Energy Flow by Jim Crotty on Flickr.

In Your dwelling place. The heart will always take you there.

October Sky over Dayton Masonic Temple on Flickr.

Hold onto hope. There is so much more. More for which to be grateful.

Spring at Conkles Hollow by Jim Crotty 30 on Flickr.

Simplify to return to what’s essential. Peace resides in the art of life and we are all artists yearning to connect, share and grow.

May Evening on the Trail at Old Mans Cave by Jim Crotty 1 on Flickr.

“I’ve often thought of the forest as a living cathedral, but this might diminish what it truly is. If I have understood Koyukon teachings, the forest is not merely an expression or representation of sacredness, nor a place to invoke the sacred; the forest is sacredness itself. Nature is not merely created by God; nature is God. Whoever moves within the forest can partake directly of sacredness, experience sacredness with his entire body, breathe sacredness and contain it within himself, drink the sacred water as a living communion, bury his feet in sacredness, touch the living branch and feel the sacredness, open his eyes and witness the burning beauty of sacredness”
― Richard Nelson, The Island Within

Best Ohio Nature Photography by Jim Crotty 19 on Flickr.

Each day a new blessing and another opportunity to begin again.

Winter. Deep into quiet places. At the end of a trail barely visible, places of healing.

Pawpaw Leaves in Spring by Jim Crotty on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Black and white conversion of image captured along the trail in Sugarcreek MetroPark near Dayton Ohio

Sunflower Form and Details on Flickr.

Sunflower

Living spirit in the grace of God. Sunrise over the beach on Hilton Head Island, September 26 2011.

Late Summer Farmers Garden by Jim Crotty 10.jpg on Flickr.

Last August in Ohio. Purple Coneflowers at dusk.