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more photos here, please.

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the warmth of summer…  lovely!

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Both wonderful and beautiful!

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Thanks Mac

To see wonder and beauty - “you are wonder and beauty” - I love your dancing lady in red, full of wonder, beauty and such energy and passion

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So cheerful!  Yes!

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the image looks like a golden pathway across the water….inspiring….

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So lovely, kes - the image let me take a very deep breath…

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All wonderful!

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Hi Taikunping ~

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Hi Kes

Cats do so love butterflies! next door's cat, last year sat by me while taking pictures of butterflies, just waiting for an opportunity to pounce!

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lol, cats love butterflies to death!

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Vinegar say - “I love butterflies” - (next doors cat!)
I say -  “I love Vinegar and butterflies” but maybe not together!

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like a painting

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It is a tapestry of light and colour - beautiful picture Siafu

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Makes me feel like a kid lying under a tree and daydreaming…

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siafu, I like the soft light, like an Impressionist painting…

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A snow circle!

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peaceful……..the countryside in winter is asleep under a blanket, waiting to be awakened by the sun in spring

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Some years ago, my eldest daughter asked everyone in the family to do a pear picture, and this is what I did for her:

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Hi Mac

I can see a figure in the centre of the painting, it could be a woman in a yoga position or maybe in prayer - can you see her….
Your pictures are full of life and appreciation.

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Apples from my garden….

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that green is a very crunchy green!!

@~)

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Summer memories - my dad used to grow the best tomatoes in his garden - how I miss the taste!

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snow melting on my car yesterday - don't often get snow!

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Autumn memories - apple everything!

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Mac, I couldn't help thinking of a pear-shaped woman…  :)

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Orbs surround those who put their best foot forward

Rotate Right

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siafu's picture isn't displaying on my screen - is it just me?

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Fascinating, Meenakshi, what a thrilling experience, and to capture it on film, too!

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Egypt looks like an amazing place to visit, I love watching programmes about the culture and the pyramids - it's wonderful to capture the orbs on a photo like this…

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winter jasmine - the only bit of bright colour in the garden at present!

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LOL! My daughter deleted one photo as it was only orbs and darkness. She thought the lens was dirty! But many have orbs…

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greeting

 the returning albion,

‘old blighty'

puts on a brave face…

grudgingly forgiving one

the insouciance

of betrayal;

mainland europe

has many attractions -

great food,

marvellous architecture,

stunning scenery..

but after awhile,

‘old blighty' beckons

with her

scruffy apparel,

dire humour,

open arms to

all comers with a sense of

 fair play

and decency,

but best of all,

a

real non-judgemental

and laissez faire

approach to life..

gawd bless

you mam..

brrrr!

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Hi Siafu

Think I can see an eye with a slanting eyebrow, the shape of a nose and a small mouth. 
Welcome to england - it was -8 here yesterday (really unusual) and the snow has lasted for 3 whole days!

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Sounds like you're glad to be home…  Beautiful picture, siafu

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Having problems sending photo then discovered I accidentally imposed my photo with spider on top of another photo of yellow flower without spider sorry but interesting.

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and now its no longer on top of other photo and my photo is really small.

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Hi Jenny

I had lots of trouble when first posting photos.  I think if the picture is in your photo pages here on gaia that you click on the photo to enlarge it first - then click on the right button of your mouse to copy, close the picture down, come to the group, right click again to paste then left click mouse and “allow comes up on the screen” - press this and post. Allow usually comes up twice on my screen.  Hope this works.
Good to see you here
Tai

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Thanks Tai,

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This is a picture of our pond cover - the water is frozen solid - if you look closely in the top right square you can just see my goldfish!

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The Wisdom of Trees  

A I sit here and just be

I listen to the trees

Whispering to me 

The magic of just

Swaying and flowing in

The wind

 No need to try

No need to do anything

Other than be 

They whisper louder in

Order for me to hear

Them clearly 

They whisper their secret of

Flowing and just bending with

The breeze

Life isn’t about going

Against the wind

Against the flow 

Life is about bending

With the wind, flowing

To and fro

Allowing the flow of life

The flow of the wind

Amongst the leaves 

The magic of flowing

Of allowing and just

Being

The trees whisper their

Secret of trust

Trusting the wind to flow

Between the branches

Without breaking them.

Life is like the wind

Sometimes the flow is

Strong and we need to

Trust that life won’t

Bend us more than

We can bend 

Trust that within

You is all you need to

Be able to bend

To and fro

Like the trees 

Allowing yourself to

Flow and trust

Don’t resist the wind

Don’t let life

Make you so inflexible

That when a strong wind comes

You will break with it

You are mighty

And strong

Like  the

Oak Tree.

***

Caitlin Taylor ©2009

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I'm terrified of spiders, Jenny, but have to admit this one is interesting.  Is it harmful or helpful to that flower?

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yahoooo !!! I got it thanks for helping with the size problem Talpingkung??? sorry if I got that spelling wrong. Afraid to go back and check in case I lose this.

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This has me imagining Gaugan's wooden sculptures in Tahiti for some reason.

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It was taken in the island of Savaii in Samoa. Beautiful place.
Jenny

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lightning tree

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The snow Buddha reminds me of the Korean movie Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring.

Thank you!

Mac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKDm2KLACT0

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Tai,  Serenity…

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Thanks for the link Mac - just watched the video, I noticed there was no snow on top of the mountain and the view was clear…

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In the movie is also an ice Buddha.

Another Korean film I love, and feel is high spiritual teaching is The Way Home.

http://www.amazon.com/Way-Home-Eul-boon-Kim/dp/B00008K76Y

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Mac, I finally got to see The Way Home on your recommendation.  I was shocked that the little boy could be so disrespectful to his grandmother and was completely amazed at how she handled him.  What a remarkable woman!  By the end of the movie I was crying - the little boy's transformation was so touching, even though he was still impatient (human!).  I'm still trying to think how families in our culture could apply this approach to life's important lessons.

Tai, I saw Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter … and Spring a few years ago and I recommend it highly.  As a little girl with no brothers I could never understand how cruel little boys could be to nature's creatures - and then I had my own little boy who took a fiendish delight in stomping on caterpillars - thank goodness there are men that can teach them you don't have to be cruel to be a man.  The movie's cinematography was stunning!

Mac, Do you know of any Korean movies featuring little girls?

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Hi Barbara,

I will keep my eyes open for such a movie.

The Way Home was written and directed by a Korean woman, Jeong-hyang Lee.

Here is a treat for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shhblSyE9IE  

To me, the movie transcends being a movie. It has been one of my greatest teachers and models to live by.

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Thank you so much, Mac, watching the youtube video brought tears to my eyes.  The Way Home taught me something, too, that I'm pondering now.  For me it was about learning to let things be.  I guess because of the culture I was raised in I felt obligated as a parent to teach my children by correcting them, especially if what they were doing was hurting someone else's feelings.  I felt pretty good about my parenting skills because I corrected my kids with respect and always received their respect in return.  And all three turned out to be compassionate human beings, who make allowances for the behavior of others.  But I can see now that it might have been better to allow them to make more mistakes to find out for themselves lessons about living with other people.  I don't know…  I'm not beating myself up or anything, but the movie gave me so much food for thought…

Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.   ~ Roger Lewin

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Thanks for posting the trailer, Kathy.  Did you get to see The Way Home?  If you did I'd love to hear what you thought about it…

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Wow, Jenny - that is quite a striking photo!

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Mac

I've made a note of both - in thanks
Think my son will like them too

Blessings Tai

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good!