Nature’s Abundance by Camilla Downs

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Camilla

Nature’s Abundance

I feel the frosty cold
embrace as You brush
across this body.
I feel and Know
your Abundance.

I touch and hug
the beautiful,
scarred and knotted
trees that sprout
and grow from Your soil.
I feel and Know
your Abundance.

I delight in the sparkling
and unique snow flakes
as they drift from
the brooding clouds
above and lightly fall
upon this body.
I feel and Know
your Abundance.

Lo, even as I dodge
and walk through
the nuggets of
geese waste left
behind by these
majestic and
interesting creatures,
I feel and Know
your Abundance.

Yes, I feel Your abundance
I Know it now.

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Poetry and Photography: Nature’s Abundance

Incredibly Quiet and Beautiful and Incredible and Amazing Art Show

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Camilla

March 2 2018:

Solo walk this morning …. Brrrrr!!!! Incredibly quiet and beautiful!!!! xoxo

March 2 2018:

Wheeeeee!!! Stepped outside to play and walk around in the snow. So quiet and beautiful!!

March 3 2018:

I love nature’s ever changing art shows. She’s truly incredible and amazing!!!

Love on a Walk and Rainbow Peace and Natures Abundance

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Camilla

February 21 2018:

Discovered some love on a quick walk this morning. Then, when I got back home, rainbow peace greeted me! xoxo

February 22 2018:

Solo walk earlier today for me. I stood next to this wonderful tree for a few minutes just soaking it in. It was a walk overflowing with knowing, noticing, and feeling natures abundance. xoxo

Beautiful Moments Together and Grateful for the Magic and Mystery

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Camilla

February 11 2018:

Cold walk with Thomas yesterday afternoon. Brrr! Winter is not done sharing with us yet. The cold was too much for my phone and it died, so no more photos after these. No matter. Thomas and I shared beautiful moments together.

February 13 2018:

I am so incredibly grateful for the magic and mystery of life. The mind stands in a stunned state, while my heart and soul say, “Yes, this is the way it can always be.”

Immensely grateful that I am listening and writing. As during journal writing a few mornings ago, the words that came forth finally helped me to understand something that I have been confused about for years.

And once I started applying it, over the past few days …..

Simply magical and jaw dropping results. Hugely, hugely, hugely grateful to and for all of you, Mother Nature, writing, and Thomas and Lillian.

February 14 2018:

Amazing solo walk yesterday afternoon. Just WOW!!

I love the mystery of going for a walk and listening for that strong urge that whispers, “Take a picture now. Squat for this one. Kneel for this one. Lie down on the ground for this.” It’s so fun to see where it leads and the photos that are made. xoxo

Wonderful and Present Moments

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Camilla

February 8 2018:

Wonderful walk with Thomas this afternoon. This amazing young man causes me to stay in the present moment and l i s t e n!!!!

For the topics he wishes to discuss require more than a yes or no. I find myself responding “I don’t know” quite often.

He’s 12 and he likes to talk about some deep stuff. He told Lillian tonight that age doesn’t equate to how smart you are. I am so grateful, grateful, grateful for him.

Tonight after dinner he thanked me for listening to him and talking with him about all that interests him. I do, at times, get frustrated with his topics and I don’t hide it. I’m thankful that I can share honestly with him at those times and roll with it at those times when I find the topics fascinating and interesting. xoxo

Nature Calls Us To Be With Her

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Camilla

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November 21 2015:

Day 3 of nature photo challenge … Thomas says that sometimes he doesn’t really want to go for a walk, yet he feels compelled to come along …. And he’s always glad he did. Nature does indeed call us to be with her. She soothes, inspires and refreshes us. xoxo

Thomas Hanging on Tree Vintage Lake Sunset 11.21.15

Thomas and Camilla December 2017 Date Day

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Camilla

December 18 2017:

Thomas and Camilla December 2017 Date Day – First stop: Lunch at Great Full Gardens South Meadows Reno.

Courageous Cappuccino to start for me. Followed by a Vegan Reuben. Yum!!!! Great Full Burger and Totally Tomato soup for Thomas.

Last stop: Dessert at Icecycle Creamery. Vegan for me: Coconut nog and Coconut Mint. Thomas had Great Balls of Christmas!!!

In between lunch and dessert: A stop so he could pick out a gift for Lillian.

Followed by a stop at Bartley Ranch Regional Park. He has loved examining and playing with these old tractors since he was 2 years old. Ending with a walk around the entire loop.

Shining Star Bag by Camilla Downs

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Camilla

You can take
All the hearts
Nature puts forth

And put them
All in a bag
Made of stars
Wrapped in a
Bow of beautiful
Green grass.

But there’ll be
Days when no
Matter the beauty
No matter the love
No matter the
Depth of knowing
How the Light
Shines within.

There’ll be days
When a heaviness
Envelops and that
Shining star bag
Full of love ….

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Poetry and Photography: Shining Star Bag

Beautiful and Good Feeling

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Camilla

**THROWBACK POST**

November 17 2013:

Beautiful day … Thomas and I walked the entire trail and stopped at the park for him to play for a while. Good feeling stuff, this being out in nature. Love, Love, Love!