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Friday Photo:The Tonic of Nature is a Visual Meditation!

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Pictured above is part of ranch property in Lompoc which is one of the small villages in Santa Barbara County.  It has many ranches.  Not far from there on the other side of the highway is a blueberry ranch where you can pick your own.  Right now it is closed for the season.

 

Every so often we head out of town.  We enjoy seeing Nature untouched by humans. Thursday morning we did just that.  It was a beautiful sunny day, the temperatures reached a high of 68 F.   For us, it a restful moment away, Nature becomes a visual meditation.

 

“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 Life in the Woods

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Comments(34)

Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Brian England we have no plans thus far, except for a long phone call.  And we intend to enjoy the day and play it by ear.  A

Jan 21, 2022 07:01 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Carol Williams They are closed for the season, however, here is their website.  As soon as they open, we will check them out.  We love blueberries.  Happy Friday.  A

Jan 21, 2022 07:05 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Grant Schneider we enjoy exploring, and seeing the colors change as the rain helped all the greenery become more vibrant. A

Jan 21, 2022 07:06 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Nina Hollander, Broker That is exactly what I was telling Ron.  There was an artist we discovered many years ago who painted these scenes using egg tempera paints, and his work was this vibrant.  A

Jan 21, 2022 07:08 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Kat Palmiotti How wonderful that you live in a magnificent area with an abundance of nature outside your door.  A

Jan 21, 2022 07:12 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Bill Salvatore - YVP Blog high five to you.

Jan 21, 2022 07:12 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Bob "RealMan" Timm I can see the connection you shared.  The dark trees are the living  oaks that are native to our area, and that chartreuse green is the result of the rains.  A

Jan 21, 2022 07:14 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Michael Jacobs the minute we pass Goleta, the landscape changes into this wonderful scene, and then the ocean appears below.  It is worth the drive and lunch at Industrial Easts is a wonderful place to stop.  A

Jan 21, 2022 07:17 AM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

Yes, it's good to get out and see Nature in her raw beauty. And, to have a good lunch is icing on the cake. 

Jan 21, 2022 07:20 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I like your quote selection.

Take care, be safe and have a great day.

Jan 21, 2022 07:22 AM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello A and Ron and blueberry picking i would pick five and eat the next fire or make a blueberry pie.  

Jan 21, 2022 08:32 AM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

That quote is perfect for today and I love your photograph also Alexandra. I hope you both enjoy your weekend 🙂

Jan 21, 2022 09:29 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Ron and Alexandra- Larry and I feel like you and Thoreau...it is important and like a daily vitamin to get out with nature. When the weather is bad or too cold (like this morning) we will go to Kickerillo even if only for a shortened walk. Starting the day off this way is meditative for us. 

Jan 21, 2022 04:55 PM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Kathy Streib it no doubts keeps you young and in good frame of mind.  We do something every day that keeps us in the loop with Nature.  We have weeding in the plans and moving some plants around. A

Jan 21, 2022 06:59 PM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS we have big plans like weeding and transplanting, as wells brunch Sunday after our Mastermind call.  A

Jan 21, 2022 07:00 PM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS

😀

Jan 21, 2022 09:02 PM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Will Hamm At the moment blueberries are dormant, and when they come back we will be there to pick some.  And like you we would come back with blue mouths.  LOL A

Jan 21, 2022 07:01 PM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Roy Kelley Thoreau has always been a favorite.  My best friend in college was a great Thoreau fan, she even name her cat, Thoreau.  A

Jan 21, 2022 07:03 PM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD it is had been warmer, we would have taken one of the outside tables.  Maybe next time, we had lunch outside at home today.  A

Jan 21, 2022 07:04 PM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Loved your bantering with Will Hamm  last time I picked blueberries in the forest was in Austria and I was about ten years old... I rather buy them at Trader Joe's from Peru taste the same no effort:)Endre

Jan 21, 2022 10:36 PM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

Can't see from the photo is there are deer and antelope roaming in those woods

Jan 22, 2022 08:08 AM