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Dawn images, Jakes Sunday Post Peaceful, Let's Be Wild Photo Challenge Peaceful, Peaceful Scenes, Peaceful water images, Sunrise Images, Sunset Images
Ahhhhhh! Creeping out of bed before the first light of day always rewards me with magical moments! There’s a pristine wakefulness of the senses, and the first words of the day are unspoken ones with nature. By being silent, one aligns with the rhythms of nature.
Dawn – Playa San Miguel Costa Rica
Two challenges have chosen the subject of peaceful this week, so between power outages, internet failures and travel, I have enjoyed thumbing through the files for some of my favorite images for this theme.
Estero Sunrise
I have always treasured my immersions of solitude in nature. It is there, removed from any distractions from modern man, where I release any inner turmoil. When one’s world becomes silent, one’s soul synchronizes with nature.
Playa Rosada, Nicaragua
Guayaquil (Ecuador) Botanical Gardens/Malecon 2000
Madre Tierra welcomes my visit, and in her healing powers, I feel grounded. A balm to the soul, she embraces me as if I’ve returned to the womb.
There’s something peaceful about watching wildlife in natural surroundings.
Playa Rosada ‘pre’ Sunset
The ocean keeps its own mysterious rhythms; almost bipolar, it projects strength and fury on one facet while offering calm reflective areas on others.
Ah, there’s nothing like being home sweet home in time to catch the last hour of twilight!
The river delivers a never-ending supply of natural prozac! Tranquil rivers and streams have their own healing magic.
Rio Calm -How comforting it was to see my friend Fernando paddling downstream (this week!) with his son Andy!
Note young Andy’s peaceful ease and trust in his father’s canoeing ability,
You have two places to enjoy more peaceful images! Visit Let’s Be Wild for this week’s competition. Check out Jake’s Sunday Post for his weekly challenge as well!
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Peaceful indeed. I agree on everything…
gracias! z
Time to grind some coffee from Costa Rica and enjoy a fresh cup while viewing these images. A nice addition to my morning…thank you!
ah, yes, costa rica’s coffee! is it cafe britt?
my friends are still sleeping, but we’ll be having ecuadorian coffee soon!
thanks!
z
This looks fantastic, so much better than cold, wet, windy… dreary old England!
i am so happy to be removed from those dreary wet windy days of winter! we have a gray misty drizzle with temps around 65, but it’s very pleasant! our rainy season will begin on any day now.. the clouds are still ‘warming up’ and testing the plumbing!
thanks so much for your comment!
z
aww these photos are just awesome.
thanks so much! z
Beautiful! Beautiful! images. so peaceful and calming! I applaud you for getting up iearly in the morning. something I rarly do. Can count on one hand how many times a year I get up early.. LOL 🙂 Carol
getting a few more hours’ sleep never seems to make a difference in how i feel in the morning, and getting up and out almost always rewards me with a feeling of being alive and not just existing i am happy to share the early-morning moments so that you can experience them without getting out of bed before the sun rises!
thanks!
z
you are wonderful!! Thanks.. 🙂
Soothing images to massage the soul with a commentary to match.
you’re too kind, louis! thank you! z
Your words and images are beautiful. Thanks for slowing me down and giving me peace.
I enjoyed them so much I just went back and enjoyed them a second time.
oh, pat! that is such a lovely compliment! the second image was well worth leaving the house around 4:30 that morning so that i could be in place, just in case the sky decided to smile on me! the entire series taken over an hour’s time there was well worth getting out of bed so early!
my friend marie later told me, ‘i stopped by hour house early the other morning, and you were gone!’
that’s where i was!
thanks again, i am so glad you enjoyed the photos!
z
I appreciate your sacrifice. 🙂
thank you thank you thank you!
lisa/z
Ah, but you have a way with words. Fabulous.
Peace, z.
you are so sweet, gemma! thank you! z
Beautiful post Z.
thanks amiga
Beautiful stillness and silence; thank you.
thank you for your comment! i’m glad you enjoyed the photos! z
We had a beautiful snowfall yesterday. Very little wind so the snow drifted to the ground and created that quiet you mention. Do you miss that? But you have such an edge in these photo challenges since you live in a part of the world that seems to exhibit beauty every day. Thanks, as always.
thank you hugh!
no, i do not miss that at all!
how well i remember when my mother awakened me with the soft words, ‘look out your window….’
that meant, ‘snow!’ and it also meant, ‘no school!’
i would almost always catch my horse and spend the next few hours riding through the pristine beauty of the winter wonderland. it meant ‘snow ice cream’ as well!
we had more ice than snow, and wow, those ice storms were always brutal though beautiful.
i shivered through november until march and rejoiced when springtime flowers – and warmer temperatures arrived. with those temps, we also had the spring floods in the lower mississippi floodzone areas!
i often say that life iin mississippi prepped me for costa rica, and costa rica prepped me for ecuador
thanks so much for your comment!
lisa/z
These are all spectacular! Thanks for sharing Lisa! 🙂
thank YOU for always leaving thoughtful comments!
z
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Such beautiful, tranquil images Lisa. 🙂
These are really beautiful. Thanks you 🙂
thank you so much! z
Beautiful peaceful photos Z!
