health warning. … Continue reading →

Posted in change, friends, philosophy, stuckness, thoughts | Tagged cancer, change, Epictetus, friendship, friendships, good friends, greek philosopher, growth, junk firends, life, loneliness, love, philosophy, postaday, quote, resilience, spiritual | 4 Comments

Wild Goose Chase, a Cautionary Tale

Posted on October 9, 2012 by greenmackenzie

The geese flew over this morning, honking their way South across a crystal blue sky. On the ground, plants were laced with frost, shimmering in the early morning light. The air was filled with the familiar and intimate sound of … Continue reading →

Posted in green walks, mindfulness, nature photo, philosophy, photos, poem, spiritual, thoughts | Tagged change, geese, goose, life, migration, mindfulness, nature, outdoors, philosophy, photo, photography, poem, poetry, Rachel Field, scotland, scottish, something told the wild geese, spiritual, sunset, wild geese, wild goose tale | 2 Comments

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 →