68 Replies to “Ribbon”

  1. Catherine Johnson – Canada – Welcome to my art blog with the occasional sheep and poem thrown in. http://catherinemjohnson.com Contact me at catherine_mrsj@hotmail.com
    Catherine Johnson says:

    What a great picture. I wonder how it happened.

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  2. Devan – Philadelphia – In 2010 my family and I moved to Philadelphia, where I am still trying to learn my way around the city. This blog features writings, thoughts, stories, and poems that are all original works of mine. Thanks for checking it out!
    Devan says:

    I love that you likened it to a ribbon. Such a great thought!

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  3. willmeneke – Carmel Valley,Ca – lost voice due to cancer-now speak thru my camera and artwork and my Friesian horse-Jake please visit my blog willmeneke.wordpress.com
    willmeneke says:

    great image !
    as to what happened –
    Life
    a trail of ribbon
    to Death

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  7. @jamie_wd – Grantham, Lincolnshire – Neither use nor ornament • If I'm not here I'm at the allotment • I'm not from London, you know!
    Jamie W. D. says:

    Amazing photograph (and amazing nature, really!)

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  9. …and why do I see a long-legged dog sitting at its queenly feet?

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  10. Jillian Doyle – Single, middle aged mum of three boys in regional NSW Australia. Following the instructions of Dory the fish, from the Disney movie, and keeping on swimming.
    Jillian Carlon says:

    A very good question. Great photo.

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  11. slurryart – USA – A place to post art for family, friends and everyone else who would like to see it. Constructive feedback is always welcome. If you post art of any kind, please leave a link; I'd love to see your work. Thanks
    slurryart says:

    wow that is incredible, nice shot! I’ve seen some strange trees in my time, but never this. Good morning ~Scott

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  15. pleisbilongtumi – Bogor, West Java, Indonesia – Saya orang biasa seperti kebanyakan orang lain. Lahir dari keluarga petani di sebuah desa kecil bernama CIGUDEG, sebuah desa kecil yang terletak di Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia. Kehidupan saya yang sederhana telah diberkati dengan sukacita. Saya suka alam, budaya dan tradisi. Saya juga seorang fotografer amatir dengan sedikit keterampilan menulis. Saya ingin menulis sebanyak yang saya bisa, tentang negara saya yang indah dengan orang-orang yang selalu tersenyum, tentang alam, budaya dan tradisi masyarakatnya yang selalu menarik bagi siapa pun. Eng. I am an ordinary person like most other people. Born from a farmer family in a small village called CIGUDEG, a small village located in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. My simple life has been blessed with joy. I like nature, culture and traditions. I am also an amateur photographer with a bit of writing skills. I would like to write as much as I can, about my lovely country with its smiling people, about nature, culture and traditions of its people that are always interesting to anyone.
    pleisbilongtumi says:

    what amazing tree among others.

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  20. typewriterpoet – I enjoy many poetry styles but enjoy short poetry the most and a little bit of microfiction, but the challenge of a long poem has it's enjoyment as well!
    typewriterpoet says:

    very unusual it makes a great subject!

