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Mousetoescamper

(6,437 posts) Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:17 AM Apr 2025

Now and Zen

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Now and Zen (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 OP

This photo! Sublime, serene, perfect. Thank you for this superb composition, my dear Mousetoescamper. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2025 #1

Thanks for your generous comments, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 #3

What an interesting and thought provoking photo. Biophilic Apr 2025 #2

Thanks and you're welcome, Biophilic! Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 #4

Perfect title for your photo! Callalily Apr 2025 #5

Thanks, Callalily! Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 #6

I want to be very very tiny and sit against that tree Easterncedar Apr 2025 #7

A Zen story ... Mousetoescamper Apr 2025 #8

CaliforniaPeggy

(154,801 posts)

1. This photo! Sublime, serene, perfect. Thank you for this superb composition, my dear Mousetoescamper.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:36 AM

Apr 2025

I love the way the branches on the bare tree do not match the shadows behind. It's mind-boggling. And perfect.

Mousetoescamper

(6,437 posts)

3. Thanks for your generous comments, Peggy!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 11:57 AM

Apr 2025

You are most welcome.

Biophilic

(5,970 posts)

2. What an interesting and thought provoking photo.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:53 AM

Apr 2025

I loved the way it loaded. Starting at the top of the still dormant tree and slowly scrolling down to the tiny blue spring flowers. Thanks.

Mousetoescamper

(6,437 posts)

4. Thanks and you're welcome, Biophilic!

Reply to Biophilic (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 11:58 AM

Apr 2025

Callalily

(15,168 posts)

5. Perfect title for your photo!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 01:50 PM

Apr 2025

Mousetoescamper

(6,437 posts)

6. Thanks, Callalily!

Reply to Callalily (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 01:53 PM

Apr 2025

Easterncedar

(4,813 posts)

7. I want to be very very tiny and sit against that tree

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 02:48 PM

Apr 2025

Mousetoescamper

(6,437 posts)

8. A Zen story ...

Reply to Easterncedar (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 3, 2025, 04:55 PM

Apr 2025

Two Zen masters sit together in silence, gazing at a large and gnarly maple at the edge of a field. Many hours pass. Finally, one master turns to the other and says, “They call that a ‘tree’.” Both laugh uproariously until gasping for air.

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