peace – Julie Green Art & Photography

Cook Park, Orange New South Wales

February 26th, 2020

It has been too long! I would love to post more nature photography but I have not taken the best or enough shots in recent times to post.

I have been preoccupied with family life and was not trekking as much (and not nearly as early to catch the morning light!), but the latter is changing steadily and there are many upcoming adventures on the cards.

Still, some of my best days are spent outside, like here, at Cook Park in Orange. As you can see, it is host to some of the most beautiful trees and it makes for a wonderful subject, especially in the morning light. And you do not have to wake up and get out at a less than ideal hour to catch the light.

Autumn Trees at Mt Wilson, Blue Mountains

May 26th, 2019

A beautiful visit to Mt Wilson in Autumn, 2019.

Easter in the Blue Mountains

May 13th, 2019

It’s moments like these that I truly love. The sometimes monotonous, sometimes uninspiring aspects of daily life that consume me are long forgotten when I can explore and spend uninterrupted time with my husband in nature (or on the road singing John Williamson terribly!).

It’s beautiful to be away from responsibility, to be reminded of the beauty that exists everywhere you look, to joke and laugh, to love, to see, and then to come back not so much refreshed as simply reminded to be present with what is, to be with the ebbs and flows, but to never ever forget or take these moments for granted; as family time is what makes life special.

I suppose that’s what makes moments like these all the more special, even if I wish I could hold onto them longer. I am so fortunate to have these at all.