Peace in a picture

@TheHorse (238306)
Walnut Creek, California
February 23, 2016 11:56am CST
A week ago Monday, my hiking buddy Michael and I went to Marin County to do a familiar loop in the hills by the ocean. I only took one picture, and my intent was to capture the peace I feel when hiking there. Mt. Diablo, my usual haunt, is beautiful in its own way, but it's a bit more rugged and doesn't have the beautiful redwood and other tall conifers that are found near the ocean in Marin. Do you have a photograph that just says "peace" to you?
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
24 Feb 16
That is beautiful. Here is mine, taken on the Norwegian fjords.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
24 Feb 16
@TheHorse This was in July and I think it was about 10 o'clock at night.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Feb 16
@jaboUK Pretty far North, I take it. Can you swim in those waters?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Feb 16
Looks might purdy. I've never been there! What time of the year was it?
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vanny
@vandana7 (102698)
• India
23 Feb 16
That is so beautiful!!! I like waterfalls and trees ...yes. :) But net now gives access to so many...:)
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vanny
@vandana7 (102698)
• India
23 Feb 16
@TheHorse ..Can sit for hours listening to that and watching it, isn't it? :)
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 16
@vandana7 Yes, I will just sit next to a stream. That guitar picture I use over and over comes from next to a river in Montana where I stop and play every Summer.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 16
There was running water too. Near the trailhead. I love that sound.
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moonchild117
@moonchild117 (1990)
• Philippines
23 Feb 16
That's a beautiful picture. That's a rare sight in the city where I am right now.
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moonchild117
@moonchild117 (1990)
• Philippines
24 Feb 16
@TheHorse It's nice to be able to see a place like that in person. Me, I'll have to go to a province just to enjoy that sight. So thanks for the picture. It's a really relaxing one.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Feb 16
@moonchild117 How far away is a province?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 16
I longed for this kind thing when I was growing up in Chicago.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56241)
• Canada
28 Feb 16
This is a beautiful photo, it reminds me of a provincial park in our area that we love to visit. There is a special kind of silence when you are in a wooded area where the sunlight can not reach the ground due to the tree cover isn't there? This picture really captures that.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56241)
• Canada
28 Feb 16
@TheHorse Yeah that, and the smell, the mossy smell because there is so much moss because the ground never gets sunlight.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Feb 16
I love the way everything turns kind of orange in the ebbing evening light.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
23 Feb 16
it says to me adventure, who knows what you will find when following the road
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
24 Feb 16
@TheHorse Robert Frost, just saying
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Feb 16
@Jessicalynnt Well snap. And I have miles to go before I sleep. Have to enter three progress notes.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 16
That's true. The road can lead somewhere unknown.
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43595)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Feb 16
Great photo. I have a lot of trail pics I took while mountain biking or hiking. I should take a look and see if any are as peaceful as this.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 16
My cycling trails are mostly through suburban areas. I can edit them to make them look like "nature shots," but I'm fudging.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 16
@teamfreak16 I'd be interested in seeing them.
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Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43595)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Feb 16
@TheHorse - I have a few cool urban ride photos of my bike that I took over the summer. Maybe I should post those for the heck of it.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153530)
• India
25 Feb 16
Yours reminds me of the following lines "The woods are lovely dark and deep. But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep" Words by Robert Frost And here is mine - Watching those poor kids that I had invited to a christmas party at a beach resort, . enjoyig the sea gave me immense peace
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Feb 16
My little horse must think it queer...I turned that one into a song a bunch of years ago. It's a very peaceful poem to me.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
28 Feb 16
Nice photo but I think I will be out of the way before the sun sets though.
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Michelle
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
28 Feb 16
@TheHorse I have some fear of being stuck in the woods but that wont happen ever for me since I dislike camping.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Feb 16
I think we were driving home by the time the sun set that evening.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
23 Feb 16
I may.but the photo there is very peaceful.I can feel it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 16
It was about 69 degrees out and mostly sunny. Perfect hiking weather. There was a light wind that made a beautiful sound in the trees.
DE
@DaddyEvil (174430)
• United States
24 Feb 16
You are right, pony... That is very beautiful... and very different from the picture you showed us in the locked gate thread. I like both, actually... Yeah, but not that is on my pc. My daughter and I were hiking in the Rocky Mountains at Hoosier Pass when we came across a beautiful vista. I immediately snapped a shot of it. A little later we set up my camera to take a timed picture of the two of us in the pass... Both pictures show the fantastic scenery around us... I think Pretty was around nine or ten years old at the time.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174430)
• United States
24 Feb 16
@TheHorse Yes, she remembers it. She kept trying to climb down to a little trickle coming out of the mountainside and I kept making her climb back up to me... I finally turned my back long enough for her to make it to the trickle and then had to climb down and get her because she couldn't reach the first (lowest) handhold.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Feb 16
Probably a good experience for the sprout. Does she remember?
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
24 Feb 16
i've a vast buffet 'f pics that speak that way to me :) i aint ne'er seen a redwood tree'n person, somethin' i hope to remedy some day.
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
24 Feb 16
@TheHorse i bet so with the sunlight comin' from a settin' direction - prolly jest highlights it all. sigh...i can only imagine such beauty't this time.
The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Feb 16
They're really purdy, especially in the late afternoon.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14784)
• Ireland
23 Feb 16
@thehorse That is certainly a peaceful scene. A good place to sit a while.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Feb 16
That's exactly what I did. My friend likes to go fast. I like to stop and just be for a few minutes. I asked him to let me take the picture before he trekked on ahead of me. I sat for a minute or two.
Shannon
@fawkes62 (1276)
• United States
24 Feb 16
I don't know if I have a photo that says "peace" to me, but I agree that yours does. It looks like a lovely place to go for a walk.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Feb 16
I always enjoy it up there.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382068)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Feb 16
Yes, I have several - one in particular - so I'll fossick it out. I've just seen Fiacre's which is lovely too. I can understand why this 'speaks' to you.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Feb 16
Tall pines generally make me happy.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
5 Mar 16
That photo looks like it could be here in my neighborhood.