Celebrating the 100th Post

Scenic stream Lake Cumberland SRP, Kentucky

This marks the 100th post available in waterside places.  Today is a day of reflection.  We have learned from Thoreau, Roosevelt, Merton, Berry and Muir.  Merton and Berry lived and wrote in Kentucky; Berry continues to live  and work in Kentucky.  I appreciate the water and the rocks here.  The rocks draw one to approach.

Seeing in

Winter - Snow Celebration - Louisville, KY

If you notice your own shortcomings you may find your shortcomings a hurdle.  You are human.  If you can find the wonder of your experience then you can grow from your experience.

The Sacred Journey

Olmsted Park Iroquois Park - Louisville, KY

The light comes to the one who is awake to the light's coming.

What I Saw - Eastern Red Cedar

Woods - Sisters of Loretto Farm, Marion County, KY

The shape of the branches coming from the trunk of this cedar holds an appeal.  The coating of snow is a part of its noble presence.  The specific appearance of the cedar is something to appreciate. 

Appreciation of water's beauty

Snow - February 2015 - Sisters of Loretto Farm -Marion County, KY

We look at water in its solid airy form.  We call it snow.  We strive to understand it more.  We pause and we sometimes long to return to the hurry we were used to before the snow came.  The snow piles are in our path and all around us.  A pause for snow is good.  It is a brief pause.  We benefit if we take it in.  We can appreciate the water. The water from snow will do so many things for the streams and the stream beds.

The tan foliage of American Beech, Fagus grandifolia, stands out in the Eastern deciduous forest winter woods. 

 

Walking and appreciating

Sign - Path - Sisters of Loretto, Marion County, Kentucky

Mandela of love - Sisters of Loretto - 1986

Walking with appreciation can lead to greater compassion.  Change to greater work for peace may result.  Want your brain to be healthy?  Put your shoes on; walk through.

What I Saw - trees

Vista - Lake Cumberland State Park - Winter Season

After the fall colors the deciduous trees lose most of their leaves.  Some would characterize the look as barren. Others would say that the evergreens are more noble growing amongst their surrounding deciduous trees.