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Taking the Back Roads

By Sandra | November 8, 2023 | Comments 33 comments

Taking the Back Roads – Sometimes life takes us down back roads, for me, back roads are my way of life. They can take us on adventures we may have missed if we only take the roads everyone else travels on.

When we’re traveling down those back roads we can experience some of life’s greatest lessons and blessings.

See things that God intended for us to see. Things we might not have seen otherwise. Sure the Interstate that everyone else is taking looks much easier. It is faster and predictable. But those on the Interstate will experience the same thing that everyone else is.

They will not see the beauty that you see. They will not have a story to tell.

The excitement of taking the road less travelled resembles taking that narrow path that will lead us home.

Taking the Back Roads

Sandra J

Sandra J’s Photography & Fine Arts

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Walk Lightly

By Sandra | April 6, 2023

Walk Lightly;

Walk with me and you will learn to live freely and lightly

Walk Lightly

Sandra J

You Find it in the Sand

By Sandra | March 9, 2023

You Find it in the Sand, Legend of the Sand Dollar

Sand dollars are actually burrowing sea urchins. When they wash up on the beach and are bleached by the sun, they look like a large silver coin, hence the moniker.

A legend about these creatures says they represent the story of Christ:

On the top of the shell is a symbol that looks like a star, a reminder of the Star of Bethlehem that led wise men to the Christ Child. Around the star is an outline of an Easter lily, a reminder of the Lord’s resurrection.

There are five holes in a sand dollar – four around the ends of the star and one in the center. According to the religious legend, the four holes represent the four wounds of Christ when his hands and feet were nailed to the cross. The center hole represents the wound made from a soldier’s spear.

When you turn over the sand dollar, you see the outline of a poinsettia, the Christmas flower. And if you break open a sand dollar, five dove-shaped pieces emerge. Doves are often used in art and literature as a symbol of peace and goodwill.

Now you know the legend of the sand dollar, a story of hope and peace. See if you can find one on your next visit to Alabama beaches.

You Find it in the Sand

Sandra J

Sandra J’s Photography & Fine Arts

When the Night Has Come

By Sandra | August 18, 2022

When the Night Has Come and the land is dark. The moon is the only light we will see. No I won’t be afraid, just as long as you stand by me.

I love these lyrics to the song stand by me by Ben King, video and music below.

Photos have a way of speaking to each one of us in a different way. That is the beauty of photography and one does not have to be a professional photographer for this to happen.

They provoke a feeling, a memory and a change in our spirit I believe. When I looked at these silhouettes of the hummingbird the song Stand by Me came to mind right away.

It was late in the evening as I was watching these two hummingbirds dancing around me, but the feeling did not arise until I saw this photo as if it is saying stand by me and I won’t be afraid.

For in the dark of the night, I know His presence, as He stands by me in the window pains of my heart.

When the Night Has Come

Sandra J

The Light of the Nights

By Sandra | July 22, 2022

The Light of the Nights When we accept that there is only One Father, we have no ethnicity to any group. By that we are different just by the virtue we accepted one thought, One Father, One Creator One Creation

Time Lapse Video from Day to Evening to Lighting Storm at Night; Time Lapse Clouds

In whatever condition each was called, there let them remain with the Father

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened.

Life is a teaching experience we are either taught or we mimic back.

The Light of the Nights

Have a wonderful weekend.

Sandra J

Water Gives Life

By Sandra | April 22, 2022

Water Gives Life, as winter disappears and the spring rains start to come back to quench the thirst of this earth. Those standing alone who thirst for this water of life will come back to life in full beauty, that which is given to everything under the Sun as is designed.

Video of Black Swans in a Pond Below or click Here, Swans

And the earth she became chaos and vacancy and darkness over the surfaces of the abyss.

And the
Spirit of God moved upon
the face of the waters.

Waters is an idiomatic expression for our spiritual nature

Water Gives Life, Nature/Creation speaks to us everyday.

He gives us life in the Garden of Trees

The One who moves over the face of waters In the Garden of Trees

Will never destroy us.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of the Father, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Black Swans to Music, Nature at its Best #shorts

Water Gives Life

by Sandra J

Come Sit With Me

By Sandra | April 11, 2022

Come Sit With Me , look deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look deep enough, we will talk, you and I, heart to heart.

In the quiet of the morning, I can see the world around me.

Come Sit With Me

by Sandra J

Health Benefits of Sunlight

By Sandra | January 28, 2022

Health Benefits of Sunlight (Light)

Being in the sun generally makes people feel good, and there are many scientific reasons for this effect. I can attest to this theory. I worked in a factory most of my life, inside of 4 walls and no windows. But when I wasn’t at work I was outside, which works well with me being a photographer.

Take for example the two photos below, when I look at the first photo I see an ok picture, nothing to get excited over, for me.

But look at the difference when the clouds started to clear up and the warm sun light started to bring the world around me to life. This is what excites me when I am out wandering in nature. It immediately gives me a warm feeling and lightens my mood.

Some of the effects of being in the sun is exposure to UVB rays, which causes human skin to produce beta-endorphins, which are hormones that reduce pain. Their other benefits include:

promoting a sensation of well-being and improving mood
boosting the immune system
relieving pain
promoting relaxation
helping wounds heal
helping people feel more alert
reducing depression

Makes One wonder if we were not designed that way.

Darkness is always the antithesis of light Freedom Comes From the Light that is placed in our heart

I am born again in the word, nobody taught me except the voice of the Creator within me.

Let your dreams dance on the windowpanes of your Heart in the never-ending Light

Have a Wonderful Weekend

Health Benefits of Sunlight (Light)

by Sandra J

The Sands of Time

By Sandra | January 6, 2022

The Sands of Time keep on blowing. Time is like ever-shifting sand, it is never at a standstill.

For what is life, it is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

The Sands of Time

by Sandra J

Reflections of Times Past

By Sandra | January 4, 2022

Reflections of Times Past We sometimes take Light for granted. It turns out that, with a bit of persuasion, Light would show us things we thought we would never see. A beautiful reflection of you or me.