November 2023

 

Other recent phone shots

 

Phone comparison

 These photos I took last week on my new iPhone. Trying to decide if my Nikon does me better. 

Fall 2023

 Looking for a new place to post the photographs I took today, I came across this very old blog. It will house my new photos wonderfully. Today was the first day I've had my Nikon camera out is years. I'm debating over if I can actually take better photos with it or my new iPhone 15 pro max. Today I took my time remembering the feel in my hand and taking time to review the shots to see if I did indeed capture my intentions. I am pretty happy with these shots and will look at them in comparison to the shots I took with my phone at the same location last week. What remarkable days we are having for the beginning of November.

April Snow

It's been a long time since I've updated my page and I guess a long time since I've taken photographs. This weekend I attended Kim Eng's Presence through Motion class in Chicago. I have to say, ti did indeed help open the door to consciousness. I've felt open since so when I awoke to a gorgeous snowy morning I was excited to grab my camera once again and head for the woods.

Taking New Paths

I recently began a new class that enables me to begin a new path. I am hoping that it will bring me new tools to gain the insights that may be eluding me. 

Down in the River to Pray~

 This one focused on water, love the sparkles in the top left and the barely visible motion rings in the water.

 Looking up at the tree above me.

The last three mornings the song, "Down in the River to Pray" played repeatedly in my mind as I woke. It would play mostly in the morning but would return throughout the day becoming stronger and stronger each morning. It felt like a message, I knew I needed to take a walk down to the river.  While there I stood in the sunlight resting against a large textured tree with deep grooves in the bark, perfect for scratching the back of a bear. I let myself ground to the earth through this tree. As I stood there feeling the enormous power of the Earth in so many life forms around me, I focused on the sun dancing in the river around the shadows of the trees on the opposite bank. Looking up the tiny twigs sparkled as a squirrel ran across a tight rope of thin branches overhead. I stood there wondering what it was I was to pray for, what was I there to do besides enjoy Mother Nature at her finest? Not a person who has really ever prayed I was somewhat at a loss. So I stood in a meditative state just noticing.

It wasn't until this morning that I discovered that February 1st, yesterday, was the day that people were forming all over the world to pray for the Syrians. I was so disappointed to learn that instead of praying for the people on the planet that most needed it I was looking at my own life. Feeling regret that I missed it,  I hoped that some of my quiet meditative moments by the river were happening at the same time as this huge event. After all, what is prayer if not a focused meditation?? I remembered seeing the "pray for the Syrians" on a facebook post, but it wasn't something I latched on to, in fact, I barely let it register and didn't even take the time to read it until the recollection came back to me today. I am working to live a more conscious life and then I let a busy day get in the way and let something like this slip by me, it is disappointing. But, holding on to something I recently read, "humans are the only creatures on the planet that beat themselves up for things that happened years ago" I will let this go; take it for what it is, a lesson to keep the focus on others, beyond self and my little world to the larger picture..... thus, the larger picture :)

Alison Kraus video of the song:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eu85pZNoWY  some gorgeous shots here :)