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The blossom opened early…
Did the tree know something I didn’t, had it heard the starting pistol, received the signal, been slipped the secret cue that something big was underway; something that could contain itself no longer but must “out” into the light? Or had it simply felt it must take that leap of faith, be the one to demonstrate, through actions, that it dared to be all today that it had hoped to be tomorrow so that others would also believe this was possible and much more so than just through the endless repeating of words? No more waiting. No more striving. No more hoping and trekking and aiming and intending and visualising but BEING it. Did it want to manifest what it already knew to be so in its heart’s potential, to bring it out of hiding and into that light, however cautious and conditional these times still urged it to be, however much of a mixed blessing the sheer intensity of that light it was reaching out into could sometimes feel? Had it decided there was no more time left for slumbering underground, its tenderness tucked away inside dry woody branches? Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Consciousness & evolution, Divine feminine, Gardens & gardening, Life journey, Nature, Personal Development, Photography, Seasons, Spirituality, Symbolic journeys
Tagged audacity, awakening, being first, birdsong, blooming, blossom, daring, daring to be, doing it now, evolution, letting go of hesitation, light, nature waking early, new beginnings, no more fear, no more waiting, of the light, opening, optimism, ready, rebirth, seasons, seasons coming early, shining your light, spring, start, transformation, trees, vulnerability and pain
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Natural exuberance
I’ve come to discover that every day and each and every experience contains a handful of gifts but my walk the other morning felt like it contained so many fistfuls of them that I had to laugh, not least because … Continue reading
Posted in Health & wellbeing, Nature, Personal Development, Seasons, Walks
Tagged birds, butterflies, gratitude, interacting with nature, joy, spring, walks, wildlife
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Here cometh the Queen of May…
The Queen of May is very soon upon us and the preparations for Her arrival are well underway. Step outside and you’ll note that it’s as though a regal carpet of blue and yellow (bluebells, forget-me-nots, dandelions…I’ve seen them all … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & evolution, Culture, Films, Nature, Personal Development, Photography, Seasons
Tagged abundance, Beltane, birthdays, light, May Day, rebirth, spring
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Something’s Springing!
Whether its according to the Gaelic festival of Imbolc or the celebration of Groundhog Day that has its roots in an old German tradition, there are some who consider today – 2nd February – to be the start of Spring. … Continue reading
Posted in Animal art, Art, Exhibitions, Floral art, Landscape art, Nature, Painting, Photography
Tagged Gallery Fifty Five, Groundhog Day, Imbolc, spring
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Carpet of blue
The first week of May is when I expect to see the woodland floor transformed into a dense carpet of blue and this rainy year has been no exception. Even though the first of the bluebells started to appear as … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape art, Photography, Walks, Woodland art
Tagged bluebells, English countryside, spring, The Vyne, woodland
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Essence of Easter
There’s an unmistakable “essence” of Easter that I’ve relished since the days of childhood meant that it was accompanied by the experience of eating a ton and a half of chocolate over the course of a long weekend. Even if … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Nature, Walks
Tagged Basildon Park, blossom, bluebells, daffodils, easter, lambs, spring, West Green Garden
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