A white gold setting sun on blue water with green grass palm tree and two tanned feet seen on a lounge in the foreground
Setting my intention to lean into nature at a time when it’s stable order is a healing balm #meditation #calm #peaceful #artinature #seaside #uplift #onlybeautifulthings
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
—Edith Sitwell
#trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #landscapephotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“Hope is the anchor of our souls. I know of no one who is not in need of hope - young or old, strong or weak, rich or poor.”
—James E. Faust
#hope #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #landscapephotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.”
—Bryant H. McGill
#respect #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.”
—Edward Abbey
#rise #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #landscapephotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
Snow covered slope with a slushy trail leading into the shadows of a mountain in the distance
“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.”
—Francis of Assisi
#sunbeam #shadows #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #landscapephotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that’s when passion is born.”
—Zig Ziglar
#glimpse #potential #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #landscapephotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
—Rabindranath Tagore
#sunset #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #landscapephotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
I dream about flowers.
#flowers #fpdcc #capsauers #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
Mangrove Warbler.
#warbler #birding #montrosepointbirdsanctuary #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
A yellow oak leaf floating on a stream.
“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”
—Matsuo Basho
#journey #fpdcc #mcclaughryspringswoods #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #instanature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
The photo contains a light green branch wrapped with light brown vine. The background is a blurry mix of black, gray, green and white.
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
—Desmond Tutu
#bound #fpdcc #mcclaughrysprings #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #instanature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“Everything comes at its appointed moment.”
—Joseph R. Sizoo
#woodpecker #fpdcc #mcclaughysprings #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #instanature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
Photo of woods with densely growing trees. Hazy smoke fills the air. In the background is a worker dressed in yellow protective gear who is supervising a controlled burn to remove plant overgrowth.
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
—Cesare Pavese
#moments #fpdcc #mcclaughryspringswoods #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #instanature #naturelovers #takeahike #landscapephotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
Small seed pods on a tree branch.
“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.“
—Robert Louis Stevenson
#cityparks #northparkvillagenaturecenter #plantseeds #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“When in doubt,
Unreel your grief to a tree“
—Sandra Cisneros
[TT: Or, the single leaf holding on in the winter.]
#cityparks #northparkvillagenaturecenter #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #artinature #naturelovers #closeupphotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“You can’t compare an apple to an orange. It will cause a lot of self-esteem issues
—Craig Sheffer
#fpdcc #apples #oranges #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as an absolute stranger.”
—Albert Schweitzer
#frozen #fpdcc #labaghwoods #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #naturephotography #naturebreak
I spy with my…
#peekaboo #ispy #fpdcc #labaghwoods #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #naturephotography #naturebreak
“It is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax.”
—Moises Arias
#fpdcc #labaghwoods #breathe #relax #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.”
—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
#disappointment #finite #hope #infinite #fpdcc #labaghwoods #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #naturebreak
This week's Trail Tracing--LaBagh Woods.
#fpdcc #labaghwoods #babyitscoldoutside #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #naturephotography #landscapephotography #naturebreak
“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche
#fpdcc #harmswoods #walk #run #fly #firstthingsfirst #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #artinature #naturelovers #naturephotography #naturebreak
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.”
—May Sarton
#fpdcc #harmswoods #loneliness #solitude #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #landscapephotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“Everything in life... has to have balance.”
—Donna Karan
#fpdcc #harmswoods #balance #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
This week's Trail Tracing--Harms Woods. While a walk in nature is always enjoyable, there's something special about a snow-covered walk!
#fpdcc #harmswoods #snow #winterwonderland #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
—Henry David Thoreau
#look #see #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #closeupphotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.”
—Henry David Thoreau
#launch #bepresent #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #artinature #instanature #naturelovers #closeupphotography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #naturebreak
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
—Mother Teresa
#small #hidden #reflection #raindrop #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #artinature #naturelovers #closeupphotography #naturephotography #naturebreak #naturalillinois #ilnature
“Every ending is part of a beginning. Every loss is part of an emptiness that can be filled with newness.”
—Jan Lloyd
#newbeginnings #newyear #trailtracing #seethingsdifferently #Olympus #OMSystem #artinature #naturelovers #takeahike #naturephotography #naturebreak
