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Pjsee16's Journal
Sleeping In/Bed and Breakfast for Seals- At the Head of the Meadow Beach, Off the coast of the National Seashore, Cape Cod MA USA. Can you imagine, floating, your snout in the air, lulled by the gentle motion of the waves? These guys might have a prodigious snore. In general the colony is pretty noisy and waking sounds are pretty close to snorts and roars.
Swan interact on the coast of New Haven CT USA.
Whale sighting off the coast of Provincetown MA USA
I think of shooting stars, or charts of subatomic particles whose paths intersect. Even the planets are known as wanderers. Here we have water, stone, and sand, the meandering of seabirds. As it is said in an old poem: "Kabir saw that for a second and it made him a servant for life!"
Is there anything softer than the forest moss? Is there more anything more companionable than the long standing trees as they sway together and intertwine in the deep? I'd ask Walt Whitman, but he's deep in reverie: " I bequeathe myself to the dirt, to grow from the grass I love; If you want me again, look for me under your boot-soles."
William Blake wrote: "Imagine that every bird that cuts the airy wabe is an immense world of delight closed by your senses five." Notice that most heads are underwater? There are innumerable alewives, a small silver fish just under the water. There are so many that their bodies litter the shore. These shorebirds are engaged in a frenzy of bliss.
Sunset at 10,000 feet on the side of a mountain in Crestone Colorado at a Buddhist Retreat Center. "May all beings be Happy! May all beings be free of suffering! May all beings enjoy the great happiness devoid of suffering! May all beings dwell in the great equanimity free of passion aggression and prejudice!" What is known as the Four Immeasurables.
There is a fear of spiders in Western Culture, but there is also that image from American Native Peoples of Grandmother spider....She builds that web by which we are all connected....
A chance encounter on a garden path in Nova Scotia at The Windhorse Retreat Center. The photo came out blurry but with an emphasis on color I think I may have found a dreamlike effect worthy of the subject.
For Your Amazement and Edification! You may be astounded! You may be surprised! You may be horrified! But you will not want to miss this! Appearing now: The two leggeds wonders by our very shore ! Ladies and Gentlemen and Children of all ages! Come one! Come all!
Early spring and the trillium gift the forest floor multiplying like stars after sunset.
Early dawn walk in the woods and the rising sun filters through the trees. One can clearly feel the therapeutic effect of what has come to be called "forest bathing" by the Japanese. If a picture could only convey the sounds and smells as well but almost.
A seabird performs its morning ritual, no less than pilgrims at the Ganges.
Shorebirds off the coast of the National Seashore on Cape Cod Massachusetts.
Whale watching off the coast of Provincetown Mass. I remember feeling small out on the wide sea and lucky....That's a humpback whale at the bottom and in the corner you can see it's eye.
This seal seems as pleased having his morning ritual photographed, early one day, as I would be if I first emerging from sleep in my bed. Lighten up friend! Has to be better than being greeted by the great white.....
An Alewive or Mehaden. These castaways are sustenance for numerous creatures and a favorite of whales.
Designs in nature are multifarious and inexhaustible. Who was it that taught us beauty?
Taking photographs at the thresholds, land and sea, day and night, one often finds the unexpected. This seal pup seems to be looking toward the sea. It appeared perfect in its beauty at the edge....
This little crab seems to have spent his last minutes among glowing gems. What's the coincidence? Light of dawn, smooth pebbles, glinting colors, and the happenstance of an observer.