The seasons and their perfect timings inspire me. The letting go, the slow decent into rest and hibernation, the gentle awakening giving rise to new growth and the productive, fruit bearing seasons. All have their place and each supports the next. We live at a time where round the clock productivity is often expected and we can loose our connection to our rhythm and cycles. To allow it all, the rise and fall, the wax and wane. Pause, stop, begin again!
A blue sky with gentle gauzy clouds is especially beautiful to me.
I wonder how it can it be so beautiful, yet ever changing.
Always above us, calming, and expansive.
I also love small scattered clouds, bursting out from a single point,
or floating together until they drift apart.
Truly art above us.
I’m inspired by the beauty of the sky
and try to include it in all my nature photographs.
The sky is always there, yet ever changing.
I look forward to seeing it everyday.
All aspects! Since I was a child I have always loved the outdoors and exploring. My parents told me when I was 5 yrs old I went outside in the early morning after a huge snow storm. I needed to be rescued by our neighbors because i fell in a snow bank on the side of the house. I would also find turtles or baby birds and bring them home.
I too,
dear Robin Ann,
used to bring home baby birds . . .
my brother brought home a baby squirrel once.
My mother would set up the drying rack in the kitchen
where there was a nice, big window
and the birds would perch there
until they could fly.
My brother’s squirrel lived with us
until he was grown enough to take to an animal refuge.
Thank you for reminding me. ♥
Nature inspires me with it’s/her resilience, ability to accept change, take time to rest, use color and texture to create unique and inspiring masterpieces of art.
. . . how everything connects
and affects everything else.
Nothing acts independently,
but affects,
and is affected by the movement of one aspect.
I guess you would say,
“the butterfly effect”.
I find it incredibly beautiful,
and eternally mystifying.
I am in a state of deep awe and reverence for it . . .
it is beyond anything I can fully conceptualize
in my little pea brain.
This also makes me think of the bone song . . .
“Toe bone connected to the foot bone
Foot bone connected to the heel bone
Heel bone connected to the ankle bone
Ankle bone connected to the leg bone
Leg bone connected to the knee bone . . .”
and on and on it goes.
A storm caused by conditions in the atmosphere,
causes flooding,
which kills the crops,
which invites pestilence,
which causes . . .
I love this image in my mind
of a great sphere that turns on an axis,
and as it spins,
other parts spin around it,
and in and out of it,
all with precision,
and perfect coordination . . .
a machine like a mad scientist would make
in either ‘Dr. Who’ or the 1930’s.
To the untrained eye,
it might look like chaos,
but there is,
I believe,
a natural order of things . . .
things that might seem like anomalies
or unexpected occurrences
all have a reason . . .
all have a purpose.
What we see as tragedies, sorrow, destruction
all occur
from a previously set trigger.
They are all meant to preserve balance.
Our little tiny planet
is riddled with wars,
violent weather and pestilence . . .
I think that Mother Nature
is trying to restore balance and health,
and so it is inevitable that there will be some pain.
It might not seem good for us,
but it happens
for the good of the planet.
All aspects of nature can inspire, truly. Tides, seeds, wind, clouds, sun and moon, light of stars, animals, hibernation (which is amazing and I think humans need something like that in our lives to rest and restore), birds, mosses, metamorphic rock, petrichor, scents and tastes, sights and sounds and sensations, DNA, how my own body works, how it heals and adapts. All of this and so much more.
I think,
dear Barb,
that the list is endless.
Thank you
for introducing me to the term,
‘petrichor’
and the journey I just took online
to find its meaning. 🙂
For me, the question is “what doesn’t inspire awe?” I love all aspects of nature, from slime mold to the sunset from “Monkey Face” in Highlands, NC. I am amazed by the golden mean spiral in a sunflower and by my cat, Oreo’s, fluffy tummy. I enjoyed the smell of the farm I walked by yesterday and the pink snow of cherry blossoms on the ground. I can wait for this evening’s walk.
Carol, there’s a meditation exercise on the Soothing Pod App called “Inner Seasons.” Winter is reflection. Growth happens in spring. Summer is fun. Fall represents letting go.
