A Retreat for Peaceful Contemplation


I have been told by many, that my pictures are so peaceful. So here is Picture #1 to start your journey. Come here to retreat whenever you like and remember to Breathe. Know that God and the ladies on this board are here for you. Please keep long conversations in PMs to each other.

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  • 4sewwhat
    4sewwhat Member Posts: 1,895


    Beautiful Picture as usual Gma! Good Luck tomorrow Nerdy

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978


    Another "Above the Clouds Sunrise"


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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667


    GMA, there is such serenity in your pictures! Thank you so much for starting this thread.

  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 3,600


    A new favorite thread! Thanks Gma.

  • SelenaWolf
    SelenaWolf Member Posts: 231

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    This is the view from the cemetery where I work... A nearby marsh in the summer at sunset...

  • ChickaD
    ChickaD Member Posts: 971

    MissGma...you ROCK as usual....here is my view in Ohio

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    And this one from my cottage in fall...

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  • Holeinone
    Holeinone Member Posts: 1,418


    Gma, great thread you started, awesome photos from you, ChickaD & Selena


    Hope all goes well for you tomorrow...

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978


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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 3,600


    Oh! WOW!

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    Tonight's Sunset. Look at those colors! And that is fog you see below..

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  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,921

    Gma, your photos have convinced me not to ever live in that town. Up in the mountains above the fog would be my little homestead. Fog is such a penetrating cold.

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    Thank you all for your comments. Right now I need all the love I can get.

    Wren, you are correct. Roseburg is in that fog and we live in the county.  Unfortunately, the fog does rise before it dissipates, which is usually our afternoons.

    These colors that I caught are very unusual for us.  It is actually the first time I have gotten the reds, blues and orange reflections at the same time. Only God could give me such a beautiful picture. Thank you Lord, I needed this.

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,513

    A very favorite picture I took last summer while walking on a Florida beach. When something is stressing me out and I want to calm myself down, this is the picture I put into my mind:

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  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    Thank you SelenaWolf, ChickaD and Ruthbru for adding to my collection of Peaceful Pictures.  

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,513

    It's fun to have a place to share them! Here is another one taken at a family reunion in Wisconsin this fall. My cousin builds and restores light aircraft. The picture was taken during a ride he gave us. We are looking down at the family farm where my mom grew up and where he now lives!

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  • mostlymom
    mostlymom Member Posts: 378

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    Backyard on a foggy morning with just the neighbors horses....

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

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    Even snow is beautiful from our home.

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    Here is a view from a camp I stayed during an archaeological survey - Things I did before BC.

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,513

    The last flower of summer. It surprised me by blooming on the first anniversary of my dad's death in late September. His favorite color was purple.

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  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    Ruthbru, I truly believe God has something to do with that - To remind us that our loved-ones are watching over us.

  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667

    Ruthbru, I truly believe what GMA has said.  God does work in mysterious ways.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,513

    Absolutely. And what is even stranger is that my dad (who was very old and frail) was at my house a couple days before he died, and that same vine had one purple flower blooming on it then too....like it was calling him home. I think this one was to say, "Yup, I made it."

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,513

    North Dakota in the fall:

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  • savgigi
    savgigi Member Posts: 245

    I sure wish we had a like button for all these beautiful pictures. Maybe a Thumbs Up will do... ThumbsUp

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    My Bleeding Heart going crazy 2 years ago..

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  • Jeannie57
    Jeannie57 Member Posts: 1,314

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    my peaceful retreat

  • Holeinone
    Holeinone Member Posts: 1,418

    beautiful garden...

  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 3,600

    Love it.

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    Wow, I wish I had a garden that looked like that - I would be there all the time.

    Instead I have a confused rosebud :-)

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,513

    A frosty day in North Dakota:

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