Well, finally, I got out on a nature walk, visiting some old favorites, River to Sea and Washington Oaks Gardens State Park. The two are just a few miles from each other, north of Flagler Beach.
It was a joyful occasion to see my old friends, the trees, the ancient oaks bending over to shade the trail and making photography nearly impossible. I was just happy to be out on my own, finally healed (for the most part) and able to be independent.
When I reached Washington Oaks, I took the 2.0 mile loop Nature Trail. It isn’t very “pretty” this time of the year with fuzzy seed heads of tall grasses leaning over the trail, overgrown wild grape tickling the nose, and spider webs strung out across the trail, but still a nice walk. Then, per usual, I strolled through the formal gardens, checking on the camellia and azalea buds. They have a ways to go. The azaleas bloom in mid-February if I remember correctly and are quite the show.
The roses were still blooming. Some of the older shrubs grow higher than my head and are kind of spindly. I wanted to get out my pruners. I took photos of some of the better blooms. There was even some black spot on some of the bushes. Let’s face it, the older rose varieties really aren’t meant to be grown in high heat, high humidity regions like Florida. However, this is a historical garden and the older plants are still nurtured. There was a whole gang of gardeners, with several volunteers grooming the gardens, I suppose in preparation for winter and putting out the holiday decorations. We had some near freezing temperatures at night this past week, but I’ve enjoyed it, being from the northern tier of the U.S.
I hope to get out on a couple more hikes in the next week and will put up any interesting photos I get.
Have an enjoyable weekend, everyone.
Eliza
Sunny's Journal 
Those are great photos of a very beautiful walk. It’s wonderful that you’re back in the nature that you love. I can’t believe that it’s been 5 months – I wouldn’t have guessed that long. You must have floated around with a huge grin, an inner one if not an outer one! A lovely email to receive. 🙂
Francie (who’s been snowshoeing – so early this year!!! – instead of photographing roses!)
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Thank you for sharing the energy from your outing and the lovely photos of mother nature Being. Looking forward to photos and news of your upcoming outings
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Congrats! Thanks for sharing! Much to be grateful for!
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So pretty. Thank you 🙂
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Your photos are so stunning and beautiful, as they always are, but not as beautiful as you are.
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It shows you enjoyed your walk greatly. The photos are that expressive. In healing photogra[hs you are doing a great job, next to your impressive blogwork. .Thanks for all of that.
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Eliza,
Healing is a wonderful thing…so glad to see it manifest in you. And so glad for the beautiful photos of the…return of your walks! Blessings. 😘
Eileen
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Hurting is hard
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Dear Anon: I’m not sure what your short sentence is in reference to… However, in my 75 years on this planet, I have come to understand that PAIN is the primary teacher in third density. It is a plane of high contrast, deep division and duality. Until we rise in frequency and resonance, we will continue these lessons until they are learned. Pain is meant to be transcended and transformed into understanding, acceptance, and forgiveness. The disparity is much lessened in the higher densities but never fully goes away as duality exists on all planes as Creation and Destruction, both of which fire Evolution. ~ Eliza
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Be well. Can’t wait for the medbeds………
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