Above, the apple trees – above photo – are beginning to bud. Lots of apples are coming.
Like most of the people I know, I can’t bear the news every day, perhaps this is what they are counting on – for none of us to pay attention. Lies prosper and truth struggles. I love the silence of nature. I walked with my Loner Camera and Zinnia through the pasture, soaking up the quiet. Through the barn window, I saw Maria is a remarkable thing – a wood stacking meditation, a demonstration of what it means to be in the moment, whatever you are doing.
She lifted the logs one at a time and paid close attention, cutting out the awful clamor of the outside world. She loves doing it. I don’t wish to get into politics here, but I do wish the President would take a day off from his social media platform and give the world a rest. All of these photos were taken in silence. It was very sweet and healing. We can do it at home. We live in a world without silence; how sad. I’m going to take silent walks instead of following hateful news.
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Wood stacking meditation. I would never have thought of it.
Clover.
Sunrise above the apple tree.
Real love lasts.
My tree, standing out in the silence.
Such lovely photos.
Beautiful and serene photos to start my day, thank you Jon! Being in the moment IS a true meditation, though I never thought of wood stacking as being meditative…. (for me it is weed pulling). It is obviously unique to each individual, but as Edward Espe Brown said in the film *How to cook your life*….. focus fully on your task and that task only…whether it be kneading bread, cutting carrots, or washing dishes…. *that* is meditation in it’s truest form.
Susan M
Thanks so much
Thank you for this.
Thank you Megan for taking the trouble to write this..you say a lit with a few words…