Shadow Play

Strong light on a clear, crisp day creates a glittering play of pattern

Through the winter season, the sun rises low over the horizon, casting long rays of light.  The result:  

dramatic plays of pattern and shadow captured both inside and out.

 

 

On the window ledge

                              



    In the garden

 

 

On the newly fallen snow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos: D. Sleziak

Where the Heart Is

A favourite view at home -- gazing up while sitting beneath the great pines

Home.  That is where this heart is.  I have been fortunate to have enjoyed homes in three different residences: a childhood home, a jewel-box home, and my current home.  Each pulls on the heartstrings; all have been a place of fresh beginnings and happy endings, of comfort, love and joy.  After the adventures of any given day, it is the place to which I want to return. 

I hope, you too, have a place that draws you in, shelters you from the storms, and is the place you know you truly belong.

Happy Valentines

Feeling the love:
Benjamin Moore defines home








Top photo: D. Sleziak
Bottom image: Current ad campaign for Benjamin Moore paint

 

Finding Centre

Centre found

The Power of Ohmmm

When your mind finds itself tumbling as if it is the middle of this...

Rushing along in NYC



While you long for the peace, calm and clarity of a space more like this... 

Contemplation pool,  Reykjavik

Hit the pause button on your thoughts and simply breathe in, breathe out, and repeat.   Breathe in. Breathe out.  Repeat.

Wisps in the summer sky

With four deep breaths, the noise and chaos that is cluttering your mind will recede, and you will find yourself in a place that feels more like this....

The long view high on the western coast

Whether your notion of centre appears like this...

The setting sun at Eastgate

Is captured in the serenity of a face like this...

Japanese fragment

Or is expressed by the glorious light of a setting like this...

 Along the southern coast of Portugal

Just four deep breaths and you will be on your way there.  I promise.
 

 

View from my mat;

A place to breathe and find centre






 

Photos D. Sleziak

Order Restored

Nature finds her balance
with a return
to winter



Photo D. Sleziak