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"Ah good. At last we've escaped them."

Not that I want to be anti-social, but when I visit beautiful places like Zion National Park in Utah, USA, I like to leave the crowds.

And while it's difficult to do in popular spots (Zion gets some 4-5 million visitors per year), if you find the trails that aren't listed on the visitor brochures, you'll quite often succeed.

Hop Valley framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/hop-valley-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print

#nature #art #artwork #utah #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #USA #travel

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Remote, isolated, tucked in and surrounded by large, rugged rocks, the small beach is a surprise discovery.

No one else is here.

Maybe, we think, no one else has EVER been here, maybe we're the very first ones to ever, ever find it!

Well, probably not. But for right now, we are the only, only, only ones here.

Lonesome Cove canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/lonesome-cove-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

#art #artwork #travel #oregon #beach #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #vacation #USA #ayearforart #artist #notai #noai

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And one by one the lights came on, a reminder -- for those who needed it -- that night was approaching, and with it, the end of the day and all its busyness.

It was a time to be calm, and silent, and rested, because the life of a human being is not meant to be spent in constant, relentless activity.

Lights of Matera canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/lights-of-matera-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #italy #europe #travel #sunset #night #city #history #matera #light #ayearforart #artist

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Across The Bay

https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/across-the-bay-justin-farrimond.html

This stretch of water has a beautiful name, the Sound of Iona. A mile wide channel between the isles of Mull and Iona. Taken with a toy camera this shot has the look of a cheap 70's postcard. Splendid.

#PhotoOfTheDay #Photography #Art #Travel #InteriorDesign #ArtPrint #MediumFormat #BelieveInFilm #InnerHebrides #Scotland #FilmPhotography #Seascape

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As a child, I did not do well with the box of rocks in the geology session of science class. Separated from their environment, neatly docketed in their little spaces, they little held my interest.

But out in the real world where the rocks "lived," I was fascinated by their texture and form, color, placement, shape.

I like to learn about the real world, in the real world.

Balancing Act art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/balancing-act-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

#nature #travel #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #arizona

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Svalbarðseyri Lighthouse (Svalbarðseyrarviti) in North Iceland might not be one of the most majestic lighthouses in Iceland but it is certainly one of the cutest that I've been to.

#Lighthouse #Iceland #Travel #Photography

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Atop The Methodist Church

https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/atop-the-methodist-church-justin-farrimond.html

Perched on a spire at the front of Chepstow Methodist Church sits a seagull. You perhaps wouldn't notice her unless she was pointed out to you. I can't guarantee she'll be there tomorrow, but, you never know.

#PhotoOfTheDay #Architecture #Church #ArtPrint #Photography #Art #Travel #Chepstow #BlackAndWhite #PhotographyLovers #InteriorDesign #Gothic

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It was an isolated area, not far from a crowded park. Everyone wanted to see the waterfall -- which was, indeed, well worth taking time to see -- but few wandered downstream, where the landscape was also worth seeing.

But when you're willing to be one of those few, you discover what the many never do.

Below Palouse Falls art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/below-palouse-falls-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

#washington #waterfall #nature #hiking #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart buyintoart #ayearforart #travel #hiking #landscape #USA

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I send thanks to the buyer from Utah who purchased a jigsaw puzzle of

Many Hues -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/many-hues-steve-henderson.html?product=puzzle

May the puzzle give you many hours of delightful concentration, and may the artwork upon it transport you to a place of complex beauty.

#grandcanyon #arizona #travel #vacation #hiking #summer #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #color #colorful #puzzle #gift #entertainment #USA #nationalpark #landmark #landcape

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He had been walking steadily, purposefully, intent upon getting a certain number of miles under his feet, exploring as much landscape as he could before he needed to turn back and reach camp before nightfall.

But then he stopped, just stopped, to immerse himself in fully looking at his surroundings.

A Moment to Reflect canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/a-moment-to-reflect-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print

#hiking #nature #idaho #travel #landscape #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #artist #wilderness #art #artwork #forest #trees

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I send thanks to the buyer from Colorado who purchased an art print of

Looking Towards Hurricane Valley -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/looking-towards-hurricane-valley-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

May the artwork take you to a place of peace, quiet, calm and beauty.

#art #artwork #nature #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #oregon #USA #ayearforart #wallart #decor #landscape #hiking #travel #mountains #wilderness #meadow #summer #sale #artist

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A recent comic on the US giving international tourists the Big Brother treatment

#comic #cartoon #uspol #travel #firstamendment #privacy

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The beginning of the day is bright, promising, alert, as we think of the many things (I hope pleasant) we have to do.

But evening is quiet, easy, slow, a time to reflect upon what we have accomplished, and to relax into a state of rest.

Nature does this every day with sunrise and sunset, and when we follow her lead, we do so as well.

Long Shadows in Zion art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/long-shadows-in-zion-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

#travel #utah #zion #nature #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #sunset #landscape #peace

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I send thanks to the buyer from Utah who purchased a tapestry art print of

Wilderness Lake -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/wilderness-lake-steve-henderson.html?product=tapestry

May the artwork fill your home and walls with the majesty, peace, and beauty of wild, unspoiled nature.

#art #artwork #nature #mountains #oregon #travel #hiking #camping #USA #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #landscape #wilderness #peace #peaceful #quiet #calm #color #colorful #impressionism #painting #notai #noai #painterly #trees #lake

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Around where we live, summers tend to be hot and dry; come August there may be a ripping thunderstorm that brings much desired water, but for the most part, the rains wait until autumn.

And how we wait for, and love, those autumn rains!

After an Autumn Rain art print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/after-an-autumn-rain-steve-henderson.html?product=art-print

#weather #storm #rain #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart #landscape #nature #climate #trees #road #journey #artist #wallart #travel #washington #USA #autumn #fall #color

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We are wayfinders

Navigation and spatial awareness sustained humans for tens of thousands of years. Have we lost the trail in modern times?

By Michael Bond

https://aeon.co/essays/why-are-we-losing-the-wayfinding-skills-of-our-ancestors?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0cc815d99f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Anthropology at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4343

#Books #Anthropology #Nature #Travel