Life By Design: Appreciating the Treasures in Your Backyard
Canada celebrated its 148th birthday yesterday. I’ll admit, I’m glad I was born in Canada. I’ve been fortunate enough to live in 5 of its provinces from coast to coast. This is one amazing country! It’s so diverse – in its culture and geography.
This isn’t only true of Canada, of course. This entire planet is a treasure trove, filled with blessings for those with the eyes and heart to see.
I’ve had the chance to live in 4 other countries on 2 other continents and my travels keep teaching me this.
By connecting to my environment and truly appreciating where I am (literally and figuratively), life gets even better.
Sure, there are many other places I’d like to visit in my life and things I’d like to do or learn. But I was reminded yesterday that I don’t need to travel far to have my heart and soul filled with the love of beauty and the beauty of love.
For example, here are some photos I took yesterday in the paths that link to my friends’ backyard. I joined 3 of my friends, the Awe Project team, for a day of good company, good food, and a forest filled with rare exotic flowers. These Cypripedium Acaule, AKA Pink Lady’s Slipper, are a member of the orchid family and on the endangered list. Look no further than the backyard for the rare and exotic!
Truly, I am blessed to be living on the island of Newfoundland, on the very east coast of Canada.
What treasures are in your backyard?
What is one thing you appreciate about where you live? Please share below.
Beautiful photos Dominique! Nature creates the most stunning art, doesn’t it? I’m happy to say I have a lot of treasures to appreciate in my own backyard, and every year I discover flowers and bugs, and little bits of nature that I’ve never noticed before. Once I thought I might want to create a goal of photographing every flower in the world… but I’m sure there are just too many! Maybe even some that haven’t been discovered yet!
Wow Bekah, that would certainly make for a beautiful lifetime project, even if you didn’t get every single one of them. Macro photography of flowers really taught me to be more aware of my surroundings. I can see how it’s done that for you too. Thanks for sharing!