Hello reader,
Life and its boring troubles aside, isn’t it amazing how
beautiful this earth and its people are? Lately I’m spending so much time
looking up at the sky or at the scenery around me. If you follow me on
Instagram you would notice that I’ve been posting a lot of photos of sunsets
and the moon. I will stop, haha just kidding. I will not. (sorry!) I have some
pretty awesome photos of the stars that I took with a 30 second shutterspeed
and I’ve been meaning to Instagram those as well. Getting back on track…I have
noticed how pretty awesome and beyond beautiful this world is. How about some nature love then?
Do you ever go outside your house, stand still and just
look around you? It’s amazing how much you’ll see that will otherwise go
unnoticed because you’re too busy staring at your phone replying to a tweet or
retelling a hilarious incident that happened to you earlier to a friend. Every
morning and evening I would just go outside and look around. I am pretty
fortunate to have grown up on and be living on a farm where I get to see so
many beautiful birds flying around and others singing their loud songs or
mating calls (it is pretty loud if I can hear it) and a few days ago I saw
a large bird (I really should buy a bird book!) soaring pretty low over my head
and I was so jealous. It looked like fun up there and which person who doesn’t
have a fear of heights wouldn’t like to fly? Other than the birds, I actually
notice the trees and their branches and leaves moving in the breezes. You know,
my father loves sitting outside and just being. I think he’s got a really
awesome thing going there. You get to actually notice God’s creations, the very
things that keep you alive. Imagine a world without trees, bees, birds, and
beautiful sunsets and so on. It would be dreary; actually humans wouldn’t
survive.
Perhaps the reason why I’m always out in nature and noticing
things is because I’ll be moving back to Joburg and things like sunsets, the
moon and stars are really difficult to look at because if Joburg’s countless
skyscrapers. Little story time: last year when I was still living in Joburg my
mother texted me and told me to quickly look at the moon and it was a
struuugle. I walked craned my neck out of the window and walked around the
entire house before I made it out of the gate and saw the moon. It was a little
obscured by the Vodacom tower but dang it, I saw it. Far cry from just glancing
out of my window and greeting the moon here at home, I am so going to miss it…
and the quiet. I’m not hating on Joburg though, I took some really awesome
night photographs there once and its urban contrast really forms a nice
backdrop for photos.
Select photos from my phone. View my Instagram for more since Blogger pixelate my photos when I publish my posts.
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| Sunset on a tin-roof. I have a thing for silhouettes and the sunset as a backdrop. |
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| While driving with my sister she said this mountain looks like boobs. So dirty minded! |
I do know though, that the primary reason why I’m loving
nature a lot right now is because of photography. After so long, I dusted off
my camera and took photos of everything and anything I found interesting. The
thing about photography neh, is that it forces you to see things. You are
actively looking for something interesting to capture that your eyes peruse everything
and it’s like a veil has been lifted from your eyes. Suddenly the world is
filled with beauty. I owe my newfound love of artistic photography one lovely
guy and awesome documentary photographer Tom Brittney. Check out his portfolio here. You
can see how his photos inspired me to get back into photography, right? His black and whites are great! My favourite is this one of a canal in Amsterdam. To
think I discovered his portfolio by aimlessly clicking link after link on the
internet (I be surfing!) I’m actually going to purchase some of his prints and I
can’t wait to have a photo of his adorning my office wall!
Seriously though, put that that phone or turn away from your
computer (after reading this, of course) and just observe your surroundings.
Better yet, go outside and just be in nature and take a few snaps while you’re
at it. ;) Thank me later.
You know what!? I’d love to see your photos! Yes, actually
let me see your photos. Post them on Instagram and tag #NatureLoveWithTheBellaM
and who knows? I may just feature your photos right here on this blog!
This has been a long blog post and I’m so happy I get to
come to this little space of mine to share things like this! If you want to
read more blog posts of mine, head over to my website’s blog where I’ve been
posting about business, branding and blogging so if you’re into that, then it’s
for you. Also, I’d love to hear from you (duh). Let me know in the comments
whether you like being out in nature or just observing your surroundings.
P.S Don’t forget, don’t forget. Be out in nature. Listen to
the birds. Feel the breeze upon your face and see the trees dance in the wind.
Go for a run with your dogs at sunset. Heck, lie down on your tummy and watch
the marching ants.
P.S.S That reminds me! You know what else I’m happy about?
It’s winter here so there aren’t any venomous snakes for me to accidentally
come across and make me qualify for the Olympics high jumps now! They are hibernating! It is so wonderful! Hahahahahahahahaha *evil laugh*
'Til next time,
-Bella
