Brilliant medium blue sky dominates the top half of the picture. The lower half shows the photographer is standing on elevated rock, with evergreen trees the dominant tree lower in front of the viewer an to the right side of the picture. Straggly branches also press into the picture left. Beyond the trees blue mountains roll in the distance. On the right horizon are the recognizable peaks of Hawksbill and Table Rock.

#Stunday
#GrandfatherTrail
#GrandfatherMountainAttraction

End your day with some of nature’s medicine. Please remember that your best today was good enough. May you rest well, my friends. 😊

#Dorset #sunset #coast #ocean #sea #sky #calm #peace #life #mindfulness #walk #photography

What do turtles dream of? Perhaps they dream of flight…

In the studio, this tiny red-eared slider met a pair of dragonfly wings, and the result was pure magic. This piece, “When Turtles Dream,” explores those quiet, hidden moments of nature we usually only catch a glimpse of at the water’s edge.

The Sierra Nevadas of California. Pushing past a smooth grooved tree trunk in the foreground, a bright blue lane gives rise to trees and ultimately snow capped mountains. This is 10k feet.

The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat. - Cicely Tyson

Pic of the day
#photography

A peaceful ending to my day.
#nature
#photography
#kenai
#Alaska
#alaskawomenwriters

Image shows a frozen pond with a tree without leaves, foreground.

#BlueskyMonday

May 30, 2020. Peonies.

Even in the darkest night, when all hope seems lost,
Stand fast for what is right, no matter what the cost.
Remember that you cannot lose, despite the loss and sorrow.
We can only change the things we choose, and the sun will rise tomorrow.

A moody mountain landscape overlooking a quiet alpine lake in the North Cascades. Dense evergreen forests cling to the steep slopes surrounding a valley of green meadows. In the distance, sharp, rocky peaks rise beneath a heavy, overcast sky. A thin trail is visible winding through the greenery toward the water's edge.

Sometimes you just need to stand in a cold valley for a while. The Cascades always deliver when you need to disappear into the clouds.

#ColorADay #GreenSat #photography #PNW #landscape #landscapephotography #mountains #moody #nature #forest

The sun, low in the sky, shines through trees and tall rhododendron bushes, which provide shade on a snow covered path. The path runs central and turns left on a hillside which angles slightly upward to the left. Contrast between Stark White Snow, and heavy gray shadows provide depth to the photo. Thin tree trunks on the left side of the photo crisscross to make wavy x shapes.

#Stunday
#BeaconHeights
#forest

Happy Friday! We made it through the week! After a long stretch we had a beautiful pre-show this morning at sunrise with some wonderful designs and colors. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

#forest #hike

Tall trees, including evergreens and rhododendron frame a snowy path. The sky is a pleasant blue indicating midday sun, although the sun is not shown in the picture

#Tanawha on a pleasant day.

The picture shows distant rows of mountains and dark clouds, forming a strong horizontal across the picture. Bright ray of sunshine radiate from the clouds to the landscape in horizontal and diagonals the foreground shows gray rock in the lower right corner and the tops of rhododendron bushes center and left lower corners. Rolling hills are covered in dark brown trees in the mid part of the picture. The eye is drawn to the elements of light in the upper elements of the picture. The unique tops of Hawksbill and Table Rock can be seen central in the picture.

Memories of warmer days
Finding it hard to find motivation to post anything in these cold spells.

All of the blankies

A winter scene from the Beacon Heights hike, golf of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The picture consists of a variety of shades of brown and gray rock end mountains to the east. Gray rock extends across the lower third of the picture with white snow in crevices. Some green evergreen trees Stick up along the drop off of the rock in the distance. mountains and foothills bare of deciduous leaves form mounds of grayish brown to the horizon line. Blue sky with thin white clouds are angled above.

#Stunday

Snowy path through the trees. A tall nearby tree dominates the foreground left. Snow covered rock in front of hiker.

Feeling cold
#ForestFriday

Thank you!

Trees are my sanctuary. To stand beside them, my palms against their bark, and feel their life and energy, is so grounding. Their majesty and resilience an example for us to be better people. May your day be peaceful, my friends. 🌳

#trees #nature #woodlands #life #calm #peace #love #photography

#nature #hiking

The sunlight filters through evergreen trees and provides happiness as the trail curves through the trees. A Fuschia and white mitten Has been hung on a branch in the foreground as it awaits its owner’s return.

Lost glove on the trail
#ForestFriday

#Grandfathertrail

"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless—like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup; you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle; you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." Bruce Lee
#Nature
#ForestFriday
#VT365

The icy Thompson River in the Interior of British Columbia. The sky is blue with scattered clouds, and there are snowy mountains and trees in the distance.

“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” -Anne Frank 🕊️

#BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #sky #clouds #nature #snow #scape #winter

Rolling long range views of the blue ridge mountains. Near distance orange flame azaleas blooming in June. The colors are vibrant oranges, summer greens and dark blues with the clouds ominous and dark above.

Best of 2025
#flameazelea
#AT #Carver’sGap #TN #longrangeview

Unsure of species but fern like moss or mosslike fern with light shining through the trees providing highlights. I had not seen this before. Grandfather mountain, NC.

#moss

Several types of shaggy green moss at the top of Grandfather mountain NC.

#mossMonday
#moss

From middle left to lower right of the picture are fir trees along a mountain in silhouette dropping in a diagonal left to right. Clouds are below the level of the viewer in a thick mass of clouds. The yellow sun shines in a pleasant blue sky above the blanket of clouds. The view is unusual as the clouds are fog lower on the mountain, but the sky is pleasant and calm above.

#Stunday
Above the clouds
#atthetop #Grandfathermountain #nature #justbreathe

#Linville mis spelling

Late afternoon sun silhouettes visitors at the top of Linville Peak on Grandfather Mountain. Thick rolling clouds form a blanket over the lower scenery and form a towering cloud wall moving towards the viewer. Pleasant blue sky and yellow sunlight are above the clouds. Dark fir trees and bare branches are in the foreground.

#Stunday

#LinnvillePeak #GrandfatherMountain #clouds #nature #mountains

Stacked rocks at the side of the trail with moss growing between the layers. Two evergreen trees with shallow reaching roots grow up from the shallow crevices.

#ForestFriday

#moss #rocks