HUMPBACK JAW

December 1, 2015INSTAGRAMJessica Neafsey

The prettiest bone I have EVER seen #humpbackwhale

Humbled and thrilled to work in this true conservation community in Carmel, where the hills still hold their most ancient beauty.... #landscapearchitecture

almost-autumn winds, rendering warm, shifting skies....... #impermanence

“I want to know if you can see the beauty, even when it’s not pretty everyday. I want to know if you can see the beauty, and source your life from its presence.” Laurence Cole #milkweed #asclepiassyriaca #livewellsingmore

Thanks for the long looks this morning... such beautiful big eyes! ❤️ #CoopersHawk

“Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment. The eternal makes you urgent.” John O’Donohue

“All will come again into its strength. The fields undivided, the waters undammed. The trees towering high, and the walls built low” Rilke #wolfroadprairie #woodlandsunflower #buroak

corvids of Carmel...........

Pelican dusk.........

Thank you for the feather, Papa, and your endless kindness and friendship @ejneafsey0 ❤️

To those of you who are blessed to have a ticket for tonight’s special concert in the @carmelbachfestival , you are in for quite an exquisite experience!! Edwin @edwinhuizinga and William Coulter - the dynamic duo we all fell in love with through Fire and Grace, joined by Johannson with his nyckelharpa, among many other amazing musicians and singers, have quite a journey in store, including a pretty special ending that I promise you will be “Wholehearted” ❤️ #livewellsingmore

Pelican poetry ❤️#brownpelican #sequoiasempervirens

“Beauty shines with a light from beyond itself. Love is the name of that light. At the heart of beauty must be a huge care and affection for creation, for nowhere is beauty an accidental presence. Nor is beauty simply its own end. It is not self-absorbed but points beyond itself to an embrace of belonging that holds everything together.” John O’Donohue #johnodonohue #pacificrosealgae #patternsofcalifornia

Came across some old photos documenting my falling in love with the California coast — circa 2005? Pretty sure this was camping somewhere on the Mendocino coast. How do places get inside us, and stay? #topophilia #lovewhereyoulive #california #peaceofthewild

Seed hunter! 💓 One of the many joys clarkia brings #californiaquail #clarkia #awildlife

Seriously in love with these #mackerel that came my way last week - water and light in such an amazing marriage in this pattern! Excited to explore deeply, and with big gratitude @realgoodfish @alanlovewell @jenng_love #patternsofcalifornia #mackerel

the first language of place, in these lines....... #coastalscrub

Summer came with goats ❤️

Steelhead silks are my new favorite! #patternsofcalifornia

Thanks for the beautiful beetle alert today @travishallfineart ! Glad to meet this scarab - whose common names are both too nerdy and inelegant for me to handle “ten-lined June beetle” or “watermelon beetle”?! These stripes have officially left their mark on my imagination ❤️ #polyphylladecemlineata #stripes #patternsofcalifornia #scarab

Sometimes you have to send your roots straight into the flowing river to find new ground #redalder

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