Nature Nurtures
Nature Nurtures - What began on 10/10/18 as a 1 year project to write everyday about my observations regarding nature and the parallels with our lives continues as a daily practice and journey. Inspired by “A Year With Emerson” and my Great Grandfather, Henry Collins Brown (Founder of The Museum Of The City Of New York and NYC Human Interest Historian in the early 1900‘s), I look forward to sharing my musings.
Year 1 FUN - Leaf Dancing ;
DANCING LEAF - CATCHING DANCING LEAVES…
WHAT A JOY - JOYFULLY WATCHING THE WIND 😍
LISTEN, HEAR IT BLOW
BLOW - FLOW
BLOWING THROUGH THE TREES, CHASING OR PUSHING THE LEAVES TO THE GROUND
BUT FIRST FLOATING AROUND…
WONDER, AWE-INSPIRING, GRATEFUL AS I WATCH CAREFULLY 1 BY 1
& CATCH 4!!!
AS THE LAST LEAVES OF 2021 HANG ON -
A GUST OR TWO…
PUSHES THRU…
TO UNTETHER THE FINAL FEW…
TWIRLING, TWISTING, TUMBLING DOWN
“STOP” FOR A MOMENT TO BE ASTOUND AND AWARE…
ENJOY, IN-JOY A BREAK WITHOUT CARE - IF YOU DARE 🤓🥰
TYG - GRATEFUL!
TYG DAY!
THANKS, THANK YOU, GRATEFUL, GREAT FULL
GRATITUDE DAY!
GIVING THANKS DAY!
WHAT A WAY TO SPEND EACH MOMENT OF EACH DAY - THANK FULL…
FOR ALL AND EVERYTHING!
TAKE A DAY AND MAKE IT
THE
WAY…
ABSORB THE MOMENT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH LEARNING AND ACTION
AND LEARN SOME MORE
GRATEFUL FOR ALL MOMENTS AND LEARN FROM ALL (AS IN ALL) MOMENTS
TYG
THE POWER OF A FLOWER!
REDNOW AND MODSIW - TO THE GARDEN WE GO,
ALMOST SNOW!
WITH A CHILL IN THE AIR WE SHALL WORK TOGETHER IN THIS WEATHER,
TO UNEARTH A TREAT - WHAT SHALL IT BE - WE SHALL SEE!
THE DAHLIAS SOUL
T.L.C.
-TENDER - LOVING - CARE IS WHERE,
WHERE WE START EACH DAY - ANYWAY!
ANY WAY WE CAN - KEEP IT FLOWING WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE WE ARE GOING…
LOVE
WILL LEAD THE WAY…
BETWEEN STIMULUS AND RESPONSE IS A BREATHE AND A SMILE TO GET TO T.L.C.
THE DAHLIAS SOUL
NURTURING, NURTURED! ALIVE - SHINE ON!
FLOWER POWER……
SEASONS FOR REASONS…
ITS 30 DEGREES AND THE CRICKETS ARE SILENCED UNTILL 2022…
MAYBE NOT 😉
WINTER COOLNESS WITH TREES SO BARE - LOOK AROUND EVERYWHERE…
WITH JOY AND DELIGHT- WINTER IS IN SIGHT…
NOW IS THE TIME TO REST AND RECOVER FROM OUR SUMMER -
OF GROWTH AND WONDER!!!
ONCE AGAIN IT’S TIME FOR SLUMBER…
ENERGY IS ALWAYS THERE - IN DARKER DAYS WE REPAIR…
TO EXPLODE AND ASTONISH WITH SPRING IN THE AIR…
HIBERNATION IS GOOD - ALL AROUND - TO GET READY TO ASTOUND
AHHH - THE REASONS FOR SEASONS!!!
WONDER-FILLED
WONDER FILLED EVERYWHERE…
LOOK UP, LOOK DOWN, LOOK ALL AROUND…
PUT DOWN
DEVICES OF VICES
SEE THE WONDER OF EVERY MOMENT, WHEN WE CAN BE AWARE OF THAT MOMENT~~~
REDNOW AND MODSIW ARE BECOMING - FROM WONDER AND WISDOM WE GROW!!!
Solitude ; - O
Drip Drop - Leaves Stop
On The Ground to be Found…
Leaves Falling Sound…
Stop and Listen all Around, See and HEAR WHAT YOU’VE
FOUND…
SOLITUDE IS THE WAY
To be in sound all around…
Breathing in I dwell in the present moment - Listen and you will be in this/THE MOMENT…
Breathing out IT is the most WONDER FULL MOMENT…
REDNOW has arrived>>>
; - O
DAHLIA LOVE !!!
All sooo different - Seeing up close - The daily coming alive-ness
Being able to take a moment to stare and be aware of the beauty of it all - This Fall…
Grateful - TYG!!!
Purple and White - So Bright
Orange, Yellow, & Green - So Lean
Bright and Lean - Staring and Sharing with me/so to see/God’s Beauty!
