Tag Archives: nature

Winters last bite

Posted on March 12, 2013 by greenmackenzie

Winter swirled back with a desperate last bite, and flung snow and ice with unending fury. We are smothered again in her white cloak, colour and life bleached from sight. Most peopled groaned and sighed “not again”, but all I … Continue reading →

Posted in change, mindfulness, philosophy, photos, stuckness | Tagged change, growth, life, mindfulness, musings, nature, photography, relaxation, spiritual | 42 Comments

Lost in the Woods

Posted on March 2, 2013 by greenmackenzie

Will I stick to the well worn path, pressed into creation by the passage of thousands of feet before me? If I listen to my mother and all the wisdom of those who have lived long, I will. If I … Continue reading →

Posted in change, mindfulness, photos, spiritual, stuckness, weekly photo challenge | Tagged change, life, mindfulness, nature, photography, postaday, spiritual, symbolism, trees | 48 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge – Forward

Posted on February 23, 2013 by greenmackenzie

We drove down this track last weekend, to visit the secluded beach of Seacliff, in East Lothian. We took several wrong turnings, and got hopelessly lost several times before rounding the corner to this view. The Bass Rock gleaming in … Continue reading →

Posted in change, nature photo, philosophy, photos, spiritual, weekly photo challenge | Tagged change, life, lost, nature, philosophy, photography, postaday, spiritual, uncertainty | 50 Comments

Process as a Russian Doll

Posted on February 19, 2013 by greenmackenzie

Deep in the oak woods, something stirs. Tiny creaks and crackles fill the spaces between the air with gossamer wisps of sound.The sap hidden beneath the crusty crackled skin of bark begins its upwards journey towards the wooden finger tips … Continue reading →

Posted in art, change, mindfulness, nature photo, photos, spiritual | Tagged change, life, life and death, mindfulness, nature, photography, postaday, spiritual, symbolism, trees | 101 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge – Home

Posted on February 9, 2013 by greenmackenzie

This oak tree grows in a very old woodland beside my home. The wood is home to a family of old gnarled oak trees some of which date back to the 14th century. The woodland pasture is thought to have … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient sites, green walks, history, mindfulness, photos, weekly photo challenge | Tagged ancient Lothian, mindfulness, nature, oak, photography, postaday, scotland, spiritual, tree | 37 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge – Love

Posted on January 26, 2013 by greenmackenzie

The weekly photo challenge is Love this week, so here are a couple of love photos. I love the closeness and affection between these birds, and apparently swans mate for life – true love. This was taken in Holyrood Park, … Continue reading →

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Snow upon snow

Posted on January 22, 2013 by greenmackenzie

This week Skinnywench set weather as her word a week photo challenge. Initially I thought I had no photos of weather, but then I remembered that snow counts as weather, and another of my elemental galleries was snow on snow, … Continue reading →

Posted in elemental, philosophy, photos, spiritual, weekly photo challenge | Tagged a word a week photo challenge, life, musings, nature, outdoors, photography, scotland, snow, spiritual | 22 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge – Beyond

Posted on January 19, 2013 by greenmackenzie

This weeks photo challenge ‘beyond’ asks us to look beyond the obvious focus. It’s amazing how much we can miss when our attention is caught on the nearest thing to us. Often the most interesting things lie just beyond our … Continue reading →

Posted in mindfulness, photos, weekly photo challenge | Tagged Beyond, mindfulness, nature, outdoors, Phone Box, photography, postaday, scotland | 41 Comments

Round and Round

Posted on January 15, 2013 by greenmackenzie

Here is my Gallery of roundness inspired by a word a week photo challenge-round Once I started looking I found roundness everywhere, and I discovered that I definitely prefer curves to lines. They flow and just seem softer and easier … Continue reading →

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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 →