Friday, June 24, 2005

Hang in there ~~ I'll be back!


Hang in there ~~ I'll be back!
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
This lady-bug is on vacation, and will return on July 2nd. My husband and I will be staying in a nice little house on a pond in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. You can bet there will be plenty of pictures when I return, and I look forward to catching up with all of your wonderful photos as well.
Today I have had this blog for six months! Whoo hoo! :-)

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Up on the house top


Up on the house top
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"...I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He watches me."

From the hymn, "His eye is on the sparrow".

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Innocence


Innocence
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"All my life I've been harassed by questions: Why is something this way and not another? How do you account for that? This rage to understand, to fill in the blanks, only makes life more banal. If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence."

-Luis Buñuel (Spanish Film Director, 1900-1983)

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Curve & Cloud


Curve & Cloud
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves."

-Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Monday, June 20, 2005

Clover Flower


Clover Flower
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee;
One clover, and a bee, and revery. The revery alone will do if bees are few . . ."

-Emily Dickinson

Sunday, June 19, 2005

Love in my father's eyes


Love in my father's eyes
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
My brother John took this picture on my wedding day; back in 1991 of my father and I, and it has been one of my most cherished pictures.
There aren't any other pictures of just my father and I that I'm aware of, but this sweet photo more than makes up for it with his wonderful expression of love.
They say that the eyes are the window to the soul, and I know this to be a fact.

Happy Father's Day, Dad ~ I love you, too. :-)

Saturday, June 18, 2005

When Iris eyes are smiling


Inside an Iris
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
Happy that it's the weekend! :-)

Friday, June 17, 2005

Say aaaaahhh!


Say aaaaahhh!
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
It's finally Friday!
Have a great weekend, everyone. :-)

"I've just decided to switch our Friday schedule to Monday, which means that the test we take each Friday on what we learned during the week will now take place on Monday before we've learned it. But since today is Tuesday, it doesn't matter in the slightest."

-Quote by Mr. Turkentine from the movie 'Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'

Thursday, June 16, 2005

Sitting amongst the green grass


Sitting amongst the green grass
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."

-Henry Miller

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

A lovely rose


A lovely rose
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"A single rose can be my garden . . . a single friend, my world."

-Leo F. Buscaglia

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

The heart of a flower

"Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead."

-Oscar Wilde

Monday, June 13, 2005

Fresh as a Daisy


Fresh as a Daisy IV
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything as you like it, where rain never wets your jacket and gnats never bite your nose, and it's always daisy-time."

-D.H. Lawrence

Sunday, June 12, 2005

The Path


The Path
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."

-Buddha

Saturday, June 11, 2005

Family of Fungi


Family of Fungi
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
This nice little family of mushrooms was found near the side of my parent's house on the morning of my birthday. :)

Friday, June 10, 2005

Close Inspection


Close Inspection
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos."

-Edward O. Wilson

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Home Sweet Home


Home Sweet Home
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
This was taken on a short walk with my father up the street from where I grew up. Until a few years ago cows would be wandering around in this field. Our neighbor, the farmer passed away last year.

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Sky sight


Sky sight
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
I took this shot last Friday on my lunch hour. I thought the clouds were interesting, and it was just one of those shots you don't think will be anything special. After uploading later at home I was staring at it trying to think of a title when I saw the face. To me it looks like a buddhist monk. One never knows who's watching and looking out for you!
(If you don't see it, click to see it outlined in Flickr.)

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Land of Trees


Land of Trees
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"Give me a land of boughs in leaf, a land of trees that stand; where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land."

- A.E. Housman

Monday, June 06, 2005

Hear Me Roar


Hear Me Roar
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am Woman."

-Helen Reddy

Sunday, June 05, 2005

Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)

This beautiful Pink Lady's Slipper was found next to a trail in the Blue Hills yesterday morning where I was out hiking with my husband. There were five of them in this little spot!

Saturday, June 04, 2005

Flowing


Flowing
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"One cannot step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you."

-Herakleitos

Friday, June 03, 2005

Spring!


Spring!
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!""

-Robin Williams

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Ripples on the lake


Ripples on the lake
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"When heart is filled with love, your actions will also be full of love. In a well, if you throw a stone, the ripples created on the surface of water cover the area of the well. In the lake of your mind you throw a stone of good thoughts it will spread all over the body. From head to toe such thoughts will spread over."

-Atharva Veda

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Dancing dew drops


Dancing dew drops
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf."

-Rabindranath Tagore