Patience . . . But Ready For Spring

Can Spring just come on and get here already?

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Daisies Along a Rocky Path, Near Black Rock, N.S.

“The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes, which neglects surface differences.  To the poet, the philosopher, the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all [persons] divine.”

                                                                    ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rilke on the New Year

Red Sprigs Among the Rocks, Kejimkujik Seaside, N.S.

Red Sprigs Among the Rocks, Kejimkujik Seaside, N.S.

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“And now let us welcome the new year,

full of things that have never been.”

                                                ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Peaceful Kejimkujik Seaside

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Kejimkujik Seaside, near Liverpool, N.S., is wonderfully peaceful along the north Atlantic coast, a perfect place for quiet reflection and a sun-soaked nap upon its massive granite rocks.

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Welcoming Another Year of Wonder

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Lichen-Covered Rocks and Windblown Pine, Kejimkujik Seaside, Nova Scotia

“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.”

                                                                                                   ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Simple Beauty in Stanley Park

Blades of Grass, Stanley Park

Along the Seawall, Stanley Park, Vancouver, B.C.

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“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”
                                                                                  ~ Walt Whitman

Shore Marshes and Big Sky in Early Evening, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia

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“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,

we must carry it with us or we find it not.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beautiful Brisk Day on the Lake

 

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Kejimkujik Lake, Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia

“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.”  

                                                                    ~e.e. cummings

Breathtaking Kejimkujik Seaside

Seaweed and rocks, Kejimkujik National Seashore, NS

Seaweed and Rocks, Kejimkujik National Seaside, NS

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On the south shore of Nova Scotia about 110 miles (175 km) southwest of Halifax sits the amazing Kejimkujik Seaside, which is an extension of the much larger inland Kejimkujik National Park.  Its remote hiking paths along windy shores offer breathtaking views of Nova Scotia at its natural best.  These pics are from a memorable hike there on an overcast day.

Windswept pine, Kejimkujik National Seashore, NS

Windswept Spruce, Kejimkujik National Seaside, NS

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Color amidst the rocks, Kejimkujik National Seashore, NS

Color Amidst the Rocks, Kejimkujik National Seaside, NS

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Rocks Among Tall Grass, Kejimkujik Seaside, NS

Rocks Among Tall Grass, Kejimkujik Seaside, NS

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Wildflowers, Kejimkujik Seaside, NS

Wildflowers, Kejimkujik Seaside, NS

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Lichen-Speckled Boulder, Kejimkujik Seaside, NS

Lichen-Speckled Boulder, Kejimkujik Seaside, NS

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