Nature Nurtures
Nature Nurtures - What began on 10/10/18 as a 1 year project to write everyday about my observations regarding nature and the parallels with our lives continues as a daily practice and journey. Inspired by “A Year With Emerson” and my Great Grandfather, Henry Collins Brown (Founder of The Museum Of The City Of New York and NYC Human Interest Historian in the early 1900‘s), I look forward to sharing my musings.
LoVe… Arm hug!
“LoVe”
I AM LoVe!
ARMS OPEN WIDE AND LIFTING HIGH
UP TO THE SKY…
GIVE LoVe, BE LoVe, RECEIVE LoVe
TO ALL
FOR ALL
WITH ALL…
BEAM IT OUT
WITH NO DOUBT
ABOUT…
-STOP-STARE-BE AWARE
AS THE BREEZE FLOWS
THROUGH THE TREES
ON THIS CHLLY MIAMI MORN…
ADORN
ALL
TALL & SMALL!!!
REFLECTING BACK ON 2021
AND LoVe LETTER TO HCB
AT THIS SPOT
WITH COFFEE
YOU & ME - HENRY
WHAT A JOURNEY WE ARE ON…
ONE BY ONE
GET(S) IT DONE!!!
“LoVe”
MIND SOAKING - R.A.S.
“MIND SOAKING”
BRING IN THE GOOD
WE SHOULD…
AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN
ESPECIALLY WHEN IN SAND
SAND SO SOFT
WE CAN SINK OR DRINK…
DRINK IN THE GREAT NECTAR OF LIFE
LIKE A HUMMER IN SUMMER
BE CURIOUS - BE PRESENT
SIP AND MOVE ON
BEYOND THE MOMENT
WITH
GRATITUDE AND CELEBRATION
CONFIDENCE AND HUMILITY
AS OUR MIND BECOMES
LIKE THE HABITUAL THOUGHTS
WE BRING IN
OUR SOUL BECOMES DYED WITH THE COLOR
OF OUR THOUGHTS… (AURELIUS)
GRATEFUL FOR ALL AND EVERYTHING
IS WHERE I BEGIN EACH DAY…
WHAT A WAY
I SAY…
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE
IS THE KEY FOR ME…
TO GET TO A BETTER PLACE QUICKLY -
QUICKER
THAN EVER BEFORE… TYG
“MIND SOAKING”
ART- NEVER FAR APART…
ART - NEVER FAR APART
ART
IN THE PARK
AFTER DARK
ICE SCULPTORS GALORE
CREATE AND DISSIPATE…
THE ICE SO CLEAR
WITH SAWS AND CHISELS AT THE NEAR
I STAND IN AWE
AS THEY SAW AND I SAW…
THEIR CREATIONS
COME TO LIFE BEFORE MY EYES
WHAT A LOVELY SURPRISE!!!
TO WATCH THE BACK SURVIVE
AND BECOME OUR FOCUS
HOCUS POCUS…
FISH IN FRONT -
SEA HORSE BEHIND IN KIND…
CREATE AND MOVE ON!!!
LIKE WORD ART SPOKEN AND SHARED
TOGETHER AS FLOCKS OF FEATHER
ARTISTS ABOUND ALL AROUND
THIS TOWN OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA…
LET IT COME OUT
WITH NO DOUBT…
TAP INTO WHAT’S DEEP INSIDE
WITH STRIDE…
CREATIVITE IS THERE
BE AWARE…
WHEN WE DARE
TO BE BOLD
WITH OUR GIFTS
AND SHARE…
“ART - NEVER FAR APART”
TYG
TO SEE…
“TO SEE”
DIFFERENTLY
OPEN OUR EYES TO THE DAILY
SURPRISE
RIGHT IN FRONT OF US
IS A PLUS!!!
