#ScenicSaturday 28th October 2023

On By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, opinion, Photography

My photos in this continuing series show our beautiful world. Maybe they’ll encourage viewers to help save it from human carelessness.


This month’s series is from our stay on the Greek island of Zakynthos. One evening we took a ‘sunset cruise’ on a small boat with about 30 other tourists. The boat was able to get almost within touching distance of some of the steep cliffs, the deep water there notable for its intense dark blue purity. We could see small fish beneath the surface. And, with the engine idling, the place was peaceful. We stopped a couple of times to allow those adventurous enough to take a dip in the warm Mediterranean. And we approached a couple of small islands as the sun began to sink.


The trip, though it necessarily used fossil-fuel powered engines, was nevertheless a way to connect with the natural world of the ocean, which we couldn’t have managed another way for many reasons. Watching that golden orb sink toward the far horizon in its eternal cycle brought home the simple fact that we are animals inhabiting an amazing world, possible unique in the universe, and must do everything we can to preserve the extraordinarily varied forms of life that nature has developed in this fragile environment.

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I post every Saturday here, but also post a picture of natural beauty at the end of each day, with the hashtag , on FaceBook and Twitter. Join me there and comment, share and like if you wish.

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15 thoughts on “#ScenicSaturday 28th October 2023”

    1. Thank you, Keerthi. Yes, connection is vital. We seem, as a species, to have divorced ourselves from the very force that created us, and it will be our undoing if we fail to reconnect.

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    1. Thanks, Lynette. Yes, we need to take active care of our home. It always surprises me that so few people see the planet as their home and take it so totally for granted.

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  4. This is a lowering of the blood pressure photo! Gorgeous – I could look at it all day. One of my daily reminders is to find something beautiful outside – I am never disappointed!

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    1. Thanks, Noelle. Yes, when we live in a natural landscape, there is always something of that beauty to inspire us. It’s the town and city dwellers I feel sorry for, surrounded by bricks and concrete and tarmac.
      This was taken on our second boat trip while on the island. The first was a turtle-spotting trip. We saw no turtles but the trip was interesting and there was a short presentation on board about the animals and their habitat, which is protected on the island.

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  5. We humans have such a limited, immediate focus on the world. If it looks fairly OK today, and if we can find a beautiful place like the one you photographed, our stunted minds believe that it will always be there. We see that limitation in all the resistance to global warming and other conservation notions. We see that limitation when national preserves are opened to oil exploration or fracking. Etc etc etc. Keep showing us your photos. . . it takes some of us awhile to “get it.”

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    1. Thank you, Jonnie. You’ve hit the nail on the head with your comment. It is exactly why I take the trouble to post these each week and a different daily photo under the hashtag #ourworldiswonderful on both Twitter and my FaceBook page. The hope is the more people who see them, the more often they are seen and shared, the more will grow appreciation of the world we inhabit and are currently working so hard to destroy.

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