Georgian Bay Panorama
Originally uploaded by Sylvia’s Eye.

Photography is a pastime that is also one of my favorite relaxation techniques. Since nature has always been a part of my life, easing my stresses in troubling times, I want to share these images with you.

Occasionally, I will add one of my recent nature scenes as a post for you to enjoy.

Perhaps you will get an easing of tensions by viewing them, even though you can’t be there in person. You will learn from my blog that I highly recommend nature as natural cure for anxiety, stress and depression. Perhaps my images will convince you.

This photo was taken near Collingwood, Ontario, Canada overlooking Georgian Bay. It’s difficult to tell from this small image, but about the center of the photo beside that tree, way off in the distance is the lake and a popular destination for many people. As a teen, I spent many hours at Wasaga Beach.

Enjoy!

    

Nature’s Amazing Strength
Originally uploaded by Sylvia’s Eye.

I’m adding this photo today because it represents the strength and endurance of living things.

Lesson for today
Never under-estimate your own inner strength

These trees somehow managed to start on the rock itself and grow their roots around the obstacle to plant themselves into the earth.

We can learn a lot from Mother Nature.

It always amazes me to see such things in nature. In this case, the trees’ development created a beautiful artform that deserved to be captured on film and shared with others.

This shot was taken at a McInnis Falls, a large waterfall in Ontario, just southwest of Collingwood.

Back in the mid 1970s while I was recovering from my anxiety and depression, my partner and I discovered this huge waterfall. We climbed to the bottom and spent hours photographing the water making its way around the boulders at the bottom that had fallen from the rock face. Especially fascinating were the spots where water found its way through rock forms to create miniature waterfalls, complete with wildflowers and caverns.

Adding to the beauty of the scene were the heavy mosses that coated many of the rocks with a relaxing green. Did you know that green is one of the most relaxing colors? My father used to say that the lawn and trees are green for this very reason - to relax our eyes. Needless to say, my mother used green a lot in our house.

That’s the same reason I chose green for this blog.

If I can find my photo of the waterfall, I will post it at a later date.