TO BE AWARE - JUST STARE…
AWHILE
WITH FRESH AIR
BE THERE
TAKE IT ALL IN AND BEGIN
THE SHARE
NATURE NURTURES AWARE…
JANUARY THAW IS UPON US
STEP OUTSIDE AND ENJOY
THE WARM AIR BREEZING
THROUGH THE TREES AND OPEN AIR
A PILEATED WOODPECKER SONG
FILLS THE EAR AND MIND
WITH SOUNDS SO SWEET…
REPEAT
OR JUST A MOMENT IN TIME
SO SUBLIME…
REMEMBERED IN MIND
A CLEAR PICTURE
I SEE FOREVERMORE
SUCH GALORE…
ART IS NEVER FAR APART
TAKE A MOMENT TO START
APPRECIATE ART!!!
SEE IT ALL AROUND
IT WILL ASTOUND!!!
“TO SEE”
TYG
HUGS!!!
HUGS
A HUG
“THE HUG”
LITERAL & FIGURATIVE
IT
IS
LOVE
AND UNIVERSAL…
GIVING OF ONES SELF
HOW EVER IT MAY BE - DIFFERENT FOR ALL
TALL NEVER SMALL…
WE EXPRESS OUR LOVE UNIQUELY
SEE THIS IN ALL…
TALL WITH ALL…
KNOWING, LEARNING AND ACCEPTING ALL
TO GROW TALL…
WHAT IS TALL?
REDNOW ASKS…
CONFIDENCE AND COMFORT IN OUR SOUL
IS TALL TO ME… THE!
SAYS MODSIW - THAT’S WHO.
WONDER & WISDOM
TO HELP SHAPE TODAY’S MASTERPIECE MOMENTS
IS A WAY
TO START THE DAY…
THINKING ABOUT
LOVE,
FEELINGS,
AND EXPRESSION
THROUGH
HUGS!!!
TYG
PURPOSE GROWTH-2023
“PURPOSE GROWTH”
2023
WHAT WILL IT BE
WE SHALL SEE
DAILY
SHOW UP TALL FOR ALL
SHINE ON!!!
FOR ALL TO GROW IN LOVE…
WITH LOVE…
BE LOVE…
INFLUENCE - ENHANCE - ENCOURAGE
DRIP-DRIP, DROP-DROP, DRIP-DROP
NEVER STOP -
1 BY 1
GETS IT DONE
BE MORE PRESENT AND LISTEN BETTER
IS MY GOAL TO FULFILL MY ROLE…
IN ALL OF MY ROLES
HUSBAND, FATHER, BROTHER, UNCLE, CUZ, FRIEND,
COLLEAGUE, LEADER,
LOVER
WRITER, GARDNER, CHEF, BIKER, PHOTOGRAPHER, SPEAKER,
POETRY SHARER…
EVERYDAY - PRACTICE WITH PATIENCE
PATIENCE TO SEE
WHAT BECOMES OF ME!!!
INTUITION LISTEN - DECISION - ACTION
ACT ON INTUITION LISTENING
ENJOY AND ACCEPT - ACCEPT AND ENJOY
OUTCOMES
FLOW ON 2023
“PURPOSE GROWTH”
TYG
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION - Christmas 2022
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
GOD IN FLESH - HERE ON EARTH…
ALWAYS AROUND
WITH SOUND
TODAY IS A FAMILY DAY
BE LOVE IN EVERY WAY - ON CHRISTMAS DAY!!!
LIVE MORE CHRISTMAS ALWAYS
AND IN ALL WAYS
LISTEN - OBSERVE
SMILE INSIDE - AS WELL AS OUT
WARMNESS OF A SMILE GOES FOR A MILE…
AND SOME…
HEAVEN ON EARTH IS WHERE WE ARE
RIGHT HERE - RIGHT NOW
GOD IS ALL AROUND
HOW PROFOUND
SEE SOULS WHEN CONNECT
EYE TO EYE
OH MY…
THE WONDER OF IT ALL
GROW TALL
IN LOVE
AMAZING INDEED…
IS THIS PRECIOUS LIFE WE LEAD!!!
HERE FOR A REASON -
CATCH IT, LIVE IT, LOVE IT
ENJOY - IN JOY
THIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!!!
TYG
KINDNESS - (my dear)
KINDNESS
LOVE
JOY
BE KIND AND FIND
LOVE AND JOY
IN ALL AND EVERYTHING
IF NOT IN THE ACTION - WHAT IS OUR REACTION?
