Hidden Pool

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hidden, pool, rocks, Smoky Mountains, solitude, water

Hidden Pool

“Take almost any path you please, and ten to one it carries you down in a dale, and leaves you there by a pool in the stream.
There is magic in it. Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries–stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region.
Should you ever be athirst in the great American desert, try this experiment, if your caravan happen to be supplied with a metaphysical professor.
Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded forever.”

-~Herman Melville, Moby Dick

There are so many hidden pools and glades in the Smoky Mountains. This is just one.

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Ripples and Rills

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Nature, rocks, stream, water, woods

Rolling Down the River

Let the mountains talk, let the river run. Once more, and forever.

~ David Brower

Walking by a Smoky Mountain stream clears your mind and spirit. While the water runs clear and plentiful, all is right in this part of the world.

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Choose Your Road

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choices, divided, green, life, road, trees

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.”
— Dalai Lama

Which way should I choose? Either provides a splendid view. Life is always full of choices. We should make the choices that are best for us and not those ordained by everyone around us.

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Power For The People

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coal, fossil, Kingston, power, TN

Kingston Fossil Plant

We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Natures inexhaustible sources of energy — sun, wind and tide. … I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.

— Thomas Alva Edison

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It’s All Greek To Me

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architecture, beauty, dusk, Greece, Parthenon

Parthenon - Nashville, TN

“Earth proudly wears the Parthenon as the best gem upon her zone”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Parthenon is a lovely reproduction of the original in Athens, Greece. It stands tall and gleaming in the light of dusk. I would like to visit again someday.

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Liftoff!

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clouds, launch, plane, rocket

Liftoff!

“What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars”

~ William Wordsworth

I saw this out of the sunroof. It made me think of a rocket taking off! What do you think?

Strolling

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infrared, lake, walking

Strolling Around the Lake

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.

~Steven Wright

Any day’s a good day for a stroll around the lake.

Branching Out

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infrared, plants, solitude, woods

Branching Out

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.

~Hal Borland

I like to walk in the woods and let my mind wander. I find it hard to hold on to life’s hardships, pain, and sorrows. Maybe I should walk in the woods more often.

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Summer Chore

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chore, grass, green, lawn mower

Job Done

I am the mown grass, dying at your feet,
The pale grass, gasping faintly in the sun.
I shall be dead, long, long ere day is done,
That you may say: “The air, to-day, was sweet.”
I am the mown grass, dying at your feet.

- Margaret Gilman Davidson, Moritura

The Swing

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garden, spring, swing

Swing Away

Back on its golden hinges
The gate of Memory swings,
And my heart goes into the garden
And walks with the olden things.

~~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox ~~