This is a 16X20 poster I made during one of my “Beauty and the Soul” Workshops at the monks cottage at Eld Inlet (I misspelled it on the poster) in Olympia Washington. Gorgeous sunset reflected on still waters. Peace. Be Still. Reflect.
Tag Archives: water
Snoqualmie Falls in Winter
This is a 16X20 poster of Snoqualmie Falls in Winter.Snoqualmie Falls varies from a trickle to a cataclysm in different times of the year. WInter is magical. Does the gentle mist know of the crashing waters that gave it birth? Power and gentleness, mist and majesty. Ice and water and mist. All one. Meditative. In-Joy Enjoy.
Wet Beach Sand Cannon Beach Oregon
Yellow and Red Tulips: Butchart Garden
Cloudy day: Pond Shapes and Light
It has been awhile. Still recovering from open heart surgery six months ago, finished full-time teaching and am now on summer break!
These are photos of water, and shapes, and cloud reflections, taken on my walk in February 2016.
Lago De Claire Promenade Irving Texas July 2015
Every morning for nine days I got up about 4-6 AM to walk early, watch the sunrise, and avoid 100-106° heat and humidity that would come later in the day in Irving Texas. But even this early, the temperature was in the 80s and it was Muggy. The walk around the artificial lake is 1.3 miles and I would walk it three times, often as the stars twinkled out and the sun rose. I loved how the sweet scent of flowers greeting the morning sky. I liked all the artificial beauty, the lines, perfectly spaced trees, perfectly spaced light posts all in a row. I loved the statue of the dancers, people walking their dogs, people absorbed in their headphones, the sound of birds. I loved how good it felt to walk!
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Jubilee Trail Photos
I love the 3 mile walk from my home to the beach and back in the very early morning when rabbits and squirrels are on the trail, and people aren’t. The squish squish sounds of my feet on gravel. The clop clop sound of my feet on the paved part of the path. The greens of the forest, the coolness as I enter the woods. The snags, the sounds of birds, the emptying of my mind and the gratitude I feel. I love the Madrona trees with their red peeling bark, the tall evergreens, the snags, the blackberries, even the new development that is being built next to the quiet forest.
This was once a munitions loading dock area in WWII, a time gone now, covered by trees that don’t remember, and birds that sing, and flowers that open their secret scents in the early morning light.
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Dan Travel: Ireland 2011
Favorite Photos: Fall 2013 at Bloedel Reserve, WA
Fall 2013 at Bloedel Reserve, WA
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These photos were composed on a wonderful Fall late afternoon in the golden light of a beautiful, magical place, Bloedel Reserve in Washington, Near Poulsbo.
Here are the photos full size for your viewing pleasure.