WAR WHAT FOR…
HATE - HESITATE?
DO NOT WAIT
IT MAY BE TOO LATE
KINDNESS, LOVE & JOY
SEE THE WORLD FOR WHAT IT IS!
WITH OR WITHOUT GLASSES
ROSE COLORED THAT IS…
I DO BELIEVE - NOT NAIVE
THAT LOVE IS THE WAY
TO-DAY
EVERY DAY
THIS IS THE MESSAGE WE HEAR
EACH YEAR
AT THIS TIME
WITH A RHYME
IN A SONG OR 2
AND A WORD OR 3…
LET IT BE!!!
JESUS’S MESSAGE IS CLEAR
DO NOT FEAR…
SPREAD JOY, LOVE, & KINDNESS (my dear)
TYG…
TO SHARE…
TO SHARE
IF WE DARE
WHEN WE DARE…
THE BREEZE IS STOUT (TO-DAY)
SILENT MOMENTS CAST OUT DOUBT
TAKE ALL IN AND BEGIN
THIS DAY IN A SPECIAL WAY!
WINTER IS HERE - NEAR AND DEAR
DARK AND COLD
LIGHT AND BRIGHT
BE A BEACON FOR ALL TO SEE
SPECIALNESS FROM THEE
THROUGH ME…
OPEN HEART AND MIND
TO LET GOD’S LOVE FLOW
WITH SPECIAL GLOW
AND HONOR “HIM” ALL AROUND!
WHAT’S IN A NAME OR PRONOUN?
HALLOWED
NO NAME IS PROFOUND ENOUGH
BE A VESSEL OF LOVE
WE ARE VESSELS OF LOVE
GRATEFUL FOR ALL.
REMEMBER SO SMALL…
WHILE TALL FOR ALL
DARE
TO SHARE!!!
FAMILY - LOVE ENERGY -POST THANKSGIVING ZA PARTY
-FAMILY LOVE ENERGY-
ALIVENESS
STRIVE - NESS
MILES OF SMILES
SHARING LOVE WITH ALL
WHAT A JOY TO BEHOLD IN THE FOLD…
AND REFLECT BACK ON OVERNIGHT -
DELIGHT!!!
HOW GRATEFUL WE BE
OPEN HEARTS WE SEE
GETTING TO BE TOGETHER
HOW FORTUNATE ARE WE…
THANK YOU GOD FOR OUR FAMILY!!!
JULIE & AUSTIN
MEREDITH & DEREK & TROUT
MATT & DOM
AMELIA & ME
CARING AND SHARING
BOLD AND DARING !!!
HOW LUCKY ARE WE - TO BE FAMILY
FAMILY - LOVE ENERGY!!!
TOGETHER ♥️
TOGETHER - THANKSGIVING DAY 2022…
COME ALONG SIDE FOR THE RIDE…
GATHERING IN CELEBRATION!
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER
A LITTLE STORMY HERE - A LITTLE CARE THERE
THANKSGIVING EVER DAY - FIND A WAY!
FAMILY AND FRIENDS/FAMILY (FRIENILY)
HERE TO STAY
WHAT A WAY…
ENERGY FLOW ALL AROUND
SO PROFOUND
CHATTING SOUND
IS IN MY EAR - AS I RECALL
SUPPORT FOR ALL
AMELIA, JULIE, MEREDITH, SAGE, AUSTIN, DEREK, MARK AND ME
TOGETHER WE BE
FOR A MOMENT IN TIME
CELEBRATE WITH RHYME
TO CAPTURE A FEELING IS REVEALING
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
MAKE IT LESS RARE
NEVER SPARE
GIVE IT, GET IT,
SHARE…
FOOD AND DRINK APLENTY
BEST OF ALL - WE GOT TO BE
TOGETHER!!!
TYG!!!
