In this week’s Challenge, Anne-Christine asks us to show photos that express the “mood of a place of situation.” What a wonderful topic to help me escape (if only for a while) the angst caused by hurricanes worsened by global warming, and politics fueled by divisiveness and deceit. In response, I have selected some of my favorite places and scenes in nature that visually express the poetry of peace and serenity.
The golden hour of sunrise at the Breakers, with mist rising from the dunes, and sweet beagle Jello. Mist and fog are both favorite mood-makers for me. They filter light and soften the edges of any landscape.
“Somehow I believe we search for surroundings that lift or match our own mood.” (Leya)
The green bower over the Martha Jordan Birding Trail, Leadbetter State Park, wraps me in tranquility. As my beagles sniff the underbrush, I amble, enjoy the sights and breathe.
An immature Bald Eagle, surveying the incoming tide, appears calm and unruffled.
When sunrays shine towards earth through clouds at sundown, the sight is awe inspiring. The technical name for this phenomenon is Crepuscular Rays. Somehow that just doesn’t fit how I feel when I witness these events! Understandably, many call it God’s Rays, and I have settled on Twilight Rays.
Lindy Low LeCoq 
Lindy, this is a spectacular post. Your photos are so beautiful and expressive.
Thank you, Egídio. It was like a breath of fresh air for me!
Your fog photos are exquisite. I love them.
Thank you, Sofia. I’m looking forward to getting going on your challenge for this week!
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This is just what I needed today. I felt myself breathing better as I looked at the images. Thank you!
I’m so glad, Jill. We all need moments of quiet to keep us going!
And you have calmed mine, Lindy! I so love that photo of Jello in the sunny mist of the dunes. I have an almost similar one of my first lagotto, Mille. He loved the sea, and I mean LOVED. He spent every day at the beach – in the water chasing bubbles. When I look at Jello there, I ache for the dogs we loved and lost. All your choices are lovely – the green bower I can also relate to. I love such green enclosing walks. I will remember twilight rays – that is just the feeling.
Thank you, Anne-Christine. It’s taken almost three years for me to be okay posting a photo of Jello again. She was such a wonderful companion. I’m glad you like the term twilight rays!
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Love these!
Thank you! So glad they brought you joy.
Lindy, your post is oh so beautiful and calming. What a great way to start my day!
I’m so glad it started you off in a positive mood, Anne!
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Loved your response this week Lindy, and especially agree with your comment about the current mood of our world. So much to love and yet so many embracing hate. And the hurricanes have been so horrific, one cannot help but think this is the new world we’ve created by ignoring nature’s pleas. Photography offers us a calming respite from the bad news as your post clearly shows. That green bower looks like a place one could lie in the midst of for some moments of quiet. And of course I need no convincing of the peace that comes from walking the beach. A wonderful, calming post.
Thank you, Tina. Though they are different oceans, they both provide the backdrop to many moments of serenity!