REFLECTIONS

WHAT I NOTICE WHEN I STOP
LONG ENOUGH TO LOOK.

SLOWER
THINGS
REVEAL
MORE

Weathered wooden pilings rising from the Hudson River — HUDSON RIVER / NEW YORK

Cattails beside still water — QUIET WATER / LATE SUMMER

A SMALLER KIND OF SEEING

Once forget a time or place,
let your soul find gentle space,
in the silence, solace see,
bound to nothing, truly free.

Birgit M. Schneidmueller

Bird perched on bare branches against blue sky — BRANCHES / OPEN SKY

Two bald eagles perched in a bare tree — TWO EAGLES / BLUE SKY

Steller's jay perched on a stone wall — A PAUSE / CLOSE ENOUGH TO NOTICE

Layered fields, ridges and mountains beneath blue sky

THE LONG VIEW

A landscape in layers.

Field, shadow, ridge,
mountain, sky.

Nothing asks for attention,
and somehow everything does.

Geese crossing a grassy ridge beneath a dramatic cloudy sky — THE ORDINARY / STILL WORTH LOOKING AT