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Welcome! This is a place to share how we celebrate & deepen our relationship to Nature. Here you will find stories, images, & ideas about wilderness, human nature, & soulfulness. Drawing from the experiences of everyday living, the topics on this blog include: forays into the natural world, the writing life, community service, meditation, creativity, grief & loss, inspiration, & whatever else emerges from these. I invite you on this exploration of the wild within & outside of us: the inner/outer landscape.



Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Hearth: comfort, beauty, nourishment for the soul

TEALarbor stories’ “Hearth” blog posts offer a tiny, gentle respite during this incredible transition we’re in. Rest for a few seconds here in the hearth of everyday nature and creativity. 


"Curlicue"

These unfurling fern fronds stopped me on the trail. The curves, the curls, the S-shapes, the symmetry and the lack of symmetry, the many shades of green - all delight me. For a week or two, I had repeatedly tried to capture an image of a curlicue. And then one day recently, the lighting and the fronds conspired to create the perfect conditions for a photo. What are you seeing in new ways from day to day? What thrills your eye? What from the beauty of nature do you carry to the places within you that need love, comfort, healing, respite?






All blog images created & photographed by Jennifer J. Wilhoit unless otherwise noted. Please circulate images with photo credit: "©2020 Jennifer J. Wilhoit/TEALarbor stories. All Rights Reserved."