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 […]
Ice refraction, Loch Garten, Strathspey. Christmas day – loch Garten had totally frozen during the previous week of low temperatures. A slight thaw created all manner of shapes with the wind pushing ice up, which then refroze as the cold returned. The sounds were amazing as the surface boomed and creaked under the pressure from […]
Frozen mushroom in moss. In the woods this week – a decent frost on the leaves and mosses, when I spotted this bright mushroom, completely iced over after the previous night’s rain. Suitably “festive” colours? “In the traditional shamanic cultures, healing bears little relationship to the remission of physical symptoms. It refers, rather, to becoming […]
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