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  21. leiflife – I have lived most of my life as a dancer,but I have been daughter, sister, lover, wife, mother and, more recently, grandmother, writer, sculptor, musician, and visual artist. Balancing all these aspects of my life continues to be a challenge. I was born on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, but have also lived in New Orleans, Texas, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York City. My father was the artist and naturalist, Walter Inglis Anderson, and my mother was Agnes Grinstead Anderson, an elementary school teacher and a writer. As a child, I loved to dance naturally, inspired by the trees, birds, wind, and waves that greeted my every day. Eventually, I took lessons and my mother encouraged my dream of becoming a great ballerina. I studied ballet with Lelia Haller in New Orleans, and the atmosphere of competition, and the sense that one could never be good enough, daunted my dreams and exhausted my spirit and body. In 1965, Three things happened to free me from the tyrannical world of ballet and move me further toward the balance my soul craved. I discovered Isadora Duncan, the great revolutionist of modern dance, I gave birth to my daughter, Moira, and my artist father died. From here on I would claim the freedom to explore and express the whole of my life through dancing. I was free to become the many-faceted star I was born to be. Since then I have mothered and performed, loved and written poetry, taught the dance technique I called Airth (after the balancing forces of air and earth). I have shared my life with husband or lover, raised my children and kissed them goodby and hello repeatedly. I have also kissed my students goodby and enjoyed teaching workshops from which I could walk away, glad to relax in the company of various dogs and cats. I have read huge quantities of extraordinary books, making friends with the authors through their engaging characters. I have also written poems, memoirs, children's books, and one novel. I have two published books: DANCING THROUGH AIRTH and DANCING WITH MY FATHER. My brush and ink drawings, sculptures, and paintins dance through the homes of strangers while I make occasional journies to Paris and dance anonymously on Paris Streets. At age sixty-five, one is tempted to settle into complacency, to say "I have done the best I can; so be it. I would rather die.
    leiflife says:

    Beautiful!

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  22. barbarastanley – North Georgia Mountains – I love all things natural. Fresh, clean air, a sunny day and time spent in my garden makes a perfect day. I write for national magazines, examiner.com and Helium. My passion is exposing Monsanto and others who profit from the suffering of un-informed people. Not everyone can live off-grid or afford to grow all their food, but they should have access to food that hasn't been genetically altered. I write about natural remedies, herbal medicine and homemade products that are less expensive and safer to use.
    barbarastanley says:

    I love trees and all their mystery. This one is fascinating. Love it.

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  24. Dr. Denny Wilkins – Dr. Denny Wilkins professes journalism at a small, private university in the Northeast. He has climbed, hiked, kayaked, photographed, skied, and otherwise meandered aimlessly throughout the American West for decades. He has degrees in geology, environmental studies, and communication — and has tried to make use of them as a co-founder of the progressive cultural blog ScholarsandRogues.com. He’s broadly interested in how the world works and why it works that way. He hates writing, although he does like having written well.
    Dr. Denny says:

    Cool. Tree as Möbius strip.

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  27. Could have been a tree like our Rata, that starts out twining around and climbing other trees. Sometimes the other tree dies and rots out. Brilliant shot

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  28. sharonstjoan – Poet, writer, and advocate for wildlife, wild lands, and the earth. President, Forest Voices of India - a U.S.-based group which aids charities in India that further education, culture, the well-being of women, children, and animals, and the restoration of sacred groves. websites: https://wordpress.com/view/forestvoicesofindia.com https://wordpress.com/view/echoesinthemist.com https://wordpress.com/view/wildvoices.world book: Glimpses of Kanchi https://www.amazon.com/Glimpses-Kanchi-Sharon-St-Joan/dp/1982901179/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Glimpses+of+Kanchi&qid=1581769003&sr=8-1
    sharonstjoan says:

    Reblogged this on Voices and Visions.

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  31. blondie63 – I love crochet, knitting, photography, dogs, cooking, baking, scrapbooking, music ,blogging and did I mention dogs? I also love to collect movies which is a big hobby of mine!
    Lisa says:

    Nice pic!! Never saw a tree like that before!!

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  32. Rene Yoshi – Just a transplanted Okinawan-French Southern girl with a wee bit o' Irish, sharing photography and what I'm learning about spiritual things, including putting off legalism and religious traditions, and embracing God's matchless love, tender mercy, and amazing grace!
    Rene Yoshi says:

    Very cool! What a great find!

