Casts her magic spell on you.
Bringing the peace of the pines,
mirrored,
reflected,
doubled.
Mother Nature’s soothing balm,
for a troubled world.
Cheers to you from The Sierra’s enchanted forests~
(Note: Heading out of wifi range again tomorrow to see The Ancient Bristle Cone Pine Trees in the White Mountains).
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Amazing captures!!
Thank you for beautiful pictures of God’s gift to us. What a mess we make of it, enough of a mess to kill us if we don’t kill each other first. Work such as yours brings us back to what life was meant to be. “… troubled world” … Who could have caused those troubles?
I feel just as you do about this. We have such an incredibly beautiful world and life around us and we just keep messing it all up~
You most certainly did find an enchanted forest! I can picture Hansel and Gretel there, as well as Cinderella and a Prince on a black stallion!
All the good fairy tales are true! 😉
Thank you, God, that you created places likes this. We so need places to be healed and soothed. Great post, Cindy! 🙂 <3
We do and we need to protect the ones we still have!
Absolutely we do‼️😊❤️
Cheers, Cindy! These are lovely. What an experience to see and photograph. Pretty!
Thank you Amy. I don’t want to leave the forest and return to civilization!
So very beautiful.
Our forests are so beautiful they can make you cry~
Splendid pictures.
I am honored. Thank you!
Pleasure is all mine.
<3
Gorgeous
Our nature world is! Thank you Lyn~
yes for sure!
Spectacular! 😃😃😃
Honored and humbled.
Cindy, your photography is at its finest when you are right here at home.
Makes me so happy because I love our home endlessly. I hope you are well my dear friend <3
One of those things that can always sooth one’s body, soul and mind is nature at its best, and you do that very well, Cindy with your always beautiful photos.
I am a retired psychotherapist, and nature seems to me to be the most effective healer on the planet. Thank you for knowing this Joyce and for your kind friendship~ <3
Beautiful images, Cindy.
I’m a retired psychotherapist myself and I agree with you about the healing effect of nature.
Have a great weekend!
The Fab Four of Cley,
Klausbernd
As we destroy the forests, we destroy ourselves. Thank you for understanding Klaus and be well my friend~
Thank you, too Cindy for yours. 🙂
<3 <3
Awesome captures Cindy…:-)
Honored my friend. Thank you!
Very beautiful place Cindy, enjoy 🙂
Thank you and cheers too~
Great photographs, fascinated me. Like a mirror in the nature. Thank you dear Cindy, have a nice day, Love, nia
Thank you for your lovely comment Nia!
Always a pleasure. Your last photo makes it look like an oasis in the desert. Is this in a National Park? Hey?! Doesn’t Rob Redford live in Wyoming? Are you holding out on us and actually visiting RR Cindy :D? xB
Wait to shakes, I guess you’re in California….hmmmm, where did Wyoming fit in, LOL. I should go to bed. Night nite <3
Robert owns a resort in Utah named Sundance where I stayed once. He is welcome at The Holler any old time!
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Beautiful forest and beautiful photos!
I am honored. Thank you & cheers!
Beautiful pictures,Cindy. Really lovely. 🙂 — Suzanne
I am so pleased you enjoyed them and have a wonderful weekend~
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Yes they are lovely forests Cindy. 🙂
Thank you Ranu and be well my friend!
Another ravishing post, Cindy. The place and pictures are extraordinary. I love forests.
xoxo
Love and gratitude back to you my friend!
<3 💐 💋
Wow, amazing pictures
Yeah! Thanks so much!
Looks dreamy alright… a world away! Look at the magnificent height of those trees. Now I can’t wait to see images from the ancient Bristle Cone Pines. <3
One tree is over 4500 years old! They are like living pyramids!
Truly amazing! I want to be there.
I didn’t want to leave!
Great photos and so inviting
It’s the embrace of the enchanted forest~
Excellent forest reflections – I subject you may know I like
Yes, you and I share a love of refection~
Wunderschöne Naturbilder. Danke und ein schönes Wochenende.
Vielen dank mein lieber Freund und Frohe Wochenende Klaus!
These images are wonderful, dear Cindy. I love wandering through woodland and sitting with the trees. They speak to my heart. Sending blessings for a weekend of peace and beauty.
Our minds are in silent communion with the living forest and it is wonderful for us!
Soothing views and make you feel to hang around the place. Great shots!
Exactly. It was hard for me to leave! Have a great weekend my friend~
exhaling…Such a breath of fresh air here. Thanks, Cindy. ☺
Clear, pine scented mountain air with blue jays calling from the trees, pure heaven!
Wish I was there!
I hear you and agree!
Beautiful!
Merci beaucoup mon ami!
Amazing – relaxing and serene! 🙂
It slows down my heart rate and calms my mind~
What a magnificent forest! <3
Awwww, what a lovely comment. Thank you and be well my friend~
What a great place for fairies and unicorns…where were they?
There were!
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Forests are full of magic…Cindy captures them perfectly!
🙂
I’m looking forward to seeing photographs of the Bristlecone pines…those are some amazing, ancient trees!
🙂
We leave in about an hour and I am super excited to see and experience the ancient ones! Thank you for your friendship my dear friend~ <3
Thank you for your friendship, as well! I appreciate it greatly.
Enjoy the ancient ones!
*HUGS*
🙂
Wonderful, Cindy! Forests and trees have magical impact on us humans. I do not want to think further…I want to enjoy your pictures and I walk in the forest every day to keep myself stabilized…
Do you know there has been massive scientific research on what nature does to hospitalized people? If you hang those white walls with pictures from nature, especially forests and flowers, people recover much faster than if you hang abstracts or hang nothing at all on those walls…
I didn’t know this but it makes perfect sense. Hospital’s stark interiors are so diametrically opposed to nature’s warm embrace. They should be re-thought, bringing forest in and around them. Thank you for teaching me something new~
😊
precious nature, let it not die…
I share your prayer. <3
Simply beautiful Cindy. It reminds me of my sanctuary in the forest.
Leslie
You are a wise woman to have this sanctuary~ <3
Thanks Cindy.
Leslie
So peaceful, Cindy. Thanks for the serene start to my day. 🙂
Ahhh, makes me so glad I posted! <3
Having just spent three weeks living surrounded by forest and trees (with occasional trips to the coast) I can attest to their magic attributes. Miss their healing presence already, the space and freedom, the fresh air. Lovely photos, Cindy and reminding me so of my holiday.
Yes, and the mysterious change they bring about in us when we are in them, a sort of calmness and reverance.
Wonderful images, Cindy.
Merci beaucoup Don!
Cindy, how I do agree that nature is the place to soothe our souls, and what a pristine spot just to be.
Yes, as we destroy the forests, we destroy ourselves and some of us don’t realize this~
Exactly…
😭
Amazing photography!
I am honored. Thank you & welcome!
My kind of magic Cindy… Mother Nature always knows how to put on a show. And you always do a great job of capturing it. –Curt
Visa versa 2UX2 Curt~
🙂
Extraordinary place. Extraordinary photos. I feel the soothing forest and the mountain air❣
It comes through visual imagery doesn’t it! Magic!
The mirror images are fantastic! Looks very peaceful and relaxing! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Hugs back to yous-twos and Happy Sunday!
Enchanted indeed!
Mother Nature doesn’t mess around!
Did you see any fairies or elves….or trolls? 😈
Only this one!
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LOL!