28 April



automatic

every spring i walk down the path through the wood

to find brand new green shoots bursting out of trees and branches



automatic

every day i see the tide changing

on the beach

the sun sets, the stars sparkle, the earth spins

automatic

we are specks of stardust

these are the days are that matter

not how things were in the past, 

or how they may be in the future

but what we do this very day

as we open our hearts and our eyes

and step from our front doors

in automatic


Automatic
by Miranda Lampbert 






Comments

  1. Tamar SB28 April 2015 at 07:09

    so beautiful and well said.

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  2. Beverly28 April 2015 at 08:43

    Love the stillness you found in nature!

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  3. Carol Blackburn28 April 2015 at 09:43

    Love that ocean color!

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  4. Kim Cunningham 28 April 2015 at 11:33

    Gorgeous photos! Love the crashing surf!

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  5. eileeninmd28 April 2015 at 14:36

    Lovely images and post.. The ocean shot is my favorite. Have a happy day!

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  6. Marilyn28 April 2015 at 15:08

    Wonderful sentiment. Magnificent beauty in this post.

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  7. Cristal @ Dapple Design28 April 2015 at 16:07

    I do some of those same things automatically too -- looking for green shoots in the spring, monitoring the tide (though not every day). Your wave photo today is lovely. You caught the moment of spray and the light coming in from behind. Love it.

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  8. Dotti28 April 2015 at 16:46

    So happy you've found a peek of spring! And, yes, the certainty of the changing tides, one of the things I love best about the ocean.

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  9. Tom28 April 2015 at 17:49

    Great images. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  10. Laila28 April 2015 at 18:55

    Is it ok if I sit down by your side, quietly, and just fell the wind and the water?
    Thank you so mucg for cheering such wonderful photos ♥

    quietly

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  11. Sharon28 April 2015 at 20:57

    I love new green shoots, too. Such promise of life and warm days to come. Beautiful image! Your photo of the waves in action is great, too!

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  12. Rambling Woods28 April 2015 at 23:39

    So lovely to see you in Nature Notes this week! These are beautiful and the prose is perfect. How I would love to be able to be close to the beach.. I can almost here it...Michelle

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  13. Joyful29 April 2015 at 02:42

    I too look forward to the first greens of Spring. I also love the mist off the big waves of the ocean. Lovely pics I'm following you back ;-)

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  14. Roxi H29 April 2015 at 09:31

    great shots. love to see all the green finally.

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  15. EarlK29 April 2015 at 20:22

    The ocean is in me . . . forever. Lovely photo.

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  16. Kmcblackburn30 April 2015 at 11:00

    I really feel a sense of "being" in these photos...of stillness. Great job! Thanks for sharing at Song-ography.

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  17. molly30 April 2015 at 15:24

    Great shot of the waves rolling in

    Mollyxxx

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  18. Laila1 May 2015 at 15:46

    I really love the wavephoto! The light, the colour.... Thank you for showing ♥

    http://tillklippt.blogspot.se/

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