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  33. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog – My Blog primarily consists of close-up nature photos (that I've taken locally) combined with original holistic-truth oriented prose and/or poetry involving mindfulness/awareness. I love nature and I love understanding the whole (not merely the parts and the details). I'm a retired teacher of the multiply handicapped. I have a number of interesting hobbies, such as fossil collecting, sport-kite flying, 3D and 2D close-up photography, holography, and pets. Most of all, I am into holistic self-awareness, spontaneous insight, unconventional observation/direct perception, mindfulness, meditation, world peace, non-fragmentation, population control, vegetarianism, and green energy. To follow my unique Blog of "Nature Photos and Mindfulness Sayings" and for RSS feeds to my new posts, please access at: tom8pie.com (On my regular Blog posting pages, for additional information and to follow, simply click on the "tack icon" at the upper right corner... or, on my profile page, you can click on the "Thomas Peace" icon.) Stay mindful, understanding, and caring!...
    Thomas Peace (author) says:

    A very unique, M.C.Escher-like tree! 🙂

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  34. no step too loose – With time I've come to make sense of all the energy and strength that I have tugged and hustled within me. I've found enormous peace and gratification in sharing the way I see and feel the world that is around me on my ever day basis and the one I'm insistently searching and broadening. I accept few limits and fear no newness. The good part of getting older is the challenge of working anticlockwise with the soul - look and experience all as if it were the first time, brings awareness and sensitivity to the basics of life. Truly "Less is more".
    no step too loose says:

    Impressive how nature adapts and survives!

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    1. Thank you for the nomination. Because I like to keep the blog simple I don’t do the process for awards – but I appreciate the honor.

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  36. Remarkable, both image and word!

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  38. Lissa Rabon – I spend miles horseback, thinking and creating. Now I want to share it. Something about being alone, out on the trail, brings an inspiration I don't get anywhere else. Time stops and the present moment reveals itself. This is also a photography blog.
    Lissa Rabon says:

    Great find! Thanks for sharing!

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  41. Katie Boehnlein – Portland, OR – Hello! My name is Katie Boehnlein (pronounced “Bane-line”). I am a teacher and writer who is lucky enough to live in Ashland, Oregon where I am a constant explorer of both the urban and Natural. The writing you'll see on my blog "In the Midst" (www.kboehnlein.wordpress.com) is often inspired by what I experience “in the midst of life” : nature, birds, cities, cycling, travel, the change in seasons, and the occasional public transit musing. Join me in my adventures here!
    Katie Boehnlein says:

    Wow! Amazing!

    On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:26 AM, leaf and twig

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  44. Wow amazing thoughts! Who would have thought it’s a “ribbon” tree! You’re really amazing!

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  45. Trees provide us with many metaphors for life. Love spending hours studying their beautiful sculptural qualities.

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  46. becky6259 – My daddy married a city girl and put her in the country, and then I married a city boy and he put me in the city...for awhile anyway. We're now living in small-town Mid-Missouri and enjoying the best of both worlds!
    becky6259 says:

    Now that’s different — I’ve never seen a tree do THAT!! Very interesting and unique!

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  48. Thank you for liking my recent post. I enjoyed looking at this photo and reading your thoughts about this unusual tree. Keep up the good work! 🙂

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  49. sherijkennedyriverside – North Bend, WA USA – Left brain, right brain, I can't decide. After many years of successful visual arts pursuits, I'm working on my other creative inclinations. For the past 8 years, writing has been my second full time job, and it's worth every sleepless night. Sheri J. Kennedy grew up mostly a city-girl coasthopping from Seattle to rural Pennsylvania, Miami and back to Seattle. She currently resides on the banks of the Snoqualmie River in the scenic Cascade Mountains. Her heart has found its home.
    sherijkennedyriverside says:

    Remarkable! Thanks for sharing!

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  53. acairfearann – Historian, medievalist, Scottish Episcopalian, small 'r' republican/independent/libertarian, from an old Connecticut hill family.
    acairfearann says:

    Wow! Defying gravity there… Enjoying reading through your blog, thanks for the like.

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  55. inkygatta – I'm living in England, writing down thoughts that my black cat telepathically sends me. I'm his pen, he's the poet.
    inkygatta says:

    Thanks for liking Sunfall. I love this picture! It’s an interesting thought- the same force doing two opposite things. =)

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  56. John – I'm a Nature, Wildlife and Floral Photographer in Eastern North Carolina USA. Most of my shots are taken here on the farm where I live.
    John says:

    Terrific Capture!!!

