Mountains rise into cold, grey clouds in British Columbia’s Stikine Region.

" And I shall have some peace there, For peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veil of morn, To where the cricket sings,

Where midnights all a glimmer, And noon a purple glow,

And evenings filled with linnets wings "

{William Butler Yeats}

This stream comes from a spring that cascades out from under a boulder high up on the ridge in the distance. It plays it own special music as it tumbles down the mountain where it joins many other such streams, eventually forming the great Vartry river which enters the port of Wicklow 20 miles to the south east.

The lone Mountain Ash stands and watches its passing as it has done for so many years.

A wild and a beautiful place.

P@t.

Day 2. Gorgeous weather.

Can you see the moon?

Austrian Tyrol july 2017

Col between peak Damga and Varla / Rila mountain Bulgaria

Thanks all for visit and comment!!

Another small section of Idaho's Sawtooths reflected in Little Redfish Lake.

Shoulda put on a wider lens...

Barely got all this beauty in.

Heading out soon for my last major photo safari of the year. Hope to fill up lots of memory cards. Easy to do in beautiful Canada.

Have a wonderful couple of weeks. I know I will.

Thanks for taking a look!

Not as sharp as I would like, but still nice to catch.

Westlock County, Alberta.

Austria. Rio Danubio

i liked the way the cloud hung in the Valley in front of the mountain range

Morocco last week.

Ive just deciderd to put up this photograph again as its one of my most favourite ones and I love the place. Ive a lot of personal stuff to sort out at the moment so hopefully this will give me breathing space. Best wishes and thanks to all you great people out there!

P.

" I love the ground whereon she stands "

Here is "Celtic Woman`s" haunting version:

Do give it a listen/look;

SONG;

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBIDgUQiu-8

"Black is the colour, of my true loves hair,

Her lips are soft like roses fair,

She has the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands,

I love the ground, whereon she stands"

" I love my love, and well she knows,

I love the ground, where on she goes.

I write her a letter, Just a few short lines,

And my heart it dies, a thousand times"

[ Unknown, traditional, Glasgow, Scotland, 18th century. ]

The evening light slowly fades out to the west

over Lugala and beyond and as far as the eye can see, in the Wicklow Mountains National Park, Ireland.

This lovely mountain is also called "Fancy Mountain".A pretty name for a pretty place.

Im going to ask my friend to write a slip jig on the fiddle for me and call it " The Fancies of Lugalaw " and then every time I go up here, not only will I have the view and the silence but Ill also have the music going around in my head as well. Now isnt that a proper kind of "madness"! Lol! P@t.

My pics are also available in slide form on Flickriver below, if you prefer;

flickriver.com/photos/137473925@N08/

A few people have said that they found the song very sad, particularly the extra verse I put in above.

We may be completely wrong as often in songs and poems of this period from Ireland and Scotland, the woman is actually ones homeland.Many womens names were used in the place of the country and the broken heart and unrequited love has to do with the country been in "strangers hands" and un free and would particularly apply to Scotland and Ireland.

It seems to be in vogue now to be patriotic and whereas a certain amount of it is to be admired, we must be careful, as too much of it has plunged the World into too many wars. We dont want a border here in this country. We had one for a hundred years and lots died because of it. Mostly innocent as always.I do think that they wont allow one and Im hopeful.

Ive just updated this photo as lots of people may not have seen it. I actually think its my best ever and please do listen to the song and watch the video as its amazing!!! P@t.

The Andes run in three ridges down through Peru. This town lay in the valley after the first pass from the coast. The difference in climate and vegetation within just a few hours, passing from desert to lush green, was amazing...

Morning walking near the Schwrzsee , Zermatt, Canton of Valais. Switzerland. No. 9406.

a view of Red Mountain peaks from 11,000 ft near the top of Cork Screw Gulch, one of our favorite jeep trails in Colorado.

Copyright 2017 © Merilee Phillips.

All my images are protected under international authors copyright laws and may not be downloaded, reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without my written explicit permission. All rights reserved.

Desert brush grows amongst the mountains of Nevada’s Red Rock Canyon.

to take photos with my new big stopper

"Like ramparts round the valley's edge

The tinted cliffs are standing,

With many a broken wall and ledge,

And many a rocky landing. ......"

by Henry Lawson

(Tatra Mountains)

MONT BLANC 4,808 m (15,774 ft) . . . . info HERE

Climb the mountain and get their good tiding, nature peace will flow into you as sunrise flows into trees, the wind will blow their own freshness and storm their energy while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of spring

Captured on the largest high-altitude Alpine meadow - Dolomite plateau: Seiser Alm (it. Alpe di Siusi).

I drove out to Buller Pond last night... This was the fifth day in a row I drove out there so I hope no one is sick of the place yet :P haha.

For all the time I spend out that way, this was the first time I have gone there at night. It was so still and quiet out there. It was a great way to spend the night.

Da Lat - Vietnam

Whistlers View 2017

... Pero ya se iban...

www.instagram.com/naturliie/

The BC wildfire turning the mountains in Jasper into a beautiful magenta color .

www.instagram.com/bernieduhamel61/?hl=en

A small mountain stream leads downhill to Mount Sunday and the Rangitata River in New Zealand's Ashburton Lakes district, March 2016.

Took the a couple of blocks from my daughters home this past Friday. The Great Salt Lake is just past those mountains.

SONY DSC

Here's a slightly wider view taken shortly after the previous post. The ice was close to shore and all to the left, probably blown there overnight. Fortunately the wind died down for the morning reflections.