“Life is Art” by Old Man Winter

I am continually fascinated by how ice transforms the ordinary into art.

Busy as a . . .

The local beavers have sure been busy the last couple of days. This tree was unmolested when I was last here a month ago.

Photography 101: Solitude

It didn’t matter that my toes and fingers were numb from the cold. Nature’s peace warmed my heart.

Descent – Weekly Photo Challenge

My stress always descends along with the flow of the river when I walk here. The Cocheco River will descend about 300 feet to the sea. The leaves have descended to the earth and we are descending quickly toward winter – with early snow showers in the forecast for tomorrow. WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge –…

Harry’s 1st Woods Walk

We welcomed Harry into our hearts a week ago. He is a lab mix who came from South Carolina to New England via New England Lab Rescue. His short life has been one big adventure but today was his first adventure walking in the woods. We are enjoying the dog love our new baby has…

Forest Bathing

Forest. Bathing. I have been bathing myself in the healing energy of forests for years but called it things like woods walk therapy. I recently learned that in Japan walking in the woods for healing is called “shinrin-yoku” or “forest bathing.” And it turns out that science is now proving what my intuition already knew,…

Wordless Wednesday

Perfect Timing

Spring continues to be on the cooler side around here and it has been more cloudy or rainy than sunny. We decided to go for a hike on Sunday anyway. We walked through a rain shower near the top of the mountain only to see a rainbow when we made it to the peak. Lucky…

All is right when the river flows

Rituals are reassuring. The snow is mostly melted so we were able to park our car on the side of the road to go and visit the river. My river. My go to place to feel happy and to feel connected to the earth. The river has been running high the past couple weeks, full…