Welcome to my world. A place where spirituality and nature collide into reality

My photographs are not doctored. The words are all my own. You may not accept all or any of them, but I have to speak my truth, because that is the way of things in my life.

The photograph to the left is my 'Wood Nymph'. It was taken by me at Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island in 1999. From the base of the tree rises what I believe to be the spirit of the eagle, which in the native North American traditions, represents spiritual awakening.

In the European tradition, wood nymphs are mythical tree spirits that are believed to live inside trees throughout Europe. It is said that if a man sees one, she will steal his heart and he will be destined to spend the rest of his life in madness looking for her. She will keep his heart until such time as the tree dies and only then will the man get it back. The explanation makes sense, but I am a woman, the tree was in Canada, not in Europe and I had seen the ‘wood nymph’ walking about prior to taking the picture, so although she may drive a man to madness, she did not do it to me.

Some people can see children by her side, some can see the eagle, others see tree spirits in the trees round about. Whatever you can see, there is no doubt that the picture has transformational properties and that it was a gift to help me and others along our spiritual path.

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