Attraction

What treasures nature holds

for those who take the time to look.

What treasures each moment holds

for those who make the time to notice.

What treasures each life holds

for those who find attractions
in the moment
and live


 

                    
       



                                

Visual Impact

   It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest.  It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living

                                        ~David Attenborough~ 

Orange Stillness

       "If you cannot fine joy in peace in these very moments of stillness, then the future itself will only flow by as a river flows by, you will not be able to hold it back, you will be incapable of living the future when it has become present. Joy and peace are the joy and peace possible in this very hour of stillness. If you cannot find it here, you won't find it anywhere. Don't chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don't run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment. This is your own time. This spot where you are is your own spot. It is on this very spot and in this very moment that you can become enlightened. You don't have to sit beneath a special tree in a distant land.  Practice the stillness within in and in all things, and you will begin to know a profound and renewing delight.
         ~The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh~

Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree

                                            



                                              
 

Breathe

Listen, she whispers:
between the out breath
and the in
there is a space.
Meet me there,
and I will bring you peace.  

Sunset to Moon Rise

    Sunset to moonrise at 12,000 feet with temps in the lower 40's.  What a beautiful experience to watch this take place in quite, silence, solitude and no light pollution.

   Coincidentally, the moon is in its full phase.  So this full moon will appear larger, and brighter than an average full moon. It is 14% closer and 30% brighter than the average full moon.
 It looks bigger, because the size of the moon isn't changing, but the distance to Earth does. During this moon phase, the Earth and moon will be 221,675 miles apart (versus 251,655 miles when furthest apart). Hence the names Supermoon, Green Corn Moon or Sturgeon Moon. The next time the  moon will be this close to the Earth is September,28th 2015.

 

Serenity

   Hummingbird shows us how to re-visit the past for the purpose of releasing it instead of being caught in a permanently backward flight pattern. It also helps us to see that if we step aside we may see our life differently. Hummingbird teaches us to transcend time, to recognize that what has happened in the past and what might happen in the future is not nearly as important as what we are experiencing now. It teaches us to hover in the moment, to appreciate its sweetness. Witnessing these beautiful birds daily is serenity.