First of all, apologies for the missing week. Sometimes, stuff happens… Happy Easter! Given that we had raging blizzards and two feet of snow during the week, I still can’t be very confident that it is actually Spring. As I write this the snow is melting, the rain has cleared, and the evening sun is […]
Echinacea. I love the warmth and light radiating from this flower – especially on a grey day like today! Today the wind is blowing a misty rain across my window. Yesterday though was the perfect September day, blue sky, leaves starting to turn, marigolds, sunflowers and michaelmas daisies in my garden. Tomorrow? “A thought is […]
Lily Colour Therapy In lieu of summer sunshine, here’s the glowing colour of some lily detail, with added raindrop… “Life and living according to the tribe is in movement, advancement, and change. They spoke about alive and nonalive time. People are nonliving when angry, depressed, feeling sorry for themselves, or filled with fear. Breathing doesn’t […]
At Lochan Mor (otherwise known as The Lily Loch), Rothiemurchus, Strathspey. The water lilies are out again – it seems a little early. Once again the photographer ventured in as far as he could – water and fancy lenses don’t mix too well! The lilies like to be in about 1 metre deep. Photographically speaking, […]
Crocus bud – Dydd G?yl Dewi Sant – Saint David’s Day Spring is definitely doing its thing. The ice has gone from the pond where it has been since December, with two pairs of Mallard taking up residence. On one day during the week, toads were everywhere on the path. The first crocus in my […]
Snowdrop Snowdrops in my garden were in flower underneath all the snow over the last week, but it wasn’t until today that (briefly) they had any sunshine on them. For the gardeners amongst you, the Ground Elder has popped its first shoots, full of life… “If you have arrived at the point were you can […]
Echinacea. Despite the overcast conditions for most of this week, these Echinacea were just glowing from within. “If we are interdependent with everything and everyone, even our smallest, least significant thought, word and action have real consequences throughout the universe. Throw a pebble into a pond. It sends a shiver across the surface of the […]
Silver Daisy. There was a brief lull in this week’s rain, during which the sun briefly came out. I loved the silvery effect and the texture of the raindrops on this daisy. The individual florets in the head of a daisy grow in two spirals extending out from the center. The clockwise spiral has 21 […]
Peony Blossom ‘When I was a student, my first meditation teacher gave me some practical advice. He began by asking me the first thing I did after getting up in the morning. “I go to the bathroom,” I said. “Good,” he said. “Now, every morning, I want you to look in that mirror and smile […]
Bee on Rhododendron. Lots of colour this week – our daffodils are fully out, tulips about to flower, King’s Cup flowering along the riverbank, Wood Anenomes finally out in the woods… it most definitely is spring! This rhododendron in my garden was all sparkly after the previous day’s rain. ” Let the beauty you love […]
Frost Flowers. Frost-encrusted mosses, catching a glint of sun. Each spike of moss had grown a crystal of ice, with further ice crystals growing from these. “At the one extreme, we think we’re not good enough to testify for a better world. At the other, we fear going crazy, screwing up, failing, being crucified or […]
Early morning Honeysuckle. I awoke early one day this week to completely blue sky and brilliant early sun. A ray of sun was catching this honeysuckle flower, against dark shady foliage. More flowers! I’ll try and have something different for you next week… “Perhaps, For just one minute out of the day, It may be […]
