Sunday Trees
Category: Sunday trees
Random 47: Celebrate
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On Sunday, the 14th I decided to take a short hike to enjoy the autumn sun before packing my bag for a week’s tour. I was glad and enjoyed the golden rays.
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Sunday Trees
Sunday Trees 201
Joining Sunday Trees theme after a long gap.
So the tree rustles in the evening, when we stand uneasy before our own childish thoughts: Trees have long thoughts, long-breathing and restful, just as they have longer lives than ours. They are wiser than we are, as long as we do not listen to them. But when we have learned how to listen to trees, then the brevity and the quickness and the childlike hastiness of our thoughts achieve an incomparable joy. Whoever has learned how to listen to trees no longer wants to be a tree. He wants to be nothing except what he is. That is home. That is happiness. ~ Herman Hesse
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This image reminds me of the autumn of yesteryear.
Weekend 121: Expect the unexpected
Great things happen to those who don’t stop believing, trying, learning, and being grateful ~ Roy T. Bennett
I am presenting a photo journal of our long hike which was spiced up with some unexpected experience on last Sunday.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has ~Epictetus.
We planed a hike on Saturday which we had to cancel due to last minute changes in the weather forecast. Sunday was all good and we decided to proceed. The aim was to climb little more than 900 meters above sea level and cover a distance of 19 km. Our daily walks have given us strength to plan such activities.
Buttercup flowers in abundance 
Wild flowers amaze me 
At 600 moh
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you are climbing it~ Andy Rooney
Until now we had an enjoyable hike. I am no expert in knowing various birds and their sounds but these were the most beautiful sounds we heard in the nature. We didn’t see any bird due to the lush green surroundings.
The past 
The future
Our destination “the top flat surface” was about 2 -2.5km away with an ascent of 300m. We needed to cross the high tension electrical wire pole which is visible up on the mountain in the image named “the future”.
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order~Jon Burroughs
A Magnificent Structure 
Wind didn’t let me take the photo
Everything was fine until we crossed the high tension electrical wires but soon after the gentle breeze was not so gentle. We decided to continue as we see no danger too soon.
Mountain weather conditions can change dramatically. Suddenly the heavens opened giving us a little time to put on our jackets. As we long passed the farms, finding a shelter was out of question. We wouldn’t have worried was it just rain. We saw lightning and then we realised the weather forecast for thunderstorm was preponed by a couple of hours. So there we were in a thunderstrom standing in the middle of nowhere. Going back means we had to cross the high tension electrical wire pole which we thought as a risky option. There were three cottages in sight but we picked the one which was on lower tarrain than the other two. We moved fast and felt ourself lucky as we were not on the top open space. We waited outside the cottage for about 25 minutes.
A thunderstorm in the mountains can be really impressive but also dangerous. Watching lightning on a mountain was one of the most frightening experiences I had in my life. We began our descent down the mountain after thunderstorm moved away and the rain slowed down.
When we set out the weather was warm and we were in shorts and light t-shirts. There was no indication of there being any weather problems. On a mid summer day in the middle of the day we were wet and feeling cold 😜
Soon things were back to normal. Rain jackets were replaced by sun glasses though the wet hiking shoes felt quite heavy.
Nature at her best 
Sheep share the Norwegian right to roam
In ordinary life, we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We wouldn’t have planned a hike if we had any idea about the fast approaching thunderstorm. Anyways we learned a lesson and without fail we thanked nature for keeping us safe.
Becca’s Sunday Trees &
Jo’s Monday Walk
Art in Reflection 16
No constant exists in this equation called life.
Life depends on the moments which varies every macro moment.
It’s totally up to us if we want to add variables which are directly proportional to our happiness & peace.
Last but not least we need to balance the white noise or else the streak of life is out of control.
Choose your variables wisely.
Sunday Trees
Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of rejection
~ John Powell
Seasons in the time of Corona
The landscape affects the human psyche – the soul, the body and the innermost contemplations – like music. Every time you feel nature deeper you resonate better with her, finding new elements of balance and freedom ~ Nikos Kazantzakis
These landscapes images are taken during our walks in Covid lockdown. We tried to be in nature as much as possible irrespective of the weather. I say it again and again, “Nature never ceases to amaze me”.
Stay safe, healthy and be kind.
Weekend 113: A walk in fresh snow
We had snow on the night of 25th December but it was gone within 48 hours. It snowed for the sake of white Christmas. Many of us were missing snow even the people who don’t ski.
On the first day of 2021 we enjoyed our usual hike but there was no snow just some frost.
Fortunately we had good snow on Saturday morning. The trees covered with snow were beuatiful. The temperature was perfect for a leisure walk and a visit to our local cafe. They serve good carrot cake and coffee. The cafe visit didn’t happen as it was closed for Christmas. It may sound odd but yes, in this town the restaurant, the cafe and the bar all were closed from 21st December til 3rd of January. The employees were given Christmas break to be with their families.
It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it ~ Dale Carnegie
Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties ~ Helen Keller
Our walk was concluded with a piece of rum soaked fruit and nut cake which I made for Christmas and a cup of hot chocolate.
Jo’s Monday Walk
Sunday Trees
Looking back at 2020!
It’s funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations, and hope. This is a design of God that I appreciate and cherish.~ Steve Maraboli
Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.
Perhaps it is everywhere – on water and land.
~ Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass)
Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone’s hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.
~ Vera Nazarian (The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration)
Terri’s Sunday Stills Photo Challenge
The theme is for today “Jan 3” : Your 2020 Retrospective (share your year in images)
Lens artists photo challenge:Favourite Images of 2020
Sunday Trees
We can learn a lot from trees: they’re always grounded but never stop reaching heavenward ~ Everett Mamor
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