Tag Archives: nature

New Year Hopes and Fears

Posted on January 7, 2020 by greenmackenzie

Posted in celtic prayer, elemental, mindfulness, nature photo, new year, philosophy, spiritual, thoughts | Tagged change, Highlands, life, mindfulness, nature, photography, scotland, sunset, symbolism, winter | 38 Comments

Brides Snowdrops

Posted on March 11, 2017 by greenmackenzie

Walk with me through the bare woods as winter retreats into the earth. As the frost seeps away into the deep earth, the ground beneath our feet is warming, and stirring with new life. Let’s linger a while in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Celtic, mythology, nature photo | Tagged bride, druid, flowers, magic, nature, photography, Scottish Goddess, snowdrops, spring, woodland | 29 Comments

The Goddess of Winter Mist

Posted on January 22, 2017 by greenmackenzie

Winter was doing her best to cloak the growing light of the sun. She threw a shroud of freezing mist across the sky, to try to gather away all of the light and the warmth, and she almost succeeded. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Celtic, mythology, nature photo | Tagged Celtic, goddess, landscape, magic, mist, myth, nature, photography, scotland, sun, winter | 65 Comments

Winters Weary Light

Posted on January 12, 2017 by greenmackenzie

Winters weary sun Rolls over earths frozen hills Leaking cold sharp shafts

Posted in elemental, nature photo, poem | Tagged earth, Haiku, nature, photography, poetry, scotland, snow, sun, winter | 25 Comments

Summer Mist

Posted on August 1, 2016 by greenmackenzie

Summer in the land of mist leaves veils scattered carelessly across the landscape. Whole mountain ranges and islands can be swept in and out of view in moments, as the mist drifts through, trailing mystery in her wake. Some days … Continue reading →

Posted in elemental, nature photo, spiritual | Tagged haunted, Highlands, landscape, magic, mindfulness, mist, mountains, mystery, nature, photography, scotland, summer | 29 Comments

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 →