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Showing posts with label 1001 Steps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1001 Steps. Show all posts
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
BEYOND THE TREES & OVER THE CLOUDS
See more West Coast scenes at Musings of A Puddlist In B.C. and also at UNDER MY UMBRELLA AND BEYOND: Love The Planet Productions.
Thursday, 16 March 2017
UPWARD & ONWARD 1001 STEPS
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Sunday, 31 July 2016
THE VIEW FROM 1001 STEPS
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Tuesday, 26 July 2016
Healthy Habits & Signs
We all know healthy habits can prevent disasters. Wherever I go I see people cycling, running, walking and climbing. The Art Of Running logo on a woman's t-shirt (photo above) was a sign about keeping fit. I admired her efforts at the 1001 Steps in Ocean Park recently and was impressed she only puffed a bit after running up and down so many stairs.
At the top of the stairs there are some common sense signs. Smoking is banned in this woodsy place, as is dumping trash. If you don't get out before the gate closes, you might spend the night with the wildlife at the bottom.
Hypertension or other surprise might await beyond the gate but being bitten by a disease decreases when willing to explore the true state of our wellness.
This post is linked to SIGNS, SIGNS.
To explore sights from around the globe, link to OUR WORLD.
See more West Coast scenes at Musings of A Puddlist In B.C. and also at UNDER MY UMBRELLA AND BEYOND: Love The Planet Productions.
Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.
Sunday, 24 April 2016
TOP TO BOTTOM OF 1001 STEPS
See more West Coast scenes at Musings of A Puddlist In B.C. and also at UNDER MY UMBRELLA AND BEYOND: Love The Planet Productions.
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Thursday, 30 July 2015
It's Cool Hanging Out At The Bottom Of 1001 Steps
See more West Coast scenes at Musings of A Puddlist In B.C. and also at UNDER MY UMBRELLA AND BEYOND: Love The Planet Productions.
Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Monday, 25 June 2012
Rocky Road At The Bottom Of 1001 Steps
I VENTURED DOWN 1001 Steps in Ocean Park twice this past week. I stepped on lacy shadows on Saturday in the early afternoon. (Click on pictures to enlarge.)
It was a noisy walk crunching over gravel, pebbles ...
and stones to the beach.
I saw a sun drenched buttercup along the way.
A red kite in the light breeze ...
floated in a crayon blue sky ...
breaking a string of rainy weather.
Large retainer blocks made a solid canvas for silver and black graffiti.
After scrambling along the rocky shore, I sat on a boulder and enjoyed the view.
Two days earlier, I took a trek down the steps after dinner.
The air around me was a ...
balmy blanket of soothing comfort.
I couldn't resist bringing home a random rock that I found ...
in the shape of a heart.
The Amtrak passenger train heading from Vancouver, BC, back to Seattle in the US seemed cushioned on the tracks as it whisked by briskly.
It was a change from the overly long freight trains but equally unsafe. People have a tendency to walk on the tracks. This is very dangerous because there are hidden corners and the distance and direction of a sound can be misleading.
A small group of people were doing a photo shoot against the backdrop of red and yellow grafitti. It was just for fun, they said.
Their flash apparatus was neatly attached to the photographer's umbrella.
Nature carved two elephants touching noses on a nearby rock.
The tide rolled in higher and higher lapping over stones that appeared to dance in the water.
One boulder was too big to be engulfed by the sea. It looked strange ... like a large head that had broken free from an ancient Easter Island statue to land on the beach at Boundary Bay in BC.POSTSCRIPT: Sadly, a woman jogger was struck and killed by the Amtrak train mentioned in this post as it sped through the nearby White Rock area on July 15, 2013. A news article about the accident can be found HERE.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
1001 Steps, Seeds & New Beginnings
THE SPRING SEASON is a wonderland of new beginnings. Fresh ferns have sprung up through the 1001 Steps in the Ocean Park community of Surrey, BC, with the promise that each life will unfurl to its brightest potential.
There have been technological and personal challenges along the way of creating my first blog. Although I will continue to post there, I find the need to construct a different place for overflow pictures and thoughts amid a virtual and physical neighbourhood that is ever-changing.
Much like the buds I captured recently at Elgin Heritage Park in Surrey, the new season gave me incentive to start this second blog where I will post additional art, photographs and writings.
Pondering the lessons of nature, there is art to discover everywhere in the natural world. I love how rain plunks down on puddles painting soft circles.
Smatterings of rain throughout spring encourage new growth. I see green creeping through faded grassy swamps.
Bright colors are beginning to lace through darkened bare branches.
The sun is making more frequent appearances as earth travels the sky.
Petals, sprouted seemingly out of nothingness, have already started to fall.
Although spring has yet to turn the corner, thoughts of summer are never far behind. How eagerly we push time as seasons revolve.
The true nature of time is a mystery but it is clear that hours feel like minutes in happy times and minutes feel like hours on difficult days.
However slowly or swiftly the days go by, seasons circle as if in a mystic garden where life re-seeds itself to heal and grow.
This post showcases the letter "S" for slow and swift seasons, spring, fresh starts, summer and seeds. If you think words are fun and enjoy playing with the alphabet, visit ABC Wednesday.
See more West Coast scenes at Musings of A Puddlist In B.C. and also at UNDER MY UMBRELLA AND BEYOND: Love The Planet Productions.
Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.
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