Tag Archives: nature

Walking In The Woods

Posted on July 7, 2021 by hernibs

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,There is a rapture on the lonely shore,There is society, where none intrudes,By the deep sea, and music in its roar:I love not man the less, but Nature more.~Lord Byron

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Turkey Tail Fungi on Dogwood Tree

Posted on April 5, 2021 by hernibs
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Dolce far niente – sweet idleness

Posted on April 2, 2021 by hernibs
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A Natural Rock Garden

Posted on March 23, 2021 by hernibs
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From Log to Shakes – 4 photographs

Posted on March 7, 2021 by hernibs

This cedar log has been lying in our woods for over 50s years. His nibs cut a 20′ long piece and tractored it out of the woods. Hisnibs split the log into 4 sections and then, using a froe and … Continue reading →

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Just What I Wanted

Posted on March 6, 2021 by hernibs

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. ~Ben Stein

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Questions

Posted on March 4, 2021 by hernibs

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will find them gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer. ~Rainer Maria … Continue reading →

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Pebble Art – Fish Tales

Posted on March 2, 2021 by hernibs

I love these pebble fish happily floating in their aquarium amongst seashells and plants. The artist is a dear friend of ours and I wanted to share her creativity.  Go take a look at her Etsy shop, she has more … Continue reading →

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Compassion

Posted on February 28, 2021 by hernibs

Like honesty, compassion may be expressed through verbal means but its basic form of communication is silence. ~ Clark E. Moustakas

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World View

Posted on February 25, 2021 by hernibs

Thanks to art, instead of seeing a single world, our own, we see it multiply until we have before us as many worlds as there are original artists. ~ Marcel Proust

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Figuring Life Out

Posted on February 23, 2021 by hernibs

You look at where you’re going and where you are and it never makes sense, but then you look back at where you’ve been and a pattern seems to emerge. ~Robert M. Pirsig

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A Lovely Stick

Posted on February 20, 2021 by hernibs
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Mocha Helping With The Puzzle

Posted on February 18, 2021 by hernibs
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Tradition

Posted on February 14, 2021 by hernibs

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes—our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around. ~ Gilbert … Continue reading →

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Truth

Posted on February 13, 2021 by hernibs

And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.  ~Jesus

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