• grass,  haiku,  landscape,  natural areas,  Pineridge Natural Area,  Plants,  sunrises,  writing/reading

    Something so simple

    cloudless predawn sky
    silhouetted needlegrass
    something so simple

    mws

    This image is from Pineridge Natural Area a few days ago. I went for the predawn meditation, to empty my monkey mind and allow nature to fill me with that sense of awe. It’s always a great way to start my day. I was entertained by a half dozen bats demonstrating their aerial acrobatics, silhouetted against the sky. Then I noticed this solitary needlegrass silhouetted against the orange and blue horizon dancing in the light breeze. Grabbed my camera since I had it with me. Something so simple. Have a great Friday!

  • clouds,  haiku,  landscape,  natural areas,  Pineridge Natural Area,  reflections,  sunrises,  writing/reading

    Simple two notes

    two simple notes
    drifting over the meadow
    a chickadee sings

    ms

    Much like the snowflake, every morning sunrise is different. It seems to me that no two morning sunrises will ever be experienced the same. Each new dawn Nature provides a new canvas and uses every tool at her disposal in her creative task. Using the wind, temperature, light, the chickadees song, cloud shapes and patterns, maybe even knowing my intention and attitude that morning, she continuously offers an experience. We never know what she will offer. Maybe that mystery alone is what draws me out here.

  • Avian,  quotes

    The Experience of This Moment

    Red-winged blackbird and Yellow-headed blackbird

    I want the experience of being alive in this moment, and I want to know I am having it. The breeze on my skin. Air moving in and out of my lungs. Light in the trees. The songs of birds. A human touch, skin to skin. I want these things because I know now, after more than a half century of living, that in these simple, ordinary moment-to-moments, the Sacred comes out to play. It is in the air, the light, and the song that heaven makes a home. To have the experience of this moment, and to know I’m having it, is to be alive with the One who made the moment.

    Margaret D. McGee

    At this time in my life I find I enjoy the multitude of moments life offers, and even look for them. Where in my youth I overlooked them, never knowing that I was missing out on some of the best parts of this life. I sat at Reservoir Ridge Natural Area yesterday afternoon/evening where I was able to experience the breeze on my skin and applaud the song birds. And, as she states, I want to be alive, knowing I’m also in the presence of the One who made the moment. Don’t wanna miss them!

  • Cityscapes/Urban,  Documentary/Street,  lifestyles,  quotes

    A Touch of Blue

    A Touch of Blue
    A Touch of Blue

    Part of what photography does so well is to dispense with preconceived notions, reeducate, and reshape one’s thinking and attitudes about places and things–even history.Len Jenshel

    I agree with his quote as I feel photography has reeducated and reshaped my thinking. As long as I am looking I will see images. As long as I have a camera with me I will have the opportunity to go home with an image.

  • Art/Design,  Cityscapes/Urban,  quotes

    Simplicity

    No Bicycles
    No Bicycles

    “You don’t choose your life; it chooses you. There’s no point in asking why life has reserved certain joys or griefs, you just accept them and carry on. We can’t choose our lives, but we can decide what to do with the joys and griefs we’re given.”  — Paul Coelho

  • Art,  Canon Powershot G12,  quotes

    Simplify

    The Chair

    “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.”

    Hans Hofmann

    I begin another trip tomorrow morning then when I get back I intend to visit my parents for a few days in Phoenix. I talked to dad and he said it will probably start cooling off about the time I get there with highs around 106 degrees. While out here yesterday felt and looked like fall with a high of only 80 degrees then some good old thunderstorms and hail on the afternoon. Good grief, what am I thinking? Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!