Good Morning! Happy Friday!
Tulips season is starting here in my part of the world. Of course, not yet in my garden, but at least at the grocery stores.
Tulips are my favorite spring flowers, I never get tired of photographing them.
Earth laughs in flowers
R. W. Emerson
Sharing with Cee’s FOTD (Flower Of The Day).
Seek out a tree and let it teach you stillness
Eckhart Tolle
Every morning with a cup of coffee in my hands, I try to learn from these trees. Their stillness and strength during all the seasons are impressive.
Hope you have a lovely Nurturing Thursday!
Colleen has added another form of poetry to the challenge, Haiga! A combination of poetry and image. I love it because I can incorporate 2 of my favorite forms of creative together: photography and poetry.
Haiga is sometimes called observational poetry because it contains an image with either a haiku or senryu written on it or near it.
Colleen Chesebro
Being the first Tuesday of the month, we get to choose our own words for the challenge, I’ve chosen Earth and Soul.
Flakes kissing the Earth
A moment to be treasured
Softness for the Soul
Hope you enjoy my first Haiga, and if you want to know more about it, please check Colleen’s post here.
I enjoyed so much to join Sunday Stills with Hugh these last 2 Sundays, that I decided to keep up with Terri’s Sunday Stills Photo Challenge.
Today’s theme is Fire.
The first thing that came to my mind was the Earth’s fire, the Earth core where the temperature is similar to the temperature in the surface of the sun, around 6000 Celsius! It isn’t a fire in there, but a metal combination that makes the heat.
We are in the middle of the winter in the North Hemisphere, soon the spring will spring, a sign that the Earth is alive and the fire still keeps burning.
Have a great Sunday!
E.
the storm is coming
unhurried willing moment
lightness in the air
letting go of any task
only being here and now
Joining Colleen’s poetry challenge. The words for this week are slow and work. We can use synonyms only.
I took this photo yesterday when leaving work, a storm was approaching and everyone was in hurry to get back home. The moment was so precious, I felt the lightness in the air, I took my time, slowly savoring the moment, step by step, taking photos, no hurry.
Joining Hugh from Hugh’s Views and News for Sunday Stills: Night.
If light is in your heart, you will find your way home
Rumi
Hugh asks us to close our eyes and see the darkness. Yes, there is darkness, but as Rumi said, there is light too. Somedays this light is weak and the darkness takes over bringing out all the nightmares that were hidden in the past. I’m learning to keep the flame of my internal candle burning and when I close my eyes I feel stillness and safety.
Have a great week!
winter, whiteness, wildness, wholeness. wondering and noticing how the cold air washes my body, the roughness of it cleaning my thoughts and making me be present.
Hugh, from Hugh’s Views & News, for Sunday Stills.
I haven’t joined a challenge for so long, but being a friend of Hugh for many years, I’ve decided to give it a try.
Today Hugh asks us to write about windows. This is my view, right now, from my living room window. I’m wondering if I’ll be able to go out.
We had a massive snow storm yesterday, we were snowed in all day. Not being able to move the car for grocery shopping, my refrigerator is empty! Being at home all day with 2 teenages, you can imagine…
View from my kitchen window during the storm, it’s so pretty, but not easy to handle. I spent the day baking, journaling and drinking lots of tea to keep warm.
Now the last one is the view to my backyard, the sun is shining but it’s very cold, – 13 degrees Celsius, and again I’m wondering how many layers I’ll have to dress up to go out!
Hope you enjoy your Sunday, and check Hugh’s blog for joining the challenge or wondering about windows.
Soon to be a frozen river! Isn’t it delighting when we stop and watch the process, little by little the power of transformation?
Slow Saturday afternoon. I’m enjoying a cup of tea and wondering around. I’ve already bought all the Christmas gifts. Waiting for them to be delivered. I can’t deal with the mall crowd these days, so it’s much easier to get everything online.
I opted for simple and meaningful gifts, mostly handmade items from small online shops. I know they are made with love and intention, and at the same time, I’m making the maker and the receiver happy.
I shortened the list too. Outside of my family, I’m only getting gifts for 3 co-workers and my personal trainer. These are people I see every day and are always there for me.
Noticing how making life simple is rewarding!
E.
Tea & Paper 