According to Buddha
The winter solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time…a time to contemplate your immortality. A time to forgive, to be forgiven, and to make a fresh start. A time to awaken.
steady as the stars in the woods
so happy-hearted
and the warmth rang true inside these bones
as the old pine fell we sang
just to bless the morning
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a day or so ago ~ Wagner Natural Area rests on Treaty 6 lands ~ December 2021
sloppybuddhist 
Excellent monochrome photos and verse
Humble thank you Derrick☺️🙏🤍🕊sending peace and joy for a lovely holiday season ~ hugs hedy 🤗💫
Your good wishes reciprocated, hedy
Wonderful “antique” photos. Buddha’s words are perfect for the winter solstice! Stay warm and healthy 🤗😊🌹🙋♂️
Yes Ashley…seems like time to hibernate here ❄️❄️❄️🤍🕊thanks for your lovely comments always appreciated ~ hugs and joy hedy 🕊🤍💫
Thanks for sharing excellent words from Buddha that fit not only the day, but the season … and your photos match the theme. 🙂
Wonderful thank you kindly Frank🙏🤍🕊sending peace and joy and all good things 💫 enjoy your beach walks👣👣👣👣hugs hedy 🤗💫❄️❄️❄️
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Yes, wonderful monotone images in the snow and a good time to reflect on the past 2 years and how the world has changed.
Hope you enjoy the festive season, Hedy. With so much snow, wild storms, flooding, earthquakes and volcanoes erupting, Buddha’s words are all the more meaningful.
The whole world has changed. Let’s hope we humans can learn some lessons from the past 2 years and make some changes about the way we look at the environment and climate change too.
What a powerful wake-up call we’ve had. All the more reason to live mindfully each day appreciating family and friends and how much they mean to us.
Thank you kindly Vicki for your words and thoughtfulness 🤓🙏still quiet here but yes I imagine 2022 will bring us together again soon planning an airplane 🛫 to see the wee one…thee road is closed due to floods and its winter inn the mountain❄️❄️❄️I’m grateful 🙏 sending warmth and joyful thoughts for a happy holiday season🌲🤍❄️🕊hugs hedy🤗
Slowly, the amount of daylight will now be increasing each day. Thumbs up to that!
oh yes Neil this is true indeed…I’ve got lights up…candles and soft light bulbs everywhere this year along with a SAD lamp…planning to make it through🤣😅😁🤍❄️❄️🕊sending light and joy🤍🕊💫hugs hedy
Magical
it was beautiful “sweetspontaneous” really pretty and so quiet…we’re getting snow this week more❄️❄️❄️🌲🤍🕊sending you joy for a happy holiday ~ smiles hedy ☺️🕊🤍
Beautiful photos.
Thank you so much Timothy 🙏🤍🕊happy holidays sending joy for good times and relaxation ~ hugs hedy 🤗💫
Such incredible photography perfectly matches these lovely
welcoming thoughts to our new season and very shortly a very
new year. May happiness spread far and wide!
hugs, Eddie
I appreciate your kindness and response dear Eddie 🙏🤍🕊and yes the road is wide☺️happy holidays sending joy and all good things 🌲💫hugs hedy 🤗
You deserve all the kindness and good wishes in the world Hedy
Bang the drum and keep the faith on the longest night of the year.
love it Ray!🥁 🌟 🥁 🌟 compose a beautiful day sending you joy and all good things 💫🤍🕊hugs hedy🤗
One of musicians wrote that.🎸🎹🎤🥁🎅🎅🎅🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕
All the best with the fresh starts, Hedy! Keep your head up.. 🙂
always Harrie…I believe good things will emerge along with the changes in our community 🤓🤍🕊sending you joy for a lovely holiday time ~ hugs hedy 🌲💚
A powerful time in the woods. Magical shots.
the woods are a healing space…I can wander happily in them❄️🐶👣🌲sending joy and love over the pond Alex have a magical holiday season 🤍🕊hugs hedy
Looks like you have snow. While we came close a couple of times, nothing yet. This is when we appreciate the milder weather this time of the year.
oh yes like marshmallow❄️❄️❄️and still not too fresh so lots of outside time…next days not so much 🌲🌲🌲sending joy for the holidays David ~ ☺️🤍🕊
Beautiful Hedy and Merry everything!💕
Yes happiness your way too Cindy🎄❄️🤍🕊hedy💫
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We have the same snow-covered trees here in Van. I’ll be out tomorrow with my camera.
Love the sepia affect.
Alison
Always fun for while March I’ll be tired of it for sure🌬❄️❄️❄️✨🥂happy new year hugs and love hedy🤍
Absolutely beautiful Miss Hedy! ❤️
Thanks so much dear Julie always appreciated hoping your holiday season has been filled with joy and all good things🌬🤍🕊✨🥂hugs hedy
Sepia Beauty… Dankje wel.
je bent van harte welkom Brian ✨sending hugs hedy 🤗
Wow. A whole Dutch phrase I understood at 100%! (Making progress)
Would ‘Knuffel’ be appropriate?