Candlelight

A dear friend sent me this photograph of a simple candle. It's warm beauty sends out the same feelings of comfort, security, calmness and peace as would a cheery hearth. Even a wee tealight placed in your room can add a bit of magical calm-just turn off the lights and let the little candle be your sun. As well as comforting you, you'll save energy too!

Ancient Olive Tree in Andalucia,Spain.

This grand old olive tree could be nearly a thousand years old! It will have grown through many human lifespans and been silent witness to all the highs and lows of local life down through the centuries- births, deaths, marriages, wars, celebrations, family feuds, droughts, plagues, famines and yet, for those who lived successively around it, it has always been the symbol of constancy and strengh. It gave of it's fruit annually without fail and pleased all who beheld it-a living sentinel of nature's generosity. Next time you feel the sting of the unexpected remember that the only thing that is permanent about our universe is IMpermanence-in other words EVERYTHING IS TEMPORARY.It will all pass with the passing of time itself so just let go and LET GOD!!

Wildflower meadow

Whenever you start to doubt the infinite ability of the Universe to matierialise your innermost desires remember what the word means: Uni-verse=One song.
We are all one with everything and one of the most effective ways to understanding this deep truth is to contemplate the awesome complexity of nature's ability to orchestrate everything we see. Just looking at this meadow of wild flowers is enough to remind us that if God,Big Momma,Spirit {call it what you like 'cos it doesn't matter} can conjure up and organise that lot then how can we doubt the ability of the uni-Verse to grant our desires? Just remove the word 'want' from your vocabulary and replace it with 'desire'.That is step 1....

Grass man in boat

Sorry to have missed the last couple of posts. I've been away and don't have a laptop! I thought something light hearted would be a wee change. This 'sculpture' is in the grounds of Dunkeld House estate, famous for it's stunning location next to the river Tay with it's own salmon beat. I couldn't resist taking a photograph and tried to think of a suitable caption for it-I'm sure there could be many and am open to suggestions!

Stone bird bath

I am a 'Drystane Dyker' {Drystone Waller outwith Scotland}. A client found this beautiful , strange, hollowed-out stone and asked me to incorporate it into a garden wall I was building for her. I think you will agree there is something magical about it. As a healer, I was very taken by it's energies and sense of ancient purpose. Was it used for grinding oats for porridge?

Maybe herbal healing potions? Or something altogether more dark, even sorcery, black witchcraft. The Exorcist in me was obviously curious but to be honest I felt very ok handling it and thought that the wee burdies would enjoy a dook in it so all I require to install is a teeny lollypop-stick diving board and some matchstick deckchairs!

Barbed wire and blue skies

This picture of barbed wire could be anywhere on our planet. It's starkness evokes many different responses in all of us-emotions like fear for those who have endured being imprisoned by it. Memories of prison camps both yesterday and today for some.Old soldiers will recall cursing whilst trying to negotiate their way through it on the battlefield.Others, however, may remember other things-sheeps wool threads quietly recalling a wee brush by as they wave gently in the wind on a crisp winter's evening. A single strand drawn tightly through a gap in a drystane dyke to keep the boisterous calves from straying. Actually, when observing anything, it an arbitrary decision we make about how we 'choose' to feel about it. William Shakespeare put it so well-"Nothing is evil lest our thinking make it so". I read somewhere the following:

'Two men looked out through prison bars; One saw the mud whilst the other saw the stars"

Green Screen

Just when I reckon everyone's 'tree'd' out I go and post[by mistake!] yet another 'tree thing'.
However, it's not just a tree, there's water too{Gordon thinks feverishly 'What am I going to say about the water??'} Well, it's wet today but not very wobbly 'cos there's no wind.Actually, it's OK to have moments like this-it's called being human.If you lose the plot from time to time don't beat yourself up-just laugh!