Radiant morning

[vaneramos]

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[leafshimmer.livejournal.com]

These are gorgeous. #3 reminds me of the path through the woods to the sweat lodge last Sunday.

thanks for sharing them. The light dancing on the dark water is sooo magical, too. And the bare tree limbs against the bright blue sky is a wonderful shot in the arm.

xo Shimmmer

[ranger1.livejournal.com]

Absolutely gorgeous. That shade of blue is my favorite color. *sigh* I wish I was there with you this morning to share in the beauty.

small world!

[roosterbear.livejournal.com]

#3 reminds me of the path through the woods to the sweat lodge last Sunday.

Talk about weird coincidences: I was actually invited to go to that very same sweat lodge, myself, believe it or not. You are referring to the one at Walnut Hill, right? I was doing a round of Body Electric massage in Roxbury the day before, with at least one person who went to (or was supposed to go to) that very same sweat lodge.

Wow. Talk about degrees of separation.

[roosterbear.livejournal.com]

These pictures are, as usual, stunningly beautiful.

[ubermunkey.livejournal.com]

wow. you know I love trees. These pics are really incredible the blue in contrast with the sleeping tree is really touching.

The woods with the leaves gone, great. God I'd love to have a small cabin at the end of that lane.

great stuff thanks for posting it.
be well
connor

Re: small world!

[leafshimmer.livejournal.com]

Hi Roosterbear, yes, it is Walnut Hill, but I'm not as stunned about the "2 degrees of separation"--another of Van's Friends lives in Somerville, which is where my T stop is (I now live in Medford--basically anyone w. middle class income who doesn't own a home is being priced out of W. Somerville now).

Too bad you didn't make it to the Sweat. I didn't know that there was a Body Electric thing happening in Roxbury the day before. We had 18 men (including Fritz and Will), but a couple of guys decided to try out the new hot tub instead of the Sweat Lodge, so it was manageable.

Shimmer

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

The bottom pic is so inviting. Pull on a jacket, shoes, and out the door. Good explorations!

[avad.livejournal.com]

yowza- I'm crazy for #2!!!
Magical!!
Could be looking down on the city lights at night from space...but oh the ripples bring you in to quietly intense liquid sounds and feelings...
It's STUNNING.
a power to it.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

This path runs along a wooded ridge on the far side of the river from where I live. It's about 10 minutes away. I usually walk on the near side, and save crossing the bridge for special days. :-)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you could use some beauty, and perhaps some cuddling, these days. I wish you could be here, too.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize you were a tree lover. I am, too, but you probably already realized that!

Trees
-Alfred Joyce Kilmer

You would love my cottage. The forest there is even more wonderful than this woods near homes.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

It's a wonderful hike.

If I want, I can hike a short way through my everyday park to Victoria Road bridge and cross to that trail through the woods. It runs along the far side of the river. I can go as far as Gordon Street bridge, cross it below the confluence of the two rivers, then cross the covered bridge over the Speed River, and walk back home through the park. The circuit takes about an hour on foot.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Did you know you're one of the LJers who inspires the way I see when I take pictures?

Your cities! Your lights!

Here's another similar image from Thursday morning for you:

[avad.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh- what a compliment!!:))
The photo is Utterly gorgeous.
You know, just this morn I am rereading bits of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek....needing the rejuvenation she gives, I know you inderstand,...like something that runs through me head to tail and I am new again..and I am reading this:

"When her doctor took her bandages off and led her into the garden,the girl who was no longer blind saw the 'tree with the lights in it'. It was for this tree I searched through the peach orchards of summer, in the forests of fall and down winter and spring for years. Then one day I was walking along Tinker Creek thinking of nothing at all and I saw the tree with the lights in it. I saw the backyard cedar where the mourning doves roost charged and transfigured, each cell buzzing with flame. I stood on the grass with the lights in it, grass that was wholly fire, utterly focused and utterly dreamed. It was less like seeing than like being for the first time seen, knocked breathless by a powerful glance. The flood of fire abated, but I'm still spending the power. Gradually the lights went out in the cedar, the colors died, the cells unflamed and disappeared. I was still ringing. I had been my whole like a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck. I have since only rarely seen the tree with the lights in it. The vision comes and goes, mostly goes, but I live for it, for the moment when the mountatins open and a new light roars in spate through the crack, and the mountains slam."

and I was in tears. Just about an hour ago.I feel that way so much...and it is painful when the vision goes..and I feel blind again..
your photo whispered a reminder of the vision.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I have flipped through the book page by page looking for that very passage I never can find it.

Eramosa River is my Tinker Creek. Thank you for making that connection with this photo; it's a powerful one for me personally.

[avad.livejournal.com]

Page 33-34 in my copy right here....:)but of course the book is magical so perhaps it is not always there....
also the passage refers to the first mention of the blind girl seeing the tree which is on..*flips through book*..the bottom of page 28.
much love,D

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

We must have the same edition. I expected to find it further on. I highlighted the passage once, but the colour has almost vanished. Thanks and love.

Take the coat down off the peg, put on the good shoes, take one last look around, and go!

[djjo.livejournal.com]

And going for a nice long walk.

I'm hoping it still is nice enough to go walking there when I visit next week.

It was a wonderful spot, and I look forward to doing that walk with Van again