Where cloud and sky
Land and sea
Blue and White
Grey and green
All meet
Heaven touches earth
Ireland
c2024 Lisa Lyons
Photo – Slieve League, County Donegal, 2024, Ed Lyons
Heaven Touches Earth
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Tag Archives: Nature
Hope
Like a small glimmer of light far away on the water,
It is there.
Like the knowledge that one wave will come after another ends,
It will come.
Like the next note that follows the one before,
It will sound.
Like the cleansing wind that brings fresh after the still,
It will roar.
Hope.
c 2023 Lisa Lyons
The Beauty of Mystery
A soft, misty day in Ireland is a thing of beauty. The white blankets the green and grey with hints of what was and what could be. The imagination runs wild with imaginings. The hard lines of reality meld into the soft focus of dreams.
One of my very favorite things to say when confronted with anything I don’t understand or don’t know the outcome, is, “I don’t know…. it’s a mystery.” (loosely paraphrased from Shakespeare in Love.) And for some wonderful reason, I can relax about it and enjoy the waiting and uncertainty more. Instead of scary, things seem magical and exciting, unknown and different.
The beauty of mystery, of not knowing, of release, of not so perfect, of all too human.
Blessings,
Lisa
The Absence of Wind
She waited
She sat
She prayed
For the wind
Stillness surrounded
Staleness enfolded
She prayed and prayed
For the wind
And then one day…
It came
c 2023 Lisa Lyons
The Solo Seabird
This is the somewhat true story of an older seagull that resides somewhere in the vicinity of Pemaquid, Maine.
He had always been active. He loved to fly, to fish, to dive, to compete with the young gulls for the choice bits of food. But time passed, and he realized that he didn’t feel the need any more to overachieve. His wings and feet were a little cranky, and he felt happy just walking up and down Pemaquid Beach on a quiet day. He occasionally flew and got his food, but mostly, he walked and looked and was.
And he was happy.
The younger seabirds shook their heads and thought, “We will never be old and boring like that.”
But he wasn’t boring; he was just happy with his beach.
I watched this bird for a long time as I sat on Pemaquid Beach a few weeks ago. And as I watched him walk along the shoreline, I hoped sincerely that he wasn’t injured. I couldn’t see anything untoward. Mostly, he just seemed content and happy.
Enjoy your day; enjoy your beach.
Blessings, Lisa
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