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Monday musings
I needed this sentence from a blog post I read this morning: “Just because you are following a different path doesn’t mean you are lost!” http://aphotographicsage.blogspot.co.nz/ It reminded me how powerful some thought patterns can be and to release the … Continue reading
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Tagged A Photographic Sage blog, blog, blog post, contemplative photography, control, inspiration, journeys, judgement, mind, musing, Path, Patricia Turner, quote, thoughts
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Presence
Something to aspire to…….from Sketches in Stillness I really enjoy these beautiful sketches.
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Tagged drawings, inspiration, presence. aspiration., Quotes, Sketches in Stillness
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A need for stillness and peace
April was always going to be a busy month. Easter happened with family gatherings and then 4 birthday parties were on the schedule. Lots of happy, busy occasions. Life, however, added in some very challenging times with worries, tests, appointments … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, E'yen Gardner, E'yen Gardner quote, inspiration, ocean, Pauatahanui Inlet, peace, photography, Quotes, sprats, stillness, white faced herons
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Rocks in the pool that is life
And then there is the day when the dry and the dying are present to you despite the blue sky, the beauty and the soothing sounds of water and birds. A day when you recall that the path ahead is … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, boardwalk, dry plants, inspiration, memories, nature, Pautahanui Inlet, photograpy, rock pool, rocks, sea
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Saturday Tip: Quote from Dale Carnegie
When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion. Dale Carnegie
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Tagged Dale Carnegie, emotions, ferns, inspiration, logic, people, Quotes
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Filling the well
It has been a dry season. Our summer since mid January has been near perfect – hot, dry and calm or breezy with only the occasional deluge of rain. The outdoor conditions have been mirrored indoors here with one issue … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, beach, Beauty, blue sky, children, colour, dreams, flow, growth and development, inspiration, leis, Mana Island, New Zealand, Pataka Art gallery, photography, play, Porirua, resilience, resourcefulness, silk flower leis, silk flowers, Titahi Bay, waves, Wells
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And then there was silence……
The remarkable thing about waking up this morning is the sound of silence. Well not total silence because the birds are singing and traffic is passing the house BUT there are no gale force north westerlies buffeting the house and … Continue reading
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Tagged calm, calm after the storm, gale force, gales, inspiration, native bush, nature, North westerlies, silence, storm force winds, tree ferns, weather, wind
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A day with heat and colour
By 2pm yesterday it was 26C here. That is a hot day for us. Thanks in part to the heat wave being sent over the Tasman Sea from Australia. I went out for 20minutes and snapped some “heat and colour” … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian heatwave, Canna lillies, climate, colour, heat, inspiration, nature, photography, Pohutukawa, Pohutukawa flowers, Pohutukawa trees, scenery, Summer
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In the dark of the night
Some time earlier this week, in the dark of the night my 10,000 visitor turned a page on my blog. While WordPress offers a range of statistics it is impossible for me to know who the visitor was. So thank … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Bouquet of roses, flowers, gratitude, inspiration, nature, night, Pauatahanui Burial Ground, plants, roses, statistics, Wordpress
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