Colors so pure - For Sure
How to Enjoy - In Joy
STOP/STARE/BE AWARE
Marveling at their JOY…
One by One - They are never done - creating Awe-some-ness FUN
DAHLIA LOVE!
Autumn Colors…
The Colors of Fall (To R&R) - The leaves and grass and crops and sky and night sky and Dahlias and…and…and…
SO BRILLIANT
AO AWESOME
Blanketing our sight and minds with vibrance if we see beyond our thoughts…concerns…plans…highs…lows…
Smile-Breathe-Smile-Grateful
ENJOY - In JOY!!!
1096… Days
Nature Nurtures JOY & DISCIPLINE - What’s Important Now -
Do It Now!!!
Learning and practicing a new craft and creating “nextness”…
3 years running E.V.E.R.Y. day ; - )
My eyes only and occasional share… when I dare!
Where this takes me I do not care (or know right now)!
For what I have right now is JOY in my heart of showing up daily and letting creative flow happen…
Let it grow and BE - From inside of me to Thee!!!
1985 - AJB&TJB
36 years around the sun
Oh - what fun…
To be your HON!!!
On we Grow
36 years in tow
On we Go - Grateful for you and all your GLOW - Let it Flow…
LOVE!!!
Abundance…
Give to Get and Give…
Ask questions for all to find answers that are already there - deep or not so deep inside… Like a flower ready to bloom - Boom! Energy building up to burst forward slowly or is it quick?
Forever Today…
(written in 1983 in Rye Beach NH - Fun Find in The Tao of Pooh book - back cover in pencil!!!)
!FOREVER TODAY!
LIVING FOREVER TODAY
YEARS…
LOOKING FORWARD
GLANCING BACK
BUT
TODAY
IS
THE
DAY…
NUMBERS GO BYE!
DON’T COUNT
AND
MISS THE COUNTING
CENTURIES, DECADES, YEARS
MONTHS, WEEKS, DAYS
AM/PM, HOURS, MINUTES
DON’T MISS THE
SECONDS
BREATHE - LIVE
FOREVER TODAY!!!
TYG
Sky ART
Art in the Sky
In my Eye…
Oh My
Star dots brightly come alive in the moonless sky
Shapes and outlines of what ever we want to see... : -)
Sun reflection on morning and evening clouds give us outlines of…
Red, Orange, and Yellow colors with brilliant white linings - Forever changing M2M2M…
To catch it all is a gift that is always present!
Look up, Open up and BE Present to the wonders all around -
GRATEFUL!!!
Summer Sound…
Summer Sounds
Abound
Crickets all Around…
Listen
To Be Found!
Found in the Present Moment -
When I focus on sound - All Around!
Hear Near - Hear Far - Notice from where it comes…
Ahhh - the sounds of silence… are not silent when we listen all around!!!
TO
Summer Sound…
TYG
TO-DAY
Today
is
ALL!!!
From All & To All
Building on Goodness and Learning - Growing to NEXT!
Being NEXT! Always blooming like a flower… Be the Dahlia!!!
Back to “school” everyday - Learning with wonder… and work!
Our Dahlia’s grow tall these summer days…
Many buds appear to be awe inspiring flowers soon -
Today
From yesterday’s nurture to tomorrows treat -
Repeat
The annual cycle…
Ahhh - Life goes round and round…
Work, Create, Enjoy, Move On……
Inspiration from past, present and future - Be Present
TODAY!!!
Mix It Up…
Evening hour in the garden!!!
Change of pace… Past bed time hour…
Mix it up - Lightening bugs flying with tail down, blinking away, and head up to see the sky…
OH MY
Mix it up - The bat enjoying her evening meal as she fly’s by - around the tree opening…
Mix it up - Birds fluttering wing music - air vibrating with sound
So Profound
By experiencing a new hour in the garden (Mix it up)
Awareness of all around and different pace in our face
ENJOY all and everything as it happens.
THE DAHLIA 2021
DAHLIA
How AWESOME are you - Colors and shape - From tuber to green growth…
Then BOOM to Full Bloom
(Bud, Bud Opens, Blooming)
Orange, Red-ish, Yellow, Purple,
-So Far-
Shape changing M2M2M
Thank you for sharing Your wonder and awe
NATURE NURTURES
BE STILL
WATCH AND LISTEN
WONDER SURROUNDS
WONDER ABOUNDS
LOVE, JOY, BE!!!
TYG
RED MOON
Red Moon Glow…
As the West burns!
Fires destroy and give birth… A cycle…
The heating of the earth as man “progresses” with “STUFF” has changed our planet…
WHAT IS PROGRESS?
When will we all just get along in LOVE?
Our air is filled with smoke from west to east as fires rage near the left sea…
What will it be? The what if’s of life -
Thank you God for today and to live in your way - To-day
Grateful and Great Full…