Photography Club

[bellbird]

Thank you so much @Kubash16 :)
I am lucky to call such a beautiful country as NZ my home.

 

[Changing4Best]

@bellbird OK, that is awesomely nice, but now I am so curious as to what the safe place looks like, if it is no too personal and you could share?

 

[bellbird]

@bellbird OK, that is awesomely nice, but now I am so curious as to what the safe place looks like, if it is no too personal and you could share?

I'll have to keep that one a secret, sorry :hug:
But a little imagination can get you very far ;)

 

[Changing4Best]

OK, understood!

 

[Still Standing]

The foggy ocean beach is a view that calms me. This was taken in the area of Pacific Beach, in Washington state. I sure would like to be there, sitting in my car, with the windows rolled down, listening to the seagulls and the ocean waves. ~sigh~ Perhaps, I can swing a car trip there this late Spring or Summer. I am so ready to smell salt water! ?

 

[bellbird]

@bellbird OK, that is awesomely nice, but now I am so curious as to what the safe place looks like, if it is no too personal and you could share?

I'll have to keep that one a secret, sorry :hug:
But a little imagination can get you very far ;)

Actually, no. I will share some photos :)

The safe space that the bridge leads to is one where I will often blend with my child part, Little bellbird.

It's a place where we can just get away from "being an adult" for a short while.

I often find myself skipping through the grassy meadows, and under trees that reach so tall into the sky.

Or calling back to the native birds in the style of their own song, and smiling as they respond in turn and fly down to a lower branch to get a closer look at me.

While I'm there I feel totally free and at peace. It is glorious beyond words.


I've just come back from an adventure there, and I brought up the idea of sharing photos of the safe space here, with Little.
We ended up taking some photos and decided that we wanted to share their beauty with forum friends, and that doing so would still maintain the secrecy of our space.

Today's adventure felt more special than usual.
When I posted the photo of the bridge, I thought that it looked nice, but I certainly was not expecting the big positive reaction it got.

I think I was slightly guilty of taking for granted the beauty around me. Today I was not guilty of that.
I took it all in with great mindfulness; every sight and sound fueling my childlike wonder and joy, until it filled every ounce of my being.

For those glorious moments, there was no trauma. No PTSD. Only love and light.

While we are once again back in our normal world (sitting in a doctor's waiting room as I write), we know that we can return there again. And we also keep these photos from today to take us back to that time, and to share with you all the beauty that we experienced.

 

[Changing4Best]

AWESOME! Thanks so much for being willing to share. Your special place reminds me of mine in a way. I had some photos of it somewhere, I will see if I can find them. The photos, 2 of them, were taken by my childhood friend named Pauline, who used to hike there with me and have picnic lunches there with me often. @bellbird

 

[Changing4Best]

Oh shooot! I just realized I can't share them... copyright laws. Oh well.

The place is called 2nd Falls. It is a water falls with a pond at the bottom of it. We used to climb down some vines to get there, as it was beyond a cliff which was almost not passable. It was a really secret place, very peaceful. We'd sit by the falls and eat our lunches that we had put in our pockets so that we could hold onto the vines that we used to get there. (Our mothers would have fainted if they had known how we had to get there by such "dangerous" means)!

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

Standing on the side of a bank looking down into the mountain stream, noticing the ripples that each and every movement creates, enjoying what I refer to as nature's carpet, being the moss world, as I admire the roots of the trees and how they manage to stay grounded through so many storms and threatening conditions, as I steadily soak up the sounds of the running water while giving thanks for all the life it supports...

 

[MrMoonlight]

I went to see my GP today and took this outside his office, this saguaro stood about twenty-five feet tall at the entrance to his parking lot. I took half a dozen shots but found that I only had this one.

 

[Teasel]

Wow, that's just so beautiful! @MrMoonlight ?

 

[Changing4Best]

@MrMoonlight I love the rays of sunlight that you can see in this on too! It is an awesome photo.