A beautiful orange butterfly landing on a red colored flower in Costa Rica 10 stop ND filter of ocean and coastline in Big Sur California Morning sunlight shinning through the trees and illuminating the path that leads you into the forest Sunlight shinning through the forest canopy and creating a beautiful lens flare star A painterly view of wildflowers and small green plants in the sierras in California Macro view of a strange looking black leaf tailed lizard with big yellow eyes peering through a plant at the camera A beautiful dirt road with yellow wildflowers near the university of San Diego Looking up at a hole in the fall colored forest canopy at blue sky A white peach blossom surrounded with colorful painterly washes of green, blue and white. A photo that is more like a painting than a photograph. Yellow dill flowers mixed with light green colored California poppy pods at the Yellow Dill Flowers Mixed with California Poppy Pods at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Blue and black shades of ice on the Blue Ice of the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau Alaska View of the Pacific Ocean water mixing with kelp from above Abstract shapes created by sunlight backlighting the trees in the forest canopy in Mendocino California Silhouette of wildflowers just after sunset with dark blue sky and orange glow of the sun setting on the horizon on Orcas Island in Washington State Abstract black and white painterly view of a meadow in the Sierra mountains in California Small frog popping it's head out of a handmade ceramic cup at Orcas Island Pottery in Washington State A small red seashell tiny black accents photographed with soft in direct sunlight Flowers at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens in California photographed with shallow depth of field to give an Impressionist painting feeling to the viewer so soft tones of pink and speckles of red accents from the stamens. White and crimson red dahlia flowers mixed with A Purple, Yellow and White colored Passion Flower in the palm of a young girls hand A black and white textured look of the trees with white leaves Abstract black and white painterly view of a meadow in the Sierra mountains in California Soft morning sunlight shinning on the leaves of the trees in the Fern Canyon scenic trail A warm sepia like view of the sun shining through trees and creating lens flare starburst Looking through the complexity of the branches of a tree in 新宿御苑 in Tokyo Japan. Inspired by its beauty. Close-up of Hedophyllum Sessile (Sea cabbage kelp) which has a distinct golden amber color seen on the beach in Mendocino California A beautiful tan colored desert iguana disguised in the sand of the Anza Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego California An abstract view a seed pods on the end of tall grass photographed with the golden light of the sunrise Beautiful morning light filtering through the pine tree forest canopy in the Fern Canyon Scenic trail in Mendocino California Small green seedling plants surround in darkness growing towards the light on the forest floor 森木禮讚，身心的朝聖之路 Rei Moriki, The Path of the Morning Saint of Body and Mind forest and steps with bright sunlight Looking up as the sunlight shines through the green leaves and branches of the trees as they blend together and create a natural pattern of shades of green, black and white. Looking up at the leaves and branches of an old tree in a park behind the the giant torii gate of Oyunohara Kumano Hongu Taisha Otorii Abstract view of the fall colored red, yellow and orange leaves of the forest canopy Looking up through the forrest of Japanese maple trees as the sun shines through the canopy Four female Northern elephant seals lying in the sun at the Año Nuevo State Park in California Large green fig tree leaves leading your eye into a tree of small red blooming flowers in the background. A cluster of white flowers shaped like balls backlit with bright midday sunlight in a meadow in Yosemite National Park in California Light green colored lichens growing in a circular shape on an oval rock with orange lichens around the edge. A magical looking photo of red California poppies bursting out towards the camera Seaweed or kelp on the beach in Mendocino California Costa Rica Butterfly garden photograph Soft mix of purple and blue shades of colorful flowers mixed with blue sky Yellow colored canyon sunflowers backlit with early morning sunlight

Nature

Being an outdoor enthusiast, I’ve come to appreciate and love nature. From closely observing plants and animals, I’ve learned that there is so much beauty in the natural world. By being attuned to nature, it gives me great sense of peace and happiness.

Thank you Mother Nature
母なる自然に感謝

Date

September 14, 2020

Category

Nature

Tags

Air, Clouds, Color, Earth, Fire, Flowers, Forests, Green, Growing, Hiking, Ice, Insects, Lakes, Life, Living, Love, Mother-Nature, Mountains, Nature, Ocean, Parks, People, Photography, Plants, Rain, Rocks, Sky, Soil, Streams, Tides, Travel, Trees, Walks, Water