Trees…Nature’s silent witness testifying to the heavens on the power of perseverance.
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Private Reflection – The Branch – A poem
Oh… to be as content As a bird finding a place to land its feet. Trusting the branch for support, until it is time to take flight, into another beyond.
Weekend Meditation – “Sunset sky”
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” – Rabindranath Tagore
Nature’s Camouflage – A poem
A fluffy orb of almost white tumbles past the window. A rabbit materializes on the pale snow. Movements too fast for eyes to meet, nor to see its fleeting feet. But, for a second, it stops – Takes several silent hops. Then, in a mesmerizing feat of momentary artifice, Nature camouflages that supersized bunny, asContinue reading “Nature’s Camouflage – A poem”
Private Reflection – “Trees are sanctuaries”
“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.” ― Herman Hesse
Monday Reflection: “Looking deeply into nature…”
“When we look at a tree… We see how it appears to us on the surface, and we dismiss it as being just another form in the Universe. We fail to realize that the tree is connected to the Universe on every level; that all of nature is expressing itself through that single form. ThereContinue reading “Monday Reflection: “Looking deeply into nature…””
Wonders of nature
The Rainbow Eucalyptus tree
When water falls…
“When water falls, it flies.”― Anthony T. Hincks
Magical timing and qualities of Nature
Giant Himalayan lily, grows for 5 to 7 years and then blooms Agave Americana (Century plant), takes 10 years to bloom Kurinji or Neelakurinji plant of Munmar, Southwest India – blooms once every 12 years – last bloom was July 2018. [Photos: hillside of Neelakurinji, and closeup] Talipot Palm (grows in Asia, Hawaii) blooms onceContinue reading “Magical timing and qualities of Nature”
Nature along the way
I took some photos of nature in my travels to and from home. I was particularly delighted with the bunny rabbit (I think) that stopped for me to take his photo. I was greatly surprised that he did not run away. Nope. He sat there quite comfortable waiting for me to walk by (this isContinue reading “Nature along the way”