Messages From Nature

Using a little intuition and good common sense, you can learn a lot by being really present and paying attention to Mother Nature. Follow nature’s rhythms, take a walk, play with a pet, eat food in season,  do some gardening, stop and notice the beauty and complexity of a flower. By taking even a small amount of time to do some of these things each day, you’ll feel more calm and grounded, and everything else you do will flow more easily.

Whether you have an animal totem, or simply watch and learn from your pets or other animals and birds you encounter, there’s a wealth of guidance available to you. Maybe you’ll learn about loyalty from your dog, balance your energy by petting your cat, or learn mystic secrets from the blackbird!

A beautiful blackbird and an antique telephone are featured in my newest print, It’s For You, as a whimsical and slightly surreal reminder to give attention to the messages all around us. Mother Nature has a lot to teach us.

6 comments to Messages From Nature

• Cass Arnott

  May 26, 2009 at 6:30 pm

  Karen,

  This is such a great message and I love the picture. Where did you take it?

  Cass

• Karen

  May 26, 2009 at 9:50 pm

  Thank you, Cass! This image was created using three of my photographs overlaid together. One was taken off Algonquin Road, the other at the Morton Arboretum, and one in our backyard.

• Marie

  May 27, 2009 at 9:36 am

  What a great inspiring message. Great picture. We have a little chihuahua and he teaches us every day.
  God bless you.
  Marie

• Robin - CreationsAnew

  May 27, 2009 at 10:25 am

  Karen, I would love to learn how to “overlay”… That is an awsome “piece”…and the message is timely.
  Robin
  CreationsAnew Photography & Design

• rhradcliffe

  May 27, 2009 at 11:14 am

  I love the photo Karen, and the post is wonderful. I want to take a walk…..

• Bill

  May 29, 2009 at 12:14 pm

  Wow, Karen, really nice!! Love the concept and the image is really great!