Istanbul’u seviyorum – I love Istanbul | Wordless Wednesday
“If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.” Napoleon Bonaparte
Zero Excuses | Birding Escapades
“I think the most important quality in a birdwatcher is a willingness to stand quietly and see what comes. Our everyday lives obscure a truth about existence – that at the heart of everything there lies a stillness and a light.” ― Lynn Thomson, Birding with Yeats: A Mother’s Memoir
6 Months of Balanced Flow: Word of the Year 2022
“I am rooted, but I flow.” – Virginia Woolf Six Months of “Balanced Flow”
I Forgive and I Flow: Monday Musings | Monday Blogs
I Forgive and I Flow Lokah Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu Om Shanti Shanti Shanti “May all beings everywhere be happy and free and may the thoughts, words and actions of my own life contribute in some way to that happiness and to that freedom for all.” (translation) This chant embodies a deep rooted will to forgive my impetuous thoughts, those acerbic words of mine; spilled out in moments of despair, those rash actions taken on an impulse; and…
Balanced Flow: #WordOfTheYear | #WOTY2022
“Be still like a mountain and flow like a great river.” – Lao Tzu Balance (noun) – “Stability found at the centre of acceptance.”
Nature is Home: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder
A Brush with the Bottle Brush: #ThursdayTreeLove
A spring morning spent reviving memories and making memories by a Bottle Brush tree.
On a Silent Trail: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
On a Silent Trail: The Sanctuary Kenneth & Dorothy Stiffle “Non fatuum huc persecutus ignem” Latin translation : “it is no will-o’-the-wisp that I have followed here.”
The Hidden Life of Trees: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
“A tree’s most important means of staying connected to other trees is a “wood wide web” of soil fungi that connects vegetation in an intimate network that allows the sharing of an enormous amount of information and goods.” ― Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World The Hidden Life of Trees The Hidden Life of…
10 Benefits of Taking a Nature Walk : #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” – Mary Davis “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs