Author: Michelle Wood

“Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.” ~ Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations Walk through knee-high grasses on a warm, summer day in this Banks, Idaho location to get to this incredible view of the hills in the Boise National Forest. The air is fresh and clean,… Continue reading Walk in a Meadow in the Woods

“The mountains are calling and I must go.” ~ John Muir Walk through knee-high grasses on a warm, summer day in this Banks, Idaho location to get to this incredible view of the hills in the Boise National Forest. The air is fresh and clean, bees are buzzing around, and among the smaller birds you… Continue reading Walk Among the Tall Grasses

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” ~ John Muir, Our National Parks An old fence invites… Continue reading Let’s Walk Through the Woods

“In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature and Selected Essays Climbing up a dirt road for this view is certainly worth the work! (It’s not… Continue reading Pine Trees and Grassy Hills

“In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature and Selected Essays You get to walk in nice, warm sand on your stroll along Banks Beach near… Continue reading Sandy Riverbank Afternoon Walk

“We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.” ~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or,… Continue reading Walk Along a Sandy Beach

Nature has a wonderful power of putting things right, if allowed free play. ~ JAMES PLATT, Platt’s Essay Don’t you love being in just the right place at just the right time to see a beautiful rainbow?! This was in one of Boise, Idaho’s neighborhood parks, Morris Hill, living up to the name City of… Continue reading Rainbow Over Playground

“Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.” ~ Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations Don’t you love being in just the right place at just the right time to see a beautiful rainbow?! This was in one of Boise, Idaho’s neighborhood parks, Morris Hill, living up to the… Continue reading Summer Rainbow Over Trees

“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” ~ Kahlil Gibran This is one of the most peaceful scenes for an evening walk, Ann Morrison Park, one of the Ribbon of Jewels parks located along the walking path beside the Boise River… Continue reading Evening Stroll in the Grass

“Listen closely. Even the trees exhale sweet love songs that roll off their boughs and echo out to all of creation. Love is always in the air.” ~ Cristen Rodgers Here, we are enjoying an evening walk in Ann Morrison Park, one of the Ribbon of Jewels parks located along the walking path beside the… Continue reading Evening Walk Beside the River