I am sitting here anxiously waiting for a storm. Completely and utterly filled with anticipation as if it was the first thunderstorm I've ever witnessed. In the south during spring and summer time we get this beautiful and very random storms with lighting and thunder. Mother nature making sure you know who is the boss. Putting me and my surroundings in check. The birds are rushing to what seems like home and I watch a squirrel go as fast as she can (yes, by now you know everything is a she) to her destination. I am pretty sure home...her home is somewhere cozy safe and filled with a variety of nuts, fruits and seeds that it has been able to gather thus far.
Growing up on an island does wonderful things to your soul.
You learn to appreciate nature and everything in it...
Imagine a hummingbird sucking the nectar out of an orchid growing out of the trunk of a lemon tree...
I can close my eyes still and smell the perfume of the orchids mixed with the citrus lemon which felt like a cooling sensation inside my soul. The hummingbird like harmless lighting flies...Watching the hummingbird sucking the nectar out of all the beauty which is surrounded by made me think of the ways I too could and should be like the hummingbird as I walked through life...
I've traveled to places that were far and near...Crossed a few seas and became completely enchanted with the beauty and uniqueness of each human that was put on this earth...
I fell in love with the connections and the similarities we all have... amazed of the many people that have touched my life and filled with wonderment and complete curiosity because we all know...
We can't lose the sense of wonderment.
You can't lose all of your innocence otherwise dread and sadness settles in and the ability to feel and see all things that are whimsical and fantastic get lost in translation.
So at times I tend to hide...I hide behind the camera, a book, my kids, my journal, my kitchen even behind the music. Anything that can take me back to that afternoon... to my lemon tree... and like the hummingbird I travel sipping nectar from every flower, I fly joyfully through my days, seeing beauty in everything and everyone. Now, I hear the same frog that sends me off to slumber every night its singing to me in the middle of my day. She too is waiting anxiously for the storm... for raindrops to provide her with a cooling sensation all the way to it's soul.
Where do you hide to soothe your soul?
Before I go I would like to share another blog award given to us by an amazing blogger Alexandra. The Versatile Blogger Award. Alexandra is all the way from Sweden and I would love to share her blog with you. So if you get a chance drop by and say hello to her. Tell her you found her while traveling the sweet life.
Later...Stay Sweet Peeps...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Soothe Your Soul...
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bohemia,
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childhood,
family,
freedom,
inspiration,
la dulce vida,
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meditation,
self love,
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Glad I visited your blog. Such beautiful family pictures. Guess all nature lovers have more love to give and more patience in capturing the best in people and mother nature....
ReplyDeleteSuch a nice post! Sometimes I wish I grew up on an island! :)
ReplyDeleteHow funny u blogged about hiding & I about revealing myself on the same day.
ReplyDeleteI have to say: I love how everything stems from the divine feminine.
This was very introspective and very thoughtful! I am moved. Thanks for following my blog! Returning the blog love! Have a good day!
ReplyDeleteMiriam
these pics are amazing. great post!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE your photography :)
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xox
renee
Love your blog and photos...amazing...we should all appreciate mother nature more...and where do I hide? In the eyes of my children and grandchildren...see life through their eyes and hope the world will be a better place for them....We should all stop and smell the roses once in a while...it does a heart and soul good.
ReplyDeleteso glad that you stopped by to follow! i love your blog and am gladly following back! :)
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This makes me miss rain and light thunderstorms, beautiful post. I lived in Texas and now out here in California we hardly get anything! I am looking forward to reading more and following along. :)
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ReplyDeleteWow!What a lovely family and blog. Wishing I was on an island right about..now. LOL. Thanks for swinging by my blog and the follow- figured I would check yours out and return the favor.
ReplyDeleteCheers-
Mikey
www.mikey-thesinglemom.blogspot.com
Where do I go? Well, I go to Vermont, when I can. When i can't, which is 99.9% of the time since I live in Seattle, I go to Discovery park and walk the dog amongst the shells, the trees and the lighthouses....
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful imagery, Adriana!!
Melina
Beautiful photos! I love looking at the clouds, they can be so pretty.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures captured "heaven" for me. To answer your questions, books are where I bury myself, whether to escape a moment, hide from a problem I'm not ready to face, or relish in a new adventure. Stories soothe me. I'm so happy I found you. : )
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures -- I need to get lost in nature more instead of the tech stuff that catches me. Thanks for the reminder.
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Wonderful blog and thank you for following me. If not, I never would have found your wonderful blog. I loved this blog topic about hiding.
ReplyDeleteHello...just popped over via shutter love. What great shots of the sky. BEAUTIFUL :)
ReplyDeletelove this song and love love rain!
ReplyDeleteHailey and I always put on our rainboots and play in the puddles and get soaked and we save the worms from the gutters and sometimes we save snakes.
Beautiful photos and beautiful analogy! Hummingbirds are one of my favorite birds. My husband got a photo of one on its nest one time, and it was so incredibly peaceful.
ReplyDeleteI hide under a cozy blanket with a cup of tea. Though with the weather warming up, I think it will need to be in the grass in my backyard with a glass of iced tea!
These are all such beautiful photos!
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I really enjoyed you post and the beautiful pictures. I love sitting on my front porch and watching a strom move in I tell my grandkids to watch the trees are so excited they start dancing in wind. I hope they remember when they children to watch the trees dance before a storm.
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http://itsabouttimemamaw.blogspot.com/
my bed/bedroom is my sanctuary. i feel so calm & relaxed in there :)
ReplyDeletegorgeous sky shots!
Thanks for visiting my blog and following me.
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Thanks for stopping by my blog. I apologize it is late getting back to you but we have had alot of thunderstorms and my internet kept going off and on so I finally just shut it down. I am following you back on Facebook, Networked Blogs and thru GFC. I could not find the Twitter button. Have a great day!
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This is indeed soothing!
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http://lapseincomposure.blogspot.com