An old perfume bottle sits atop a stone, moss growing around it, soon enveloping and covering it…such is the growth in a wet climate like Ireland!
The beauty of such a small thing never ceases to amaze me!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…maybe some people see this as only waste or junk…but see what Mother Nature makes of it!
Beauty abounds in Nature.
It’s as though everything she touches manifests magic, transforming the mundane into the majestic.
A quote from the book I’m currently reading:
“You are a solar powered biological being, symbiotically co-evolved with plants, fungus and bacteria, primarily functioning to process and concentrate plant soluble nutrients in exchange for fruits, nuts, grains and other food.” – Ben Falk quoting Buzz Fever
I felt relieved at the idea that nature is probably using humans in the same way it uses birds and other animals. Our body accumulates nutrients, processes them, turns them into something more complex than minerals, stores the product of this transformation for a little while and finally releases it into nature once the human journey is over.
I don’t think we can destroy or irreversibly damage nature. What we can do is turning the environment into something that can’t keep us alive anymore, something that will bring us to extinction. Nature, in its own time, will revert what we’ve done and manifest itself as it always does. Once a ball of lava, it became forest. When the entire planet will be a very large parking area made of concrete, man will disappear and few hundred of thousand years later everything will be green again 🙂 Cheers.
I love these photos from your garden in Winter, Colette. I really love this season and its mists.
Harsh but ultimately true. However, I also believe that we have a destiny to evolve with and through Nature onto a higher spiritual level.
Blessings X
Colette
Sometimes I think that mankind is the biggest threat to nature and then I come here and see one of mother natures finest co-workers and am both inspired and filled with hope. I realise we can also, potentially, be her greatest friends.
Wishing you a beautiful weekend x
Cicely
Beautiful and kind words, Cicely…I thank you X
Blessings
Colette
Absolutely! Beautifully expresses! I’ve been talking about all the meaningless rubbish we buy for the forthcoming season over on my blog today as I’ve been quite shocked by it all recently; http://rossmountney.wordpress.com/2014/11/27/meaningless-crap/