Summer Stories. Flotilla

How to fit 14 people on two rafts and a kayak: Step 1—Don't.
 

What Remains - VI. Keeper of Forgotten Threads

A Funnel Weaver spider was found on the trunk of ancient tall tree.
 

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This photo is also from my Wabi-sabi series but with one special feature, it depicts  a living creature - a spider.

The rest is definitely Wabi-sabi. The spider's web is already beginning to deteriorate. It won't look like this tomorrow. Torn silk, scattered dust, and debris are part of the image's mood. Everything is fragile and impermanent here.

What Remains - V

Wabi- sabi teaches us to be content with less in a way that feels like more. 

Less stuff, more soul. 

Less judgment, more forgiveness. 

Less resistance, more resilience. 

Less bravado, more truth. 

And...  Wabi- sabi gives you permission to be yourself.

Beth Kempton

What Remains - IV

An ancient, towering tree...  I used to pass it by, but this morning something made me stop. The tree lived its own quiet life—draped in cobwebs, harboring a beehive in its hollow trunk, its bark scattered with withered petals.

Everything about it spoke of passage and decay—fragile, fleeting, and yet breathtakingly beautiful in its quiet grace.

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The photo above is my attempt to capture Wabi-sabi—its impermanence, aging, fragility, and quiet beauty.