I am inspired and in awe of all of Mother Nature.
I especially love love the big trees, the Almighty Redwoods in particular. I love all phases of the moon. The Pink Moon is full tomorrow.
I love Mother Nature, she comforts & nurtures my soul. ✨
Happy Friday All.
🕊️&🩵
Water ! After I taught yoga today I got to go swim laps ! I’m so grateful for water it makes my life so happy and joyful! Then there is the sun! What would we do without the sun? I love you mother nature! 🌻🙏
I’m inspired by the resilience of the grass outside the windows. Thick snow covers it, yet as spring approaches, the grass appears green and vibrant as if it never slept.
All of them 🙂
From the cosmos to the pretty little yellow weeds growing in random spots.
Watching the birds interact with each other. The determination of some Carolina wrens making a nest in our canopy, which is not the best spot as there is no true base… yet they keep trying.
The plants I have that survived two moves in less than a year, particularly a Japanese hibiscus that my sweet aunt gave me a few years ago. I wasn’t sure if it was going to make it, but as it finally got warm enough to put everything on our patio, there are gorgeous new leaves on top of it.
A heavy rain yesterday that gratefully washed away pollen (for now!), stopped before yoga class ended yesterday evening, and offered up a beautiful full rainbow as I came out of the complex where the studio is.
Nature just keeps nature-ing. It’s a beautiful thing to witness and offers up so much hope.
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The seasons and their perfect timings inspire me. The letting go, the slow decent into rest and hibernation, the gentle awakening giving rise to new growth and the productive, fruit bearing seasons. All have their place and each supports the next. We live at a time where round the clock productivity is often expected and we can loose our connection to our rhythm and cycles. To allow it all, the rise and fall, the wax and wane. Pause, stop, begin again!
Oh my,
dear Jennifer,
you are so right . . .
we need to respect and honor the cycles
to be healthy in our souls. ♥
A blue sky with gentle gauzy clouds is especially beautiful to me.
I wonder how it can it be so beautiful, yet ever changing.
Always above us, calming, and expansive.
I also love small scattered clouds, bursting out from a single point,
or floating together until they drift apart.
Truly art above us.
I’m inspired by the beauty of the sky
and try to include it in all my nature photographs.
The sky is always there, yet ever changing.
I look forward to seeing it everyday.
I’m a sky gazer, too. I love everything about it.
All aspects! Since I was a child I have always loved the outdoors and exploring. My parents told me when I was 5 yrs old I went outside in the early morning after a huge snow storm. I needed to be rescued by our neighbors because i fell in a snow bank on the side of the house. I would also find turtles or baby birds and bring them home.
I too,
dear Robin Ann,
used to bring home baby birds . . .
my brother brought home a baby squirrel once.
My mother would set up the drying rack in the kitchen
where there was a nice, big window
and the birds would perch there
until they could fly.
My brother’s squirrel lived with us
until he was grown enough to take to an animal refuge.
Thank you for reminding me. ♥
Love this!
Nature inspires me with it’s/her resilience, ability to accept change, take time to rest, use color and texture to create unique and inspiring masterpieces of art.
They have adjusted to our abuse,
dear Deann . . .
I just hope
that they can survive the future . . . ♥
What aspects of nature inspire me?
. . . how everything connects
and affects everything else.
Nothing acts independently,
but affects,
and is affected by the movement of one aspect.
I guess you would say,
“the butterfly effect”.
I find it incredibly beautiful,
and eternally mystifying.
I am in a state of deep awe and reverence for it . . .
it is beyond anything I can fully conceptualize
in my little pea brain.
This also makes me think of the bone song . . .
“Toe bone connected to the foot bone
Foot bone connected to the heel bone
Heel bone connected to the ankle bone
Ankle bone connected to the leg bone
Leg bone connected to the knee bone . . .”
and on and on it goes.
A storm caused by conditions in the atmosphere,
causes flooding,
which kills the crops,
which invites pestilence,
which causes . . .
