Showing posts with label WALKING AT DAYBREAK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WALKING AT DAYBREAK. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

ELEMENTS OF SELF - THE SHADOW

The theme for this week's "Elements Of Self...The Shadow" with host Juliana at Shakti Mama had me connecting a lot with my faithful companion, my shadow. Unlike a lot of people who need people around them all the time, I am quite comfortable being with myself...just me, myself and I, and sometimes I let my shadow tag along. I don't feel the need for constant conversation which is probably why I enjoy my solitary early morning walks and why I can spend hours alone digging in the dirt and tending to my gardens. Although I like to have hubby's help, I will send him off to a different section of the garden so I can be alone with my thoughts.

Walking is my time to clear my head of negative "garbage", collect my thoughts and recoup, ready to start the day fresh. Even on days that I need to push myself to get started, I will always feel better after, and will only skip my walk on very hot humid mornings. I am looking forward to the cooler fall weather when the air is crisp. My favorite walks are ones just after a snowfall with the sun is just coming up on the horizon, and the only tracks in the snow are my own.

Being a "shortie"
I like the way the early morning sun cast me
as being really....
tall.



A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature.
It is earth's eye;
looking into which the beholder measures
the depth of his own nature.

I took this picture at the shallow lake edge just as I was leaving after spending the afternoon swimming and kayaking with hubby and our daughter. I like the solidness of the stones, the smoothness of some while others are a little rough around the edges, the variety of colors, the fluid softness of the water transparent and calm at the moment but constantly changing...characteristics that can be used to describe my ever changing moods and feelings.


As a child, I loved the water
and put me in it now,
I will become that kid again.



Just fooling around
...me and my shadow
...I love how well we get along together!

Saturday, August 15, 2009

SIGNS OF THE COMING WINTER

It's not just the bears
shoring up their fat reserves
for
the coming winter...



Speaking of bears...
While I have never encountered a bear except for those behind cages, I know they're out there...as evident by the flattened blackberry bushes last summer and the big bear "dump" that I chanced upon in the middle of the road while walking yesterday...such uncultured animals. Needless to say, I won't be picking berries alone this year and I have moved my walk up to
6:00 am as it is still dark now at 5:30 and I'm a tad nervous.

...bearily I stroll along...


Wednesday, June 17, 2009

MORNING BREAKING-AMAZING GRACE OR GRACE AMAZING










My favorite time of day for walking is early morning when it's cool, quiet, fresh and renewing, so this morning I was out the door at 5:30 with my little radio tuned to one of my favorite CBC programs, "Day Break"and my camera in hand to capture a perfect morning. The first song I hear is an instrumental version of "Amazing Grace" played on clarinet. It can't get much better than that!


Postscript:
I think I'm liking my new camera.