Majestic images that flowed ever so slowly across the sky.
Like white giants they put their footprints onto the heavens (10 shots).
I don't know what it is, but I have, since childhood, been in love with nature and the skies. Apparently, there is now a movement that wants to establish an organisation that will introduce people to nature. I found this weird, but when I read the article, it stated that people don't like silence and birdsong, as they are used to the noise of traffic and the other sounds in their city life. Many other reasons are professed, and I was stunned because nature has always been a part of me.
For instance, I will take nature instead of city life any day, as the silence is welcoming and it allows nature to talk to one. What can be better than to sit at the foot of a big mountain in the arms of nature? It is well known that life has become a headlong rush, but with that rush also comes illnesses, and we try to avoid it at all costs. Oh yes, somedays we are also forced into the rushing around business, but afterwards we always rush into nature. Lol.
One can write so many stories about the views in this post, especially if one can find oneself physically in every scene. Story lines aplenty on offer here. Imagine, for instance, that you are sitting on a rock and watching the views cruise over like a slow video, listening to birdsong and the gurgle of the water in a small stream, with a frog choir.
Salient beings, the clouds, and we know that when they come over like this then they have shed the water that they were loaded with somewhere inland in a violent storm. We love the peace that they exude on their journey across the sky, and I always feel that I want to be up there riding on one of them. Who knows, maybe one day when I leave this planet earth, I might be able to fulfill my wish to ride on a cloud.
We spent 17 years in a big city suburb that was, and still is, a crime hotspot. I was even robbed at gunpoint. But we didn't give up, and just continued to work with the youngsters, trying to offer them a better life by skills training. We partnered Papillon with a University up there and we offered accredited training projects to the students. It was a wild and rough time and every day I longed to be in the silence of nature. Now, by grace, we have it in abundance.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos and words by Zac Smith. No AI and Photoshop. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
Until next time. Shalom!