Meadow flowers and grasses. At the water’s edge at the Lily Loch, the water sparkling though the grasses. Its been another October-ish week for us, but with some brighter days. For 5 minutes today it even felt like August! Every time you grow, you change. In most people, each change brings out resistance. There is […]
Ottertail river and the icefields of Mount Goodsir gleaming in the distance, Canadian Rockies. One scanned in from the archives this week, from a six-week trek in the Rockies, some years back! I love the light beams and the hazy distance here. I remember the chatty raven putting on an aerobatics display around me as […]
Water Lilies, in evening light. Back to the place of water-lilies, with a rare glint of sun! I liked the coppery, metallic look of the texture here, with the low evening light. Recognising ourselves: “A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognise it?” […]
Avenue of giant Redwoods, Benmore Botanic garden, Argyll. A rainy afternoon in Argyll, with mist wreathed around the forests and hills, but beautiful energies from the amazing trees. “We can approach our tasks in life with gnashing teeth or a playful flair. And the more serious the matter is, the more the lightness of humour […]
Late evening – the last sun on Cairngorm, with a dramatic sky. On life’s choices: “Whenever I have to choose between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven’t tried before…” – Mae West.