SMILES AND LAUGHTER
THANKSGIVING DAY 2022
SMILES AND LAUGHTER
TODAY
WILL BE OUR WAY
TO CELEBRATE
GRATITUDE ON THIS GIVING THANKS DAY
BEING TOGETHER - A GIFT TO BEHOLD
NEVER OLD…
NURTURING TO BE NURTURED
NURTURING AND NURTURED
FOR SURE
BOTH WAYS - A CURE
FOR MY SOUL - I’M SURE
GIVING AND GETTING IS GOOD FOR ALL - BE TALL
GIVE AND GET - BETTER YET
ENCOURAGE ALL FOR THE TALL
TYG
WE GET TO BE TOGETHER
SUPPORTING FOREVER
IN ALL WEATHER
COME ALONG SIDE FOR THE RIDE
SMILES AND LAUGHTER
ABIDE
LISTEN…
LISTEN!
INTUITION FLOW
EASY COME - EASY GO
STOP
AND
LISTEN
IF WE DARE…
TAKE ACTION WITH CARE
A FLOWER HERE
A THOUGHT THERE
BEAUTY EVERYWHERE
TO STARE - IS ANOTHER WAY TO BEHOLD
I AM TOLD.
FROM WITHIN
SEE ALL DIFERENT - IS TO BEGIN…
ANOTHER DAY
IN A NEW AND NEXT WAY…
AND SO ON WE GO
WITH WONDER IN TOW
WHEN WE OPEN OUR EYES TO ALL THAT’S AROUND
WITH AND WITHOUT SOUND
TO BE ASTOUND…
LISTEN!!!
Context - The context here is all about sitting while stout - in meditation moments - brian bounces from idea to idea - catch and listen to glisten what is important NOW and act or not yet… YET!!! LISTEN…
DAHLIA TUCK IN 2022
SNOW NOW - FREEZE TONIGHT
WHAT A SIGHT TO BEHOLD
NEVER OLD - SO BOLD!
THIS SEASON OF LIGHT…
LIGHTNESS OF COLOR GALORE, SHAPES, SIZES
AND SO MUCH MORE…
JOY - IN FACT - INDEED
NURTURING ALL THE WAY I SAY
LEARNING FROM ALL AND GROWING TALL
UNIQUENESS ABOUNDS ALL AROUNDS
HELP ALL FIND AND FLOURISH IN OUR OWN WAY
HERE TO STAY…
BE TALL FOR ALL WITH A SMILE GREETING
AND LISTEN WITH QUESTIONS TO SEE
WHERE ALL ARE - AND MEANT TO BE!
UNWINDING THE BINDING THAT HELPED THEM GROW
AFTER THE SNOW
THE BIRDS FILL THE AIR WITH CARE
A CONCERT OF DELIGHT WITH THE BRIGHT DAY LIGHT
MY DAHLIAS ALWAYS A DELIGHT AND AMAZING
EVERY STEP OF THEIR CYCLE OF LIFE - NO STRIFE…
ENJOY IN-JOY!!!
65… 101… SHINE ON!!!
SIXTY FIVE
COMING ALIVE
EACH AND EVERY DAY
IN EVERY WAY
WHAT A GIFT TO BEHOLD
NEVER OLD…
WHEN I SEE IT THIS WAY
BUILDING
“NEXT”
ENJOYING ALL NEW
AS ALL IS NEW
EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY…
WHAT A WAY!!!
65 TIMES AROUND THE SUN
WHAT FUN…
IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER
WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT
IS ALL IN OUR MINDS -
IT IS WHAT IT IS…
NOW MAKE HAY WITH OUR WAY!!!
LOVING, LISTENING, LEARNING
CARING AND SHARING
LEADING AND LAUGHING
TO-DAY
THANK YOU AUG AND MOO
A PRESENT FOR YOU WAS ME - HEHE
SHINE ON
ACB - 101
TJB - 65
TYG
November 03, 2022
Solitude
SOLITUDE -
AUTUMN IN TO WINTER - SOLITUDE
32 DEGREES
WITH NO BREEZE
TO — DAY
WHAT A WAY
SO QUIET
THE LEAVES DROPING IS THE SOUND OF THE DAY
WHAT A GIFT TO HEAR
PRFOUND IN A WAY - DANCING LEAVES
TO LISTEN AND CATCH THE RUSTLE
AMIDST THE BUSTLE
WHAT A JOY TO BEHOLD
NEVER GETS OLD
TO WAKE TO THE SOUNDS OF NATURE
ALWAYS A SURPRISE WHEN I STEP OUTSIDES
OR IS IT SIDE…
WHOSE TO KNOW - LET IT FLOW…
SHARING AND CARING
CARING AND SHARING
FROM WHAT COMES INSIDE TO OUT
WITHOUT DOUBT!