I love this image in my mind
of a great sphere that turns on an axis,
and as it spins,
other parts spin around it,
and in and out of it,
all with precision,
and perfect coordination . . .
a machine like a mad scientist would make
in either ‘Dr. Who’ or the 1930’s.
To the untrained eye,
it might look like chaos,
but there is,
I believe,
a natural order of things . . .
things that might seem like anomalies
or unexpected occurrences
all have a reason . . .
all have a purpose.
What we see as tragedies, sorrow, destruction
all occur
from a previously set trigger.
They are all meant to preserve balance.
Our little tiny planet
is riddled with wars,
violent weather and pestilence . . .
I think that Mother Nature
is trying to restore balance and health,
and so it is inevitable that there will be some pain.
It might not seem good for us,
but it happens
for the good of the planet.
Did I go on too long?
Did I get carried away?
La pestilencia seems to strike now and then. Can not have warmth without the insects, the good pollinators and the dastardly biting ones!
They are all here for a reason,
aren’t they,
dear Joseph? ♥
All aspects of nature can inspire, truly. Tides, seeds, wind, clouds, sun and moon, light of stars, animals, hibernation (which is amazing and I think humans need something like that in our lives to rest and restore), birds, mosses, metamorphic rock, petrichor, scents and tastes, sights and sounds and sensations, DNA, how my own body works, how it heals and adapts. All of this and so much more.
I think,
dear Barb,
that the list is endless.
Thank you
for introducing me to the term,
‘petrichor’
and the journey I just took online
to find its meaning. 🙂
For me, the question is “what doesn’t inspire awe?” I love all aspects of nature, from slime mold to the sunset from “Monkey Face” in Highlands, NC. I am amazed by the golden mean spiral in a sunflower and by my cat, Oreo’s, fluffy tummy. I enjoyed the smell of the farm I walked by yesterday and the pink snow of cherry blossoms on the ground. I can wait for this evening’s walk.
Absolutely!
It’s no wonder we need to spend time in nature
Yes! “What doesn’t inspire awe?”
Our lives cycle just like the seasons.
Carol, there’s a meditation exercise on the Soothing Pod App called “Inner Seasons.” Winter is reflection. Growth happens in spring. Summer is fun. Fall represents letting go.
Love this, Loc!
All of Nature
is a symphony of Life,
isn’t it,
dear Carol?
I am inspired and in awe of all of Mother Nature.
I especially love love the big trees, the Almighty Redwoods in particular. I love all phases of the moon. The Pink Moon is full tomorrow.
I love Mother Nature, she comforts & nurtures my soul. ✨
Happy Friday All.
🕊️&🩵
Green buds on trees. Something that appeared dead coming to life anew.
Water ! After I taught yoga today I got to go swim laps ! I’m so grateful for water it makes my life so happy and joyful! Then there is the sun! What would we do without the sun? I love you mother nature! 🌻🙏
How plants grow from tiny seeds
It’s rhythm.
How the birds and butterflies fly in wind.
How animals find food sources.
I’m inspired by the resilience of the grass outside the windows. Thick snow covers it, yet as spring approaches, the grass appears green and vibrant as if it never slept.
My Ngoc, we’ll probably have more after some rainy days ahead.
All of them 🙂
From the cosmos to the pretty little yellow weeds growing in random spots.
Watching the birds interact with each other. The determination of some Carolina wrens making a nest in our canopy, which is not the best spot as there is no true base… yet they keep trying.
The plants I have that survived two moves in less than a year, particularly a Japanese hibiscus that my sweet aunt gave me a few years ago. I wasn’t sure if it was going to make it, but as it finally got warm enough to put everything on our patio, there are gorgeous new leaves on top of it.
A heavy rain yesterday that gratefully washed away pollen (for now!), stopped before yoga class ended yesterday evening, and offered up a beautiful full rainbow as I came out of the complex where the studio is.
Nature just keeps nature-ing. It’s a beautiful thing to witness and offers up so much hope.
Yes, yes and yes, SunnyPatti!
Human nature