You know that noise you hear when the power goes out?

Yes, silence!

If we are home alone and the house is quiet we assume what we are hearing is silence. When in fact what we are hearing is the lack of voices, televisions, radios, etc. We are not hearing silence. Silence is that noise that happens when the power goes off and the white noise is absent.

I experienced silence this past week in a totally natural way. We vacationed in Northern Ontario. Also known as the North woods or the bush. 

One day I hiked up Rock Candy Mountain. When I reach the top I was surrounded by nature and silence. Standing on this massive rock I could see for miles. My view was a blanket of trees, with patches of blue water and a patch work of blue sky and white clouds. A large black raven soared in front of me…I was in his space. 

On a different day I paddled the canoe to the other side of the lake and watched the sunset. It seemed as though the sun was sharing its magnificent beauty just with me. The sun and me, surrounded by silence as he slipped out of sight.

Silence….powerful, comforting, soothing…it may lack noise, but it holds much peace.
 

If my dog could read (and talk) she would probably say….”I don’t smoke and I don’t have a pet….What is the problem?!”

These colorful containers are at a local sheltered workshop that employees adults with developmental disabilities. The clients participated in creating this colorful flowerbed.

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A really big green bug

A lizard trying really hard to become the wood

Photos inspired by Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Wood or Season of Spring. To read more about this challenge click here

If my dog had any idea how silly she is….she would have smiled when I took this picture!!

Pillow Dog

Chelsea

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Earlier today I had a conversation with another blogger, Helen C. She was asking for opinions and advice on her firework photos. I realized I had a lot of the same questions. Our conversation also got me excited about going back and looking at the pictures I took on the 4th of July.

I really enjoy the pictures that “look” like I think a firework picture is suppose to look. But I kinda like the mistakes too.

I decided to post a few of the photos I took and ask you all what you think makes a good firework picture? Is it the colors, textures, diversity of shapes? Or is it the originality of the photo?

I think the first three pictures look pretty “typical” and the last two look anything but typical!
I really like the 4th picture….even though it barely looks like a firework was involved in it!