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The Heart of Winter

Posted on March 27, 2014 by greenmackenzie

We travelled North and West a few days ago, heading right through the heart of the Cairngorms, the high cold heart of Scotland. Here the Blue Hag of Winter has her home, and here she makes her last stand against … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Sun Burst

Posted on March 20, 2014 by greenmackenzie

Infinite light pours Bursts of nuclear power Drunk by cotton clouds

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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 →

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Lifting mist

Posted on March 16, 2014 by greenmackenzie

Obscuring mist lifts Gathered by warmth into clouds Leaving gaps for light

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Mysterious Fidra

Posted on March 14, 2014 by greenmackenzie

Sitting, in the impossibly romantic rise and fall of the tidal waters of the Firth of Forth, is a small chain of rocky islands. Easily seen, but hard to reach, each evokes its own mystery and tales from times long … Continue reading →

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Tissue Paper Dreams

Posted on March 10, 2014 by greenmackenzie

Winter light shines through Last years tissue paper dreams Revealing the holes

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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 →

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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 →

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Spring Blades

Posted on February 27, 2014 by greenmackenzie

From deep in the cold dark earth, soft petal blades stir, cutting their path through the skin of soil. Soft as silk and sharp as thorns their colour lights the dark somber beds of late winter. Called into the light … Continue reading →

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