On days like this, it is hard to pull myself out of the woods
and away from the beauty of nature.

Woodland

Quiet, Gentle, Beauty.

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Sometimes I look around and notice something small that I love, think is beautiful, inspires me, or just think looks really cool. Today I was noticing the jar holding a spider plant in water and you can see all the roots and thought, that is such a beautiful photo. From there I was inspired to walk around the house a little more and notice what else I thought was beautiful or interesting.

I thought I would share these photos with you.

If you feel like it, I would love to see what you see around you that is inspiring, beautiful or picturesque!

Ice

The temperature has routinely been above mid thirties here this year...

Mostly around 40 and even 50 (or 60, like yesterday)!

WEIRD!!!

So, now that blogger is finally registering my most recently uploaded photos from over a week ago, I can share the beautiful ice I captured a month ago...

I don't mind winter.

In fact, I very much like winter,

but in order for me to like it, it needs to be white.

I don't much care for drab, grey and barren day after day.

Needless to say, I have been left wanting a bit this year,

but this is when I am glad I have a camera and can look at photos I have taken of past winter days!

Do you like winter?

What do or don't you like about it?

What is your favorite season?

The pasture by the sea.

I really love living by the ocean.

I have come to realize that I need to be able to smell the sea.

I need it to survive.

I feel very blessed to live in such a beautiful area,

I live in the woods, which makes me boundlessly happy.

I have quiet, darkness, trees, privacy, trails in my back yard...

But I can wander on down the street a couple of minutes to get to the water.

That salty air has truly permeated my being,

wrapped itself tightly like a hug around my heart

and claimed me for its own.

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Flaxen and Shining

The woods around my house at the beginning of sunset, looking out from the front yard...

I can't believe how golden everything is.

It looks like the sun has woven its light into the body of each leaf

or like the trees are drinking in flaxen liquor up through each cambium layer and into its veins.

Shining out from within.

I have also been enjoying the mellifluous sound of birdsong as they fatten themselves up with seed at our window feeder.

They land on the chimes on the other side of the door waiting for their turn at feeder and when they jump off in excitement, they jangle the metal pipes into reverberation!

So peaceful and melodic!

P.S. I've noticed a little green light/orb in third and fourth photo.

Do you see it?

What do you suppose it could be... faeries at play?...