Auratia

Flora's Secret

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000

"All around the sounds
moving closer to them
telling them the story
told by flora."
Enya
From "Flora's Secret"

The last shot from camp.
There will be a haitus for about a week starting today, as I am waiting for my new laptop to arrive.
Taken August 1, 2010 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

Xanthous

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000

"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today.
I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.
I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."
Groucho Marx

"Xanthous" literally means yellow... and this flower certainly is that! :)
Taken August 1, 2010 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

Glance of a Flower

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000

"There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times
control the greatest of creation's braggart lords."
John Muir

Yet another flower from the camp gardens.
Taken August 1, 2010 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

Golden Sunrise

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000

"My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature;
the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil,
and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

The only sunrise shot I managed to get while at Camp Meeting.
Taken August 1, 2010 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

Waves of Northumberland Strait

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000

"The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain,
the sound of wind in a primeval wood,
and the sound of outer ocean on a beach."
Henry Beston

The Atlantic Ocean meets the shore near camp.
Taken August 1, 2010 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

Long Climb

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000

"To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first."
William Shakespeare

Yet another staircase along the beach.
Taken July 31, 2010 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

Rooted

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000

"I never saw a discontented tree.
They grip the ground as though they liked it,
and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do."
John Muir

I love pictures like this. :)
Taken July 31, 2010 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

Stairway to Heaven

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000

"And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth,
and the top of it reached to heaven:
and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it."
Genesis 28:12

One of the many staircases leading up from the beach.
Taken July 31, 2010 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

Inunnguaq

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0000

"We can throw stones, complain about them,
stumble on them, climb over them,
or build with them."
William Arthur Ward

This is an inunnguaq, a type of inuksuk (most inuksuit are just piles of rocks, sans legs). It was my first time making one. I don't think I did too badly. :)
Taken July 31, 2010 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.

Clear Sunset

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:00:00 +0000

"The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere;
the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling;
vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming,
on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls."
John Muir

Back from my hiatus. Miss me? :)
Although my little pocket digi couldn't capture the sun without a bit of glare, I really like how this shot came out.
Taken July 30, 2010 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.