Photos taken at Golden Gardens beach in Seattle.
Photos © Christine Valters Paintner at Abbey of the Arts:
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Beautiful images, Christine. And this is one of my favourites of Oliver.
i love seeing that beach through your eyes!! :-)
Christine., the one and the many as one…
and these beautiful photos are of the same theme.
I remember another poem too, where Mary Oliver says,
“…in the meadow
and the meadow…”
which brought tears to my eyes out of love for the environment.
~kigen
Beautiful photos – thank you for sharing them.