Photos are our memories, and I’m glad to have images from Ananda Village‘s Crystal Hermitage Garden. Each year, volunteers plant tulips on the terraced hillside, creating such beauty worthy of a yearly visit. However, this year they didn’t open to the public because of the Pandemic.
Ananda Village is just north of Nevada City in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The village is run by a spiritual association that provides a range of tools to strengthen spiritual lives of individuals of all ages. It follows the teaching of Paramhansa Yogananda and his disciple, Swami Kriyananda, to meet the needs of spiritual seekers. They also have retreats and rent cabins to individuals who just want to get away and meditate.
A group of us go up each year to take pictures. These are from last year.
Thank you Tina Schell of Travels and Trifles for this Spring Lens-Artist Challenge!
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Oh my Anne – these are glorious! What an amazing place it must be. I’m so glad you posted them!
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Thanks Tina! It is a special place. I missed going there this year.
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Beautiful photos, Anne! I think my favorite is the last one…..the chapel. There is just so much to the composition of this photo….nice work!
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Thanks Donna! I saw your post this morning. I’ve been missing you!
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🙂 I’m still here….just need to get back into a better routine with this blog…
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Lovely work, Anne! Places like this are such a pleasant respite from the rest of the world.
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Thanks -N! Hopefully we’ll get back up there next year.
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What a gorgeous place!
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Yes it is. I hope we can return next year.
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Thank you for the enjoyable tour of this beautiful garden, Anne!
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You’re very welcome. And thanks for taking the time to view it!
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Wow. Beautiful beautiful. The banner shot is stunning in large format. Autobiography of a Yogi was an enlightening book when I read it in the early ’70s (previous century).
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Thank you John! It’s a stunning place. I appreciate that they have cabins to rent for your own private retreat. At one point I was talking with a friend about going up their to relax and meditate.
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It must be a super nice place to hide away from the crazy world for some days! Such a pity you couldn’t take photos this year… The ones you showed us from last year are gorgeous!
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Thanks Mercedes! I’m hoping 2021 will be a better year. This one has been tough.
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Such beautiful flower captures Anne! I hope you will be able to make it up there next year and I am sure that you will be apreciating the beauty of the flowers so much more because of this missed year…..
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Thanks Janaline! You are so right. We go year after year and soon it becomes nothing special. Next year we well definitely appreciate it.
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Fabulous post, Anne. The flowers are gorgeous!
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Thank you Patti! Next year!
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