Mini-Rainforest: Part One. Magical Moments. Nature's Beauty. Color Challenge. Thursday Green.

allyinspirit (63) in magicmoments • 7 years ago (edited)

Each new unfurling
Brings a new miracle to life. ~Ally.

A heart fern unfurling for Magical Moments and @sunscape's Nature's Beauty as well as @kalemandra's Color Challenge of Thursday Green.

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Ferns unfurling in my ‘Mini Rainforest.’
Photograph: ©Alison Lee Cousland.

Mini Rainforest Project: Introduction.

At the beginning of 2012, I started a 'project' in the far reaches of our backyard.

My aim was to reclaim this small neglected area of land and by co-creating with nature, reestablish it as a beautiful rainforest area.

For some time now, I've been wanting to document and share the motivation behind this project and Steemit has given me the perfect platform to do this now.

In my next Wednesday Green article I'll describe and illustrate the state of the area, as well as my own personal state of being after working on an environmental sculpture project for the previous two years. Both of us, desperately needing a lot of 'Tender Loving Care' and feeling the wonder and benefits of so many magical moments.

Magical Moments.

Magical Moments is not a 'challenge' ~ My vision is that it will become more a 'Curated Gallery' where selected contributions will be Upvoted and Resteemed and in time awarded ~ In some as yet unknown way.

Your article for Magical Moments can simply be an image or set of images and/or descriptions that have the power to transport your audience to the special space (outer and/or inner) that you were in, when you experienced that 'Magical Moment.'

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magicalmoments (27) · 7 years ago

Just breathing in this image of green fern fronds reminds me of the love I have for emerald green forests. And how being in these 'havens' gives me so many magical moments.

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago

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barbara-orenya (71) · 7 years ago

I had missed this magical picture...ferns are bewitching us in their swirling motion, I love to meet them in the woods ^_^
Have a fantastic day Ally 😘❤

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago (edited)

I love rainforests with the tall tree ferns Barbara. There are some really magical rainforests in Oz but they are some distance from Sydney. But there are still a few little pockets around where I live, along side creeks, that have a similar 'watery' atmosphere. They are my refuge and inspiration.

In my next article about reclaiming an area in my backyard, I'll be describing all the rubbish that I had to dig up out of the ground, just to make a start. Hope to publish it in time for Thursday Green.

Has been a wonderful day today. Hope yours will be really magical now too. 🌸🐌🌸.

PS: I have the feeling I'm missing so much sometimes. But just do what I can, when I can, so that Steemit stays enjoyable. Anyway: That's me in the middle: The slow one.

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barbara-orenya (71) · 7 years ago

May we all going our own pace...! ^_^

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago

Yes. I need to keep remembering that. ALL THE TIME.

I am finally starting to draw. Just the 'roughs' to put ideas to paper. I've been waiting to find those extra few hours in the day. But they don't come unless we create them. So late last night I 'created' some time and started. SO happy.

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kaykobad-reza (33) · 7 years ago

wow! beautiful pic...share more! upvoted

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago (edited)

Thanks so much kaykobad-reza.

I'll be sharing more of the inspiration behind the creation of this 'Mini Rainforest' next week in the Thursday Green Color Challenge.

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kdogdiggles13 (41) · 7 years ago

v green

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago

Thanks so much @kdogdiggles13

I usually tone the greens down in my images. But this time I wanted to show just how vibrant these ferns can be.

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kdogdiggles13 (41) · 7 years ago

we got pritty ferns up here in scotland , ill get sum pics when i walk cora in my woods

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago

Will watch out for them, as I'd love to see them.

I would love to visit Scotland one day. Top of my 'wish list' for places to go.

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kdogdiggles13 (41) · 7 years ago

if u do ur more than welcomne to visit n stay at my caatsle for free

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago

Well, you just never know what may happen. And the opportunity to stay in a castle is VERY enticing.

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networkallstar (59) · 7 years ago

Beautiful!🙌❤

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago

Really pleased to share the beauty of these ferns with you @networkallstar

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mostly.nature (59) · 7 years ago

Beautiful fern foliage. I love the fiddleheads on ferns.

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago

It wasn't always that way @mostly.nature. The bracken was growing wild, most of it dried out and brown.

In co-creating with nature, I manicured it and then helped it green up and spread a little further. Also planted a few tree ferns with it as well. So it's such a beautiful green area now.

Yes. Love those fiddleheads ferns ~ Especially when they form a heart. So magical.

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dijana969 (57) · 7 years ago

What makes this photo interesting are leafs that make circular pattern around young leaf. Beutiful capture dear!

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago (edited)

YES: There is so much circular and intertwining and caring energy amidst these ferns now. So pleased you like the capture. Taken pre-Sony with my 'little inexpensive' Nikon Coolpix.'

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marillaanne (55) · 7 years ago

Really beautiful! It is so fun to reclaim a neglected space!

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago (edited)

Murky and very bare in patches ~ Beautiful in others. Yes, heaps of fun photographing all the broken glass and tiles that had been buried there ~ And the satisfaction of seeing the transformations. I sit there in the morning now and feel so blessed. A perfect 'You See ~ I See' story Marilla.

I started to tell the story of the creation and the surrounding influences of the 'Mini Rainforest' on one of my sites. But, and I know you'll understand more than anyone, it became bigger than 'Ben Hur' and the story came to a standstill.

Maybe the time and circumstances are finally right now to begin again. More next week.

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marillaanne (55) · 7 years ago

Oh my! How I laugh in commiseration!

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago

Ah, but this time it will be different. She said full of new moon optimism. I hope you're having a great week-end Marilla.

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nolasco (62) · 7 years ago

What a magical photo! I love ferns, they take us to the kingdom of the fantastic.

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago

So happy to share the beauty and magic of these ferns in my 'Mini Rainforest' with you @nolasco. There have been so many magical moments just being in amongst these ferns.

Love your expression 'kingdom of the fantastic' as this area has really become just that. Thanks so much.

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nolasco (62) · 7 years ago

Thanks for sharing, wishing you many magical moments on your kingdom of the fantastic :)

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago

Thanks once again @nolasco. Next week for the ColorChallenge: Thursday Green, I'll share the influences and reasons why I started working in this neglected garden area.

Been looking at your photography. Will follow you now.

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nolasco (62) · 7 years ago

I'm looking forward for your posts, and thanks for checking out my photos and following me back!

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allyinspirit (63) · 7 years ago

I'm looking forward to sharing the joys and sorrows of working on this particular 'project' now too @nolasco. Was a joy to look at your work and connecting with you now.

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nolasco (62) · 7 years ago

Thanks, likewise! I wish you all the ventures in your project!

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