1180. really standing out

 

my how you stand out

blazing red above the rest

diff’rent - yet the same 🦊❤️

The value of  being one of the best and the brightest is magnified many times over by not falling into the trap of believing that it makes you different or better than everyone else. 🦊❤️ 

1179. mother and child

 

a mother and child

such never ending closeness

art by henry moore 🦊❤️

Henry Moore is renowned for his sculptures and lithographs depicting the mother and child theme. When I spotted this tree on the trail I thought, “Mother and Child - Henry Moore!”  🦊❤️ 

1178. touching music

 

when two tree trunks touch

they bump and grind in the wind

singing lover’s songs 🦊❤️

I call them singing trees. They are two distinct trees that grow in to each other in such a way that they gently touch trunks or limbs in a specific place. When the wind blows, the trees sway which causes their points of contact to rub against each other to create hauntingly beautiful songs. The point of contact will often be abraded smooth from their “bumping and grinding” motion. They are especially mysterious sounding on a cold and dark night. 🦊❤️

1177. displaced

 

a bed of color

giving rest to a hubcap

oh those pothole blues 🦊❤️

There is a very large pothole in the road near my home. It has been responsible for many hubcaps popping off and coming to rest in a field that is under a wooden bridge.  The fall leaf colors add a nice touch.  🦊❤️

1176. looking up to the sky

 

roots facing the sky

the unearthed tree proclaiming

“look! i’m still standing” 🦊❤️

On the trail there is a tree that toppled over years ago. As it fell, its long slender trunk was captured in the “Y”of another tree close by. The weight distribution of the falling tree was perfectly suited to cause it to remain in one piece with its roots facing the sky. I love reaching this spot on the trail and seeing that it remains in its cantilevering position after all these years.  Another little magical place to visit. 🦊❤️ 

1175. striking a pose

 

such a graceful pose

standing naked in the cold

shivrin’ in the wind 🦊❤️

I have walked past the tree in today’s post a thousand times never noticing its graceful, almost flirting pose. I swear she winked at me. 🦊❤️

1174. just letting go

 

rising like the mist

held high for just a moment

falling down like rain  🦊❤️

This is Paul. He is our Dong Stick and Qigong teacher.  I love when he narrates what we are doing and why. He often uses nature to illustrate the essence of the movements of the practices. He is performing a movement of raising his arm (rising like the mist), pausing and simply holding the arm toward the heavens, suddenly allowing the arm to fall without resistance. (fall down like rain). Then we repeat alternating arms. We just let go… 🦊❤️