Happy Birthday Sebastian!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEBASTIAN!!! 

Sebastian at his first birthday celebration....

Drove to Maine to celebrate Sebastian's first birthday. Beautiful day driving up with Chris. Arrived a lot earlier than we expected so se stopped at Nubble Light and walked around the rocks and water. 

Seagull watching the people allowed me to get several shots of him. 

Keeping an eye on me the entire time....

Chris goofing in the rocks!! 

Concord River

The Concord River in early January. The river was so stunning I had to stop and admire it. Sometimes nature is just to inspiring to ignore and begs for you stop and take a moment to marvel at it's beauty. 

I've heard people say winter depresses them. When the snow is flung to the side of road collecting dirt and pollution, maybe. I look at the frozen landscape and am in awe of the changes in nature. The trees are barren, the air is cold, and ice forms on the river banks. In a few months buds will form and the lush greenery will return. The cycle of nature impresses me. I stand in awe of it everyday.

I want to spend everyday in nature. My greatest friend. 

Whitman on Walden

In 1881 Walt Whitman visited the cabin site, and later wrote: "Then to Walden Pond, that beautifully embower'd sheet of water, and spent over an hour there. On the spot in the woods where Thoreau had his solitary house is now quite a cairn of stones, to mark the place; I too carried one and deposited on the heap."


Whitman's beguiling description of Walden here "beautifully empowered sheet of water" is how I see it when I am there. Walden has such and alluring power over me. I'm not sure what it is, but I feel complete when I am there. Perhaps Henry's spirit is there? This past week I hiked around the pond and into Lincoln what a beautiful day. People always ask what the attraction to Walden is perhaps Whitman hits on it here, beauty, empowerment, and nature. What more could a spirit ask?