A Retreat for Peaceful Contemplation

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  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    Monica, Thank you for the picture!

    Ladies, I am keeping you on your honor to keep things peaceful for the next week.. Going to be traveling a bit and just not sure I will be able to post.  Here is a picture to keep it going while I am gone.

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  • georgie1112
    georgie1112 Member Posts: 104

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    Columbia River Gorge

  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,258

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  • minustwo
    minustwo Member Posts: 13,398

    The pictures are fantastic.  Thanks for posting.  And double thanks to those of you who note the location of the photos so that I can plan my next 5 vacations!!  That really helps. 

  • grammaB
    grammaB Member Posts: 1,118

    georgie, I love the Columbia River Gorge!!  For years I had a Sierra Club calendar page tacked to my cork board at work with a photo from there.  Later when I married DH#2 he took me there and I was in total heaven!!  That place is so calming and soothing to me!

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,800

    Looking at the Virginia countryside from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.

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  • wyo
    wyo Member Posts: 165

    I am not a great picture-taker but- A winter fountain with bubbling water and plants in NCAL Great place to site and contemplate 

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  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667

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    Public park in Oriasi Town, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667

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    The Pacific Ocean seen from the east coast of Japan near Hachinohe.  I can sit and listen to waves breaking all day.  I find it very peaceful to listen to.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,800

    Sea of Stars on Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives.

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  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,949

    Ruth, what a gorgeous picture! There's so much light in this country, we hardly ever see more than 1-2 stars.

  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 3,600

    Wren, The only thing that keeps us from seeing a sky full of stars here are the couds that darken they sky all too often.  We are surrounded by vacation homes and vacant lots.  No street lights--so very peaceful and beautiful.

  • minustwo
    minustwo Member Posts: 13,398

    Oh my goodness Ruth.  Thanks for the ocean & stars.

  • georgie1112
    georgie1112 Member Posts: 104

    Ladies- LOVE the water theme of the recent pics!

    grammaB- yes the Gorge is such a special place of peace for me!

    Kathindc- fabulous picture of the Pacific in Japan. Hope to get there someday. 

    Ruth- really love that shot. Water is so calming. 

    Wyo- finding a special place to meditate sounds like a plan for me. 

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    Thank you ladies for posting beautiful peaceful pictures - I'm not sure you would call where I am peaceful, but in my heart it is.  Will be gone playing with these two and working from their place until next monday, when I travel home.  If I can get a pretty evening picture through the trees here, I will otherwise, you all keep up the good work! Remember - this is peaceful, not outwordly, but inwardly Winking

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  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

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    Roseburg, OR Water Park Walking Trail.

  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667

    GMA, your grandchildren are beautiful.  Just looking at those smiles warms my heart.

  • Moviemaniac
    Moviemaniac Member Posts: 242

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    Farm Tomita, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,949

    Beautiful. Any idea what they were growing? Peppers?

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,800

    Victoria Falls in Africa

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  • Moviemaniac
    Moviemaniac Member Posts: 242

    Poppies!   :)

  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,258

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    Harry P Leu beautiful gardens in Orlando....

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  • Moviemaniac
    Moviemaniac Member Posts: 242

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    Along the Highline trail                         Glacier National Park

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,949

    Beautiful. I like that there are trees, but not so many they block the view of everything else.

  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

    Good Morning

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    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,800

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  • socallisa
    socallisa Member Posts: 10,184

    This one is my personal photo for me to use and remember, Holland

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  • Moviemaniac
    Moviemaniac Member Posts: 242

    I love these, ladies! Keep 'em coming!  :)

  • minustwo
    minustwo Member Posts: 13,398

    Ruth - I'm guessing redwoods?  Where was this taken?