Reblogged this on RD Revilo.
I so enjoyed these wonderful peaceful scenes. 🙂
thank you so much! z
Tranquil indeed. Immersion in nature and experiencing solitude is like Mirth & Motivation said: Oasis of the soul. I need a dose of that right now, so I’ll just meditate on these beautiful, serene scenes.
thanks amiga
i’ve had a busy december so far and am behind on reading other posts.. am with friends ‘in transit’ again. i hope that you have time over the holidays to claim a little time for yourself!
i still love the story about the missing shoes. i’m with you in spirit!
a
Hi Z, you could say these scenes rare, lovely, calm, serene. Sweet. But none of that brings justice so I’ll just say thank you. They are especially peaceful and soothes the terminal sickness in our home. Thank you for sharing. Maybe the word hospice tells all from our end. Safe travels, have missed hearing from you, Susan
hey
thanks for your lovely comment, and i am so sorry to be so far behind on WP reading. i seem to stay on the road way too much these days and have one more week of travel before i think my life will return to its quiet pace. 2012 will go down as a very busy year, but one that opened many doors and windows in my life! i have also met some amazing people as well, many of those on wordress!
i am sending you strong patient and healing energy and hope that you find strength through these difficult emotional times. it’s so hard to watch someone you love atrophy away and know that all we can do is be there in loving spirit. i’m sending you mine right now, and hopefully you can feel a bit of my empathy.
i should be home tonight and will catch up on what i’ve missed.
love,
z
Thank you Z, for the encouragement and all the recent, kind comments on my site. Time and words are valuable gifts and you have shared both in Our time of illness at the house, What lovely photos and we both share a love for water especially in nature’s sweet lights that come and go in prismatic visits. I hope that you are doing well and and have lots more things to paint now! Blessings!
So serene 🙂
What a wonderful series of photos! Perfect for the theme.
muchas gracias!! z
These are terriific. I see new pictures and keep seeing these are your best. Then I see more and say these are your best. There seems to be a constant theme here. Thanks for sharing your moments. All the best, pun intended, BTG
you are always so kind! i am glad that you enjoyed the images. i’m lucky to live where there are so many amazing photo opportunities. my camera card stays full, and i stay behind on transferring images and updating with posts. tis a nice problem to have!
thanks so much!
z
Such lovely photos. I could look at them all day and be lost in thoughts 🙂 Thank you for the peaceful virtual tour 😉
thanks! i’m sure during the holiday madness, everyone needs a little peaceful immersion in nature!
These are the visions I wish to be immersed with. Visions I wish to walk on and see for myself one day. Peace, joy and just a blissful time with nature. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
and the same to you, my friend!
z
Lots of natural prozac – some very peaceful shots here Lisa!
thanks, nick! thanks, also, for including the rio jama image in your winners’ circle. i really like the improvements on your site and the newsletter. it’s great watching your site grow!
z
There is a lot of magical nature to enjoy in your photos. Lucky you.
yes, it’s been really quiet where i live, aside from a car or truck passing by, all i hear are the sounds of nature!
thanks!
z
Amazing waters… the serenity, the calm… lulls the senses into thinking this place might be paradise 🙂 Thanks for giving us these lovely lovely pics.
thank you, as well! i’m glad that you enjoyed the images, especially if they gave you a slice of calm during the holiday madness!
z
There is something very special about early mornings. Unfortunately I am a type B-personality so it’s really hard for me to get up at dawn. But when I do the satisfaction is immense. You have really captured peace and calm in these photos. And they are full of gorgeous light. All so beautiful. I could stay in them forever.
Thank you so much; I’m honored by your critique!
Like you, I often struggle to get outside before dawn, but every single time I get outside and witness the beauty of that mystical awakening hour, I ask myself, “Why was this so hard?”
Yes, the satisfaction is immense.
Thanks again!
Z
Congrads!! Keep capturing God’s beauty! Lovely! 🙂
Thank you amiga! Z
What brilliant illustrations of “calm”! Makes me feel like sighing … Congratulations on your award – I would have been really angry if you didn’t get one.
I agree with Otto that they are gorgeous and full of light (and like Otto I can’t get up early enough to catch the sunrise so appreciate that you did it for us).
rosie, you are such a sweet and dear person! thank you so much for taking time to comment!
z
Beautiful pictures …
thank you!z