Head in old stone wall, Galloway Forest park, Scotland. Something different this week – the human element in the landscape. This is part of “art in the forest” in Galloway Forest Park. The poignancy of the expression really touched me. “We sound the inner landscape, the songlines of our meridians, revealing our true inner health, […]
Wood Anenome, Strathspey, Scotland. Wood Anenome photographed this week in evening light – carpeting the floor of the birch wood. These are the famed “wooden enemies” that lurk in the woods in children’s imagination. “The Temple bell stops, but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.” – Basho, Japanese poet, 1644-1694.
4 Lochans Lookout, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms, Scotland. More spring sunshine with the snow pouring off the hills. This is a favourite spot, with an easy walk to the lookout rock, and nature trails across the bog below. Let Nature call you – through the sound of the wind, sunlight filtering through leaves, the shape of the […]
Willow Catkins A week of spring sunshine (with sharp, cold air at times), and this tree has been glowing yellow all week – just 100 metres from my window. Spring comes… the annual promise of renewal and growth. So it is with the tide of humanity, new shoots, at first un-noticed, then a gathering bloom. […]
Spring melt after snow, The Bogach, Strathspey, Scotland After last week’s snow, this week brought fabulous spring warmth. This area acts like a natural sponge, soaking up the meltwater, and I loved the sparkle of sunshine with the reeds and trees in the evening light. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire Universe, […]
March snow, Monadliath mountains, Scotland. We had fantastic skiing this week, with the first “proper” snowfall of the winter. Within the week its gone and we have the first days of beautiful spring sunshine. “Are you searching for your soul? Then come out of your prison. Leave the stream and join the river that flows […]
Beech tree, River Findhorn gorge, Scotland. The Findhorn rises in the Monadliath mountains near to my home, and enters an impressive gorge. “… the very process of restoring the land to health is the process through which we become attuned to Nature and, through Nature, to ourselves. Restoration, therefore, is both the means and the […]
Melting snow cascade catching the light, Monadliath mountains, Scotland. “… Going with the flow – releasing all concern and tension and allowing the natural order of life flow through one’s being.” According to the book of Chuang-tzu, an old man is seen by some followers of Confucious swimming in a raging torrent; suddenly, he disappears. […]
Winter evening, Loch Mallachie, Strathspey, Scotland “Relating to the sacred brings us to the deepest sense of ourselves, to what is sacred in us… that which recognises the sacred is the sacred inside.” – Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Tibetan Bon master, in his book “Healing with Form, Energy and Light”
Birch shadows on frozen lochan, Highlands, Scotland. Like the trees, we see only the reflection of our true selves. Like the trees, the light is always in our crown. Look and you will see the shadows cast by YOUR greatness! ~ Neil
