Just as the beauty of nature is taking hold in landscapes this month, we are letting nature take over this Practicing Presence blog post. What follows is a collaborative photo essay from people who took time (and their cameras/phones) to stop and be present to the stunning beauty of nature wherever they were. Thank you to our contributors and to the divine source of the nature captured in these images.
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Orchid, International Orchid Festival, Okinawa, Japan (Photo credit: Lisa Richardson)
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
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Puerto Cabo, Mexico (Photo credit: Angie Balmer)
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Butchart Gardens, Victoria Island, Canada (Photo credit: Lisa Richardson)
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
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Blue Agave, Puerto Cabo, Mexico (Photo credit: Melanie P. Moore)
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Butchart Gardens, Victoria Island, Canada (Photo credit: Lisa Richardson)
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
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Bird of Paradise, Puerto Cabo, Mexico (Photo credit: Stacey Jefferson)
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
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Crown of Thorns, Puerto Cabo, Mexico (Photo credit: Angie Balmer)
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
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Butchart Gardens, Victoria Island, Canada (Photo credit: Lisa Richardson)
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
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Water lily, Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas (Photo credit: Lisa Richardson)
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Backyard garden, Austin, Texas (Photo credit: Stacey Jefferson)
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Plumeria tree, Puerto Cabo, Mexico (Photo credit: Melanie P. Moore)
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Photo credit: Lisa Richardson
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
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Puerto Cabo, Mexico (Photo credit: Laura LeBoeuf)
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Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Houston, Texas (Photo credit: Lisa Richardson)
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
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Puerto Cabo, Mexico (Photo credit: Melanie P. Moore)
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
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Austin, Texas (Photo credit: Stacey Jefferson)
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
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Photo credit: Cindy Roberts
One Response
I love all these images of the world in bloom!