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Twinkle Twinkle little Star
Our beautiful little winter sun, glitters and sparkles as it peeps over the horizon for a few hours a day. From where we stand in the northern hemisphere, the central star of our lives has dimmed and weakened so much … Continue reading
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Tagged landscape, lens flare, magic, mythology, nature, photography, postaday, solstice, sunlight, twinkle, winter
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The Suns Cloak
The suns golden cloak, Hanging in winter branches. Soon she will return.
Posted in art, elemental, mindfulness, nature photo, photos, poem, relaxation, verse
Tagged Haiku, mindfulness, nature, photography, poetry, shadows, sunlight, winter
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Travel Theme: Foliage
Here is my offering for the Travel Theme Challenge: Foliage These were taken last Autumn in the Birks of Aberfeldy, in Perthshire, Scotland. This is such a stunning ancient beech forest, that it has inspired lots of poets, writers and … Continue reading
Posted in ancient history, ancient sites, green walks, history, mindfulness, nature photo, philosophy, photos, poem, verse, weekly photo challenge
Tagged autumn colours, Birks of Aberfeldy, life, light, mindfulness, nature, outdoors, Perthshire, perthshire scotland, philosophy, photo, poem, poetry, postaday, Robert Burns, scotland, scots pines, scots poem, scottish, spiritual, sunlight, travel, tree, vacation, walk, walking
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Thistle Release – perfect timing
Yesterday we walked a remote hill in the Scottish Borders, passing Neolithic Copper mines, and a 2,000 year old broch, as we followed the course of an ancient dark river. This field of thistles was lit by the low early … Continue reading
Posted in green walks, mindfulness, nature photo, philosophy, photos, relaxation, spiritual, verse
Tagged change, life, light, mindfulness, nature, photo, photography, plants, poem, poetry, relaxation, release, scotland, scottish, seasons, seeds, sunlight, thistle field, thistles, verse, walk, walking
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Edge of the Day
I walked this evening towards the setting sun, and it’s soft apricot light which filled the sky and made my heart ache with an unknown longing. It was as though I could feel the earth turning beneath my feet, and … Continue reading
Posted in green walks, nature photo, poem
Tagged dark, light, mindfulness, nature, night, photo, Plockton, poem, poetry, postaday, relaxation, Rosshire, scotland, scottish, sunlight, sunset, walk
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Wake up and spot your pearl…..
Wake up and spot your pearl…… Today I found myself talking to someone who is going to die soon. A mother of young children, wife and scholl teacher…but she has run out of treatment options for her cancer. It left … Continue reading
Posted in mindfulness, nature photo, photos, poem
Tagged dew drops, garden, life, life and death, mindfulness, mortality, nature, photo, poem, sunlight
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Cloud watching
So this morning I sailed into the Gym for my usual yoga class, only to be told it had been cancelled, very last-minute, for gymnastics…..I was so stunned…it was fairly early in the morning….that I didn’t ask any questions. As … Continue reading
Posted in art, Edinburgh, mindfulness, nature photo, photos, relaxation, travel
Tagged art, art exhibition, clouds, Edinburgh, mindfulness, nature, painting, photo, relaxation, scotland, scottish colourists, sunlight, things to do in Edinburgh, yoga
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Sacred Well
We came across this sacred well on a trip to Applecross, in Rosshire. It was a beautiful sunlit day, with a soft breeze stirring the grass and the waves. Swifts were swooping through the sky doing bombing runs for insects … Continue reading
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Tagged Applecross, bealach nam bo, hunter gatherers, light, nature, Rosshire, sacred, scotland, St Maelrubha, sunlight, travel, vacation, wells
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