‘Growth In An Arch’
I have posted a couple of arch themed photographs recently for whatever reason – to them I add one of a conservatory at the Auckland Domain Wintergardens,with tropical plants visible though the glass surrounds.
Growth In An Arch
Tag: Growth
Palmistry
‘Palmistry’
…predicting growth and beauty…
What I Wish For
‘What I Wish For’
…light, growth, serenity…
Dig Me Up, Plant Me Out
‘Dig Me Up, Plant Me Out’
…growth, where there was none…
Striped And Scarred
‘Striped And Scarred’
Palm trunk detail, striped and scarred.
Patterns of age, growth and wear.
Those markings are on the outside.
What of our own stripes and scars, often invisible to others?
I suspect that we all have them.
Remember, that the markings of adversity and growth remind us how far we have come and who we really are.
Lichen Love
‘Lichen Love’
…growth in the shadows – what’s not to like, and love?…
Against The Odds
‘Against The Odds’
…you can get choked by adverse forces, but you just might grow despite them…
Now To Spread Yer Wings
‘Now To Spread Yer Wings’ April 2020
If, right now, you more time than usual to contemplate your lockdown self, consider this:
“You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling. So don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly”.
– Rumi
(and try not to shit on others from great heights when you get there)
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Gothic Arboretum II
‘Gothic Arboretum II’
More dark in the park; see also Gothic Arboretum
Fronds, boughs, leaves…and shadows.
Always shadows.
They don’t last forever though, and they serve to give perspective to light.
You can’t grow without them both.
Green Grow The Rushes
” I’ll sing you one, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your one, O?
One is one and all alone
And evermore shall be so.”
– ‘ Green Grow The Rushes, O ‘ ( trad. English folk song )
Magnolia Dream
‘Magnolia Dream’
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The soft, creamy hues of the magnolia flower with its opulent scent – summer signifiers.
So grateful to have a large tree in our backyard, and I took and made this picture last night after some evening rain had fallen.
The distinctive aroma of the flower was magnified by the warm, moist air.
When the tree was planted by us 20 years ago, this image was the dream in my mind…
Young Growth
Maize, Glenbrook Beach NZ
A young crop of maize in rows on a friend’s land today.
Such a sense of order and design is very appealing to the neat freak in me!
We have got to set definite plans for new ventures and things that will grow us, I know.
But sometimes, despite those plans, growth is haphazard or sprawling. At other times nothing appears to be happening at all. Or worse, the new seedlings wilt and die.
To grow is to accept that there will be pain, frustration and unpredictability. There is a need to be patient when there is no immediate yield. I need to remind myself of this almost daily – at times I am a lousy sharecropper in my own life growth.
To leave your field bare is not an option though.
“Don’t go through life, grow through life” – Eric Butterworth
The End Is The Beginning
Auckland’s narrow Okahu Bay Wharf (seen from a different angle in the previous post Above The Wharf, Over The Sea ) tapers to a point in the distance.
Where it ends,the sea begins.
An end is always a beginning of something.
“You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.” – John Irving, ‘The World According To Garp’
(Questions tossed up by the tide: So we know the pier ends, but does the sea have an end?… and if it does, what begins after the sea?)
Re-tread Gently
This shot was taken yesterday at the 25th birthday celebrations of a community organisation that has done of lot of good things in that time for families in its (mainly poor) neighbourhood.
The garden out the back of the centre re-uses old tyres, brightly repainted ,as planters for the food grown there.Lost property from the nearby airport is distributed to those who need it. Waste management and re-cycling are key components of the work .Life skills are taught and passed on. Anything that can be used is used and those with the time and love can who wish to contribute to the work are welcomed.
Simplicity, sustainability, care and respect for others and our planet are the group’s ideals and practices for growth.
Big corporates and bureaucrats take note!
Growth
“Once we say yes to life, yes to our wholeness and true wisdom, then the intelligence of life will always provide all the growth you need. Growth is a potent serum of life. Life is always trying to always grow and expand us. You don’t need to have a plan.We need to work with whatever comes our way,moment by moment to grow and expand our sense of self.”
–Louise Marra,2017.
The person who wrote this is an acquaintance of mine and has taught me a bit about mindfulness as a way to approach life. She is very definite here,”…say yes to life….”.
We Kiwis have a colloquial expression .”yeah, nah”(sometimes nah, yeah”).To be uttered when asked a direct question and when unsure or equivocal. People do it without thinking (and it is good for a laugh!).But much as the cynic in me wants to reach for my proverbial gun upon hearing such unequivocally positive words, the kernel of the matter is reaching true acceptance of life, its circumstances and ourselves.
Only that, no inspirational quote or well thought out strategy ,will allow the personal growth Louise mentions. Life is pretty random and can be unkind too, but those unplanned and often unwanted moments are often key growth initiators.
Peace, Andy.
Ebb Then Flood 