I’ve told myself for a really long time that I would like to stop and take photos when the water is high.
It only took me thirty years. And ten minutes.
Sad right?
Anyway, I’m told that this old train trestle not far from our home, is part of what was once the longest grade for the railroad between Chicago and Nebraska.
I haven’t verified that, but it makes for a pretty good story, and some pretty dramatic photos.
Thank you for stopping by and enjoying the view with me!
Hello again “Quietude” seekers.
Welcome back!
In this post you will find;
The article from HuffPost states that a World Health Organization report called noise pollution a “modern plague“. The article says that;
This, put another way, is the same thing as transforming, or renewing your mind, and stated in Romans 12:2 where it says; Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
“Unnecessary noise is the most cruel absence of care that can be inflicted on sick or well.”
Florence Nightingale – Founder of modern nursing.
“Silence first began to appear in scientific research as a control or baseline, against which scientists compare the effects of noise or music. Researchers have mainly studied it by accident, as physician Luciano Bernardi did in a 2006 study of the physiological effects of music. “We didn’t think about the effect of silence,” he says. “That was not meant to be studied specifically.” (See link below to continue reading the study.)
This research began by playing quiet music, then “Bernardi and his colleagues discovered that randomly inserted stretches of silence also had a drastic effect, but in the opposite direction. In fact, two-minute silent pauses proved far more relaxing than either “relaxing” music or a longer silence played before the experiment started.”
” The blank pauses that Bernardi considered irrelevant, in other words, became the most interesting object of study. Silence seemed to be heightened by contrasts, maybe because it gave test subjects a release from careful attention. “Perhaps the arousal is something that concentrates the mind in one direction, so that when there is nothing more arousing, then you have deeper relaxation,” he says. “
I found this fascinating – I hope you did too!
“All unhappiness of men, arises from one simple fact; they cannot sit quietly in their chamber.”
Blaise Pascal – French mathematician,physicist, inventor, write, theologian.
For the final part of this post, I’ve linked a six minute video without music, just nature sights and sounds.
Won’t you take some time, two minutes, four minutes, six?
See if it has an effect on you.
Can you share what you experienced?
Here are the links and credits for what I have used here;
Next time; Toxic Thoughts
Hope to see you then!
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.
We all know that little ditty from our childhood.
Today. Here. In the Midwest – not the most popular song.
The rains just never seem to quit.
Families that we love are having many issues due to water, in their homes, outside of their homes.
Some are simply irritated, while others, sadly, have lost everything.
I in no way want to down play the tragedy and drama that they are forced to deal with.
I AM really sorry for that, but I am a sky watcher of the heartiest sort.
So I tend to look toward the skies.
The drama there is undeniable.
Just this morning, my husband and I put our air conditioner in the window.
It’s huge. Thankfully we only have to move it twice a year!
But I digress.
We had not had it installed for five minutes, when the clouds began to roll in.
Our home is surrounded on three sides by trees.
And just as severe weather begins to approach, we can hear a rustling sound. It’s the sound of movement.
Leaves and grasses blowing.
It’s the sound of the timber creaking as the winds try and sway them off their trunks.
And then it happens.
The clouds. The lightning. And the thunder rolls.
Enjoy the photos I grabbed just before the downpour!
So yes. There is heartache with all this weather – no doubt about it, put there is also raw power and beauty to behold if we look for it!
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