Posts Tagged "journey"

The Backroad to Bliss

Posted by on Aug 29, 2018 in Adventure, Freestyle Living, Live Your True Nature | 0 comments

What I love about road trips is taking random side roads and meeting people. I could devote a post just for that but what I really wanted to share here is another road I took that led to this gem.

(c) Britt Nielsen

I drove to the end of a dirt road and followed a sandy path. Looking back towards the parking lot.

(c) Britt Nielsen

My feet welcomed the warmth of the sand 

(c) Britt Nielsen

Pleasantly surprised at the top of the path (c) Britt Nielsen

(c) Britt Nielsen 

A few people enjoyed the waters of this gem of a spot on the Gulf of the Saint Lawrence.

 

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A Single Leaf

Posted by on Jan 21, 2013 in Live Your True Nature, Poetry | 0 comments

A Single Leaf
©Britt Nielsen

“A Single Leaf” was created through me on a magical autumn day. Such a deafening crunch of leaves underfoot, as I explored the sun-warmed woods, mesmerized by the leaves as they fell blanketing the autumn ground. I never knew when the next ones would leave limb and float under the deep blue sky. Each leaf partnered with the wind, creating a unique dance as it drifted with grace. Only Mother Nature could choreograph such beauty and wonder. I felt an urge to express the awe I was experiencing. When I went to write it in my iPhone (so much for the Thoreau-like romanticism of sitting on a bed of leaves with paper and pencil), this poem came through me in literally two minutes, a fraction of the time it is taking me to write this blog post. The leaf dance was too unpredictable to capture with my 100mm camera lens, so I settled for this image of a limbed leaf, perhaps contemplating its next journey.

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