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Sharon Mammoser

Hello and welcome! I'm glad you're here! I love nature and photography and sharing what I've learned about the natural world. With my blog posts I like to show some of what's going on outside of our doors--whether that's what's in bloom, what wildlife I've encountered or what interesting things I've discovered. I hope you'll join me!

Sharon Mammoser

@natureformysoul

🦃🐷🐄 Vegan 🍄Naturalist & Photographer 🥾AT Thru-hiker 🌳🌿Nemophilist & animal lover🦇🦉🐬 🦋🐌🐛🐝Macro lover🪲 👇visit my blog/website👇

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Finding peace at the lake… my church is always there. The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives might be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. @natureformysoul #natureformysoul #grief #lake #reels #natureismytherapy

2 months ago

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Wishing peace and healing to all of those who are grieving the loss of a loved ones this holiday. @natureformysoul #natureformysoul #natureismytherapy #reels #naturetherapy #grief

2 months ago

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“Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.” — Eckhart Tolle @natureformysoul #natureformysoul #natureismytherapy #reels #naturetherapy #beautyiseverywhere #naturelover #natureismychurch #natureismyhome #outdoorsessions #stillness #awareness #nature

4 months ago

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It’s beautiful out there! This is your reminder to step outside… happy weekend! @natureformysoul #natureformysoul #natureismytherapy #reels #naturetherapy #beautyiseverywhere #naturelover #natureismychurch #natureismyhome

4 months ago

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I love watching birds visit the water fountain I made! Lots of birds are attracted to the sound of splashing or bubbling water. Directions on how to make this can be found on my website at NatureForMySoul.com. @natureformysoul #natureformysoul #natureismytherapy #reels #naturetherapy #beautyiseverywhere #birds #bathingbirds

4 months ago

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I’ve been watching a pair of pileated woodpeckers outside my office window! What a treat! This is our largest woodpecker, almost the size of a crow. It is between 15 to 17 inches tall with a wingspan of approximately 30 inches. The pileated woodpecker digs rectangular holes in trees to find ants. Sometimes these holes are so big that it causes the tree to break in half and fall! @natureformysoul #natureformysoul #natureismytherapy #reels #naturetherapy #naturelover #natureismychurch #natureismyhome #woodpecker #birds #pileatedwoodpecker

4 months ago

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As you drive or walk along, and if you’re observant, you might notice caterpillars crossing roads and trails. They are on the move, searching for a safe place to spend the winter. Some adult moths enter a dormant phase called diapause— like a chipmunk hibernating for the winter. Each species has its own strategy— sometimes overwintering as eggs, caterpillars, pupae/cocoons(moths) chrysalids (butterflies), and even adults. Many, many species spend the winter in leaves so it’s essential to leave these on the ground rather than raking them up or chopping them into hundreds of pieces to use as mulch. If you like birds, you need to understand that moths, and butterflies are necessary because 96% of our songbirds REQUIRE insects, and especially caterpillars, when feeding their babies. These birds may come to your seed feeders, but when they are raising babies they NEED caterpillars!! So you can help by NOT raking your leaves. Can you help me spread the word?? Let’s stop thinking of leaves as something we need to “cleanup” and start thinking of them as essential. They are “gold” to so many animals, including fireflies and moths. @natureformysoul #natureformysoul #natureismytherapy #reels #caterpillars #leavetheleaves #beautyiseverywhere #natureismychurch #natureismyhome

4 months ago

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“Place your hands into soil to feel grounded. Wade in water to feel emotionally healed. Fill your lungs with fresh air to feel mentally clear. Raise your face to the heat of the sun and connect with that fire to feel your own immense power” – Victoria Erickson, Rebelle Society @natureformysoul #natureformysoul #natureismytherapy #reels #naturetherapy #beautyiseverywhere #naturelover #natureismychurch #natureismyhome #adirondacks #paddling #kayaking #fall #peace

5 months ago

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“We depend on nature not only for our physical survival, we also need nature to show us the way home, the way out of the prison of our own minds.” — Eckhart Tolle Wishing you peace in this messed up world. @natureformysoul #natureformysoul #natureismytherapy #reels #naturetherapy #beautyiseverywhere #naturelover #natureismychurch #natureismyhome #outdoorsessions #kayaking #paddling #adirondacks #peace #serenity

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“Harmony is the feeling that arises from not wanting to be somewhere else, doing something else.” —Raj Raghunathan Hoping your Sunday is your version of perfect. @natureformysoul #natureformysoul #natureismytherapy #reels #naturetherapy #naturelover #natureismychurch #natureismyhome #kayaking #paddling #addirondacks #fall #beautyiseverywhere

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