Sharing a morning walk -18 February 2021 Yesterday, I wandered with my camera, and came across a number of sights I felt to be worth sharing, some old, some new. Come with me amongst the trees, along paths we have created through these trees, in a forested wild garden for which we have the privilege … Continue reading Pausing amongst trees …
The Journal of my walk in the Himalayas in December 1970 and January 1971
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At one with the trees
Being " at one " with the trees of our forest garden. We are all part of the same process, as our carbon dioxide becomes their chlorophyll and their oxygen becomes energy for our activities of daily living. An infinite ongoing process that connects us to each other, new in each moment. Embracing life. Their … Continue reading At one with the trees
benches and trees
Waiting for us, you and me... To pause awhile And ponder a bit. Amongst the trees ... Connect with their stories! And with each other’s. Resonance And Mindfulness in the kookaburra’s realm... Pictures from our veranda, Thursday 13 July 2023
Inspired by an old friend
in our forest This log Did invite me to pause and sit So I did pause and sat Looked up Looked out Looked up again And within Resonated And was so delighted with this log
Encountering this Day
WeEncounterEmbraceHold and treasureThat vastness of human experienceUnfoldingAround us Encountering this dayEmbracing itTreasuring the connections its vastness representsAnd its unfolding 19 May 2023
Encounters with Infinity
Originally drafted in June 2020 During 2020, a post on Facebook caught my attention. Seeing this set me thinking and pondering. I am a keen reader of cereal boxes, especially in 1972 when I lived in Canada and they were in French and English. Good for practising my French. The picture triggers a … Continue reading Encounters with Infinity
Life as a Tree-lined Avenue
Christmas 2022: Driving through the long avenues of huge gums in the early evening, amongst shafts of light as if in the nave of a huge cathedral, reminding me that life has been a journey through tree lined avenues, and will no doubt continue to be so. And this avenue has no end! (on Beach … Continue reading Life as a Tree-lined Avenue
PODOCARPUS Elatus
Podocarpus elatus: known as the plum pine, or Illawarra plum, a species of Podocarpus endemic to the east coast of Australia, (NSW & Qld.); a medium to large evergreen tree growing to 30–36 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. Wikipedia For our Christmas Tree this year we have a Podocarpus-in-a-Pot, decorated with … Continue reading PODOCARPUS Elatus
early sunlight greeting
first thing one mid-August morning ... one of the lovely things about living in a forest clearing, as we do, is to be greeted each morning by the earliest rays of sun’s daily journey striking tree trunks and bouncing off leaves, from the low angle at which its light enters our day, adding a unique … Continue reading early sunlight greeting
The Unimagined and Ongoing Consequences of the Things We Do
Unimagined sequelae and their ongoing-ness. Let me share my experience with John Taverners music, “The Protecting Veil”, a piece of music to which I responded with poetry, as I was moved more deeply with each listening. And then there was the occasion on which it literally stopped me in my tracks, as I realised that … Continue reading The Unimagined and Ongoing Consequences of the Things We Do
Jottings, Reflections and Ponderings 