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  57. kiaman2012/Greg – New York State – Retired firefighter/paramedic. A.A. in Biology. B.S. in Education. Post Graduate. U.S. Army veteran. Photographer. Vietnam War. "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it!" General Douglas MacArthur I primarily photograph flowers, as I love the color, fragrance and beauty. To those who view my blog…Thank you! All of my pictures are © Copyrighted
    kiaman2012/Greg says:

    Awesome!

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  60. Fireflies Dance & Lavender – Florida – Creative and inspired by the gifts God entrust us with. I love photography which I am still very much learning, and stylistically create my own drawings. I create products with my photos and/or designs through Zazzle for purchase. It is fun! As I get older, I find I can be more outspoken when I disagree with a topic ~ call me a late bloomer in this arena.
    Fireflies Dance & Lavender says:

    WOW!! Really nice how this has developed over the years. It is a miracle that it has stayed. I can only imagine the weight at the top of the tree. I am wondering if maybe another tree grew up beside this one and by some miracle got in a bind where it started wrapping itself around the tree. Interesting.

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  62. Rosalie Squires – 'Who am I?' is a question whose answer keeps evolving, that can be answered in many, many ways; that has no known answer at all. But there are some clues to be found: <a title="SSS" href="http://stocksharpsquires.wordpress.com/">stocksharpsquires.wordpress.</a>
    Rosalie Squires says:

    Incredible picture; incredible thought.

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  63. simon7banks – Harwich, UK – I write poems and stories, often mystical or fantastical. I believe very strongly that poetry is an art of the spoken word, so the sound of the words is important: so please say my poems aloud, if only in your head. I live in the U.K., in Harwich, Essex, but have worked in Kenya and Finland, and travelled to many other places. This is my literary blog. I'm also a Liberal Democrat political activist, birder, long-distance trail walker, real ale drinker and Quaker.
    simon7banks says:

    Wow!

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  64. stockdalewolfe – Ellen Stockdale Wolfe worked her way through school, earning a BA from Barnard College, an MA in Special Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, an MLS in Library Science at Columbia University. She worked with autistic children in college and in graduate school. Ellen has Asperger's Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder herself and has written about her experiences of both and of learning to love. She took courses in fiction and non-fiction writing at the School of General Studies at Columbia. Ellen was able to work for 30 years as a cataloguer, specializing in her college major and minor, art history and psychology, at Teachers College, Columbia University, Butler Library, Columbia University, the Frick Museum and the New-York Historical Society. In 2000 she left libraries to become a Reiki Master and pursue her early interests in photography, painting, and writing. Her art work can be viewed on her web page: StockdaleWolfe.artistswebsites.com Her book about her experience of Asperger's and Bipolar Disorder can be found at: www.independentauthornetwork.com/ellen-stockdale-wolfe.html OTHER PUBLICATIONS Fear of Fusion, the featured article and focus of Psychoanalytic Inquiry, vol. 13, no. 3, 1993 A nature column in the Millbrook Register Herald with the byline, Under the Black Birch from 2005-2010
    stockdalewolfe says:

    Wow! Great capture!

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  65. desertblues – I'm a Cultural Scientist, born in 1952. My real-life name is Jacqueline. This blog is for my adventures in watercolor. http://desertblues2.wordpress.com/ You're welcome to stop by and say hello.
    desertblues says:

    This is a beautiful picture. I like all the small details. 🙂

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  67. zingertalesandmore – In building this blog i'm hoping to create a modern Stillroom Book. Long ago a Stillroom Book was a complete guide to daily life passed down from generation to generation. It was not only a cookbook or just an herbal guide, but something of each and more, it contained drawings of herbs for identification, recipes and formulas for medicines, cosmetics, preserved foods, liqueurs, beer and ales, household products, along with advice on midwifery, animal husbandry and general care and cleaning methods for the household. Often with notes and antidotes of the ladies, children and butlers. My dream is to inspire, inform and design a little space where one can ponder!
    zingertalesandmore says:

    beautiful.

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