NEVER CHANGING OR REARRANGING
JUST ENGAGING WITH A THOUGHT AND A GIFT
CONVERSATION IS THE BEST
LEAVE IT TO THE REST…
SOLITUDE
A GIFT - SHOOTING STAR…
A GIFT - SHOOTING STAR
WE ALL ARE!!!
BE THAT WAY -
COME WHAT MAY…
HERE FOR A MOMENT IN TIME
WITH A RHYME
LIVE FOR THIS MOMENT
WITH HOPES AND DREAMS
FROM DEEP WITHIN
TRUST THYSELF - GOD WITHIN…
AND -
LIVE EACH DAY
THIS WAY
YES - YES & YES
TO ALL THAT IS IN FRONT
GOOD BYE TO WHAT’S BEHIND
WORK ON ALL TO-DAY…
TO SEE THE METEORS - THIS DAY
WITH JULIE AND CHUCK
EXPERIENCES TOGETHER
IN BEAUTIFUL WEATHER
A GIFT - SHOOTING STAR - WE ARE…
TYG!!!
HEARTS OF LOVE - LOVE IT!
LOVE IT… HEARTS OF LOVE!!!
PURPLE, ORANGE, YELLOW, AND RED
JUMPED OUT OF BED,
TO SHAPE THE DAY IN THEIR SPECIAL WAY!
A DAHLIA PEDDLE OR 2 OR 3 OR 4
SO MUCH MORE…
TO SEE AND BE…
THESE COLORS ARE ALL IN FRONT OF ME -
FROM OUR GARDEN
GARDEN OF LIFE
TLC - LET IT BE!!!
NURTURE OUR DAYS IN “OUR” SPEACIAL WAYS
TO SHARE THE GIFTS WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN
STOP AND LOOK AT A FLOWER TODAY
SEE THE COLORS - SHAPES - SIZES
SMELL IT…
TOUCH IT…
FEEL IT…
LOVE IT…
HEARTS OF LOVE!!!
TYG
LISTEN AND HEAR
LISTEN AND HEAR…
IN THE 5 O’CLOCK HOUR - WHAT POWER!
THE BARRED OWL CALLING
“WHO COOKS FOR YOU - WHO COOKS FOR YOU ALLLLL”
UP AND OUT I GO…
TO SOAK IT ALL IN…
THIS IS HOW I BEGIN…
TAKE IT ALL IN…
WHAT A WEEKEND IT WAS -
(JULIE,AUSTIN,MEREDITH,DEREK,AMELIA,TIMOTHY - OUR TRIBE TOGETHER)
FILLED WITH GOD’S GRACE AND GLORY
LOVE!!!
WHAT A STORY
PURPOSE SPILLING
ALL OUT AND ABOUT
GIVING - GETTING
NEVER FORGETTING
TO LISTEN AND HEAR…
STAR LIGHT DELIGHT - FAMILY TOGETHER
STAR LIGHT DELIGHT
SKY LIGHT NIGHT
ORION SHINNING BRIGHT
TO MY DELIGHT
A BURST OF LIGHT
GIVES WAY TO SIGHT - (METEOR DELIGHT)
TO SEE THE UNIVERSE IN ALL HER GLORY
WHAT A STORY…
WITH A SATELLITE IN TOW
SO MUCH TO ENJOY THIS DAY AND WAY
IN - JOY
THE BROWNIE FAM ALL TOGETHER IN ALL THIS WEATHER…
IN LOVE…
SHARING LOVE…
BEING LOVE…
TO LISTEN WHILE SERVING -
THE ENERGY WAS CLEAR AND BUZZING
AND SO AM I… OH MY…
SKY GAZING TO WRAP THE NIGHT…
STAR LIGHT DELIGHT
SBG-TYG