Saturday, April 30, 2005

Fancy Headgear (Now in bigger size!)

This is my submission for this week's Photo Friday challenge: fancy

"No one person can wear all the hats all the time."

-Proverb

Pink street


Pink street
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
A small street near where my husband and I park for work has these beautiful (cherry?) trees that I enjoy seeing every spring. When the blossoms all fall off the whole street is covered with pink petals.

Friday, April 29, 2005

Mirror image


Mirror image
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
Here is another view of the John Hancock tower from my walk on Tuesday at lunch. There are so many photographs out there of Trinity Church reflecting in this building, so it's not really that original. I was happy how it came out nonetheless.

It's Friday and I'm having lunch today with two wonderful women that I haven't seen in a long time. I'm hoping that they'll let me take their picture.

Have a great weekend! :-)

Thursday, April 28, 2005

Peeking inside


Peeking inside
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens."

-Carl Jung

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Buildings in a building


Buildings in a building
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
I spent most of my lunch hour yesterday taking pictures around Copley Square. Here's a shot of the bottom of the John Hancock building, where several other buildings can be seen reflecting onto it.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Putting a face on


Putting a face on
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

-Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Monday, April 25, 2005

Rainy Day


Rainy Day
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"Words are flying out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe. . . "

-John Lennon

(For this week's Macroday challenge: Wet)

Sunday, April 24, 2005

Green miracle


Green miracle
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.


"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle."

-Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese monk, activist and writer. b.1926)

Saturday, April 23, 2005

Swing into Spring


Swing into Spring
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing."

-Duke Ellington

Friday, April 22, 2005

Heaven


Heaven
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"The love of heaven makes one heavenly."

-William Shakespeare


My hope is that all who read this can sense that heaven is right here at this very moment.

Have a great weekend, everyone! :-)

Thursday, April 21, 2005

A corner of the forest


A walk in the forest
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes."

-Winnie the Pooh

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

You may be a nut . . .


You may be a nut . . .
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
. . . but you have a big heart!

This was found on the grounds of the War Memorial II Park in West Bridgewater over the weekend. Phil and I enjoyed the nice weather and took many photos.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Another nice spring day


Another nice spring day
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"These things I warmly wish for you: Someone to love, some work to do, A bit o' sun, a bit o' cheer, and a guardian angel always near."

-Irish Blessing

Monday, April 18, 2005

Pink and Gold


Pink and Gold
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
Here is another view of Lake Nippenicket ("The Nip") in Bridgewater. I got these shots along the side of a busy road. I parked in a little lot marked "park at your own risk", crossed the street when it was safe to do so, and pointed the camera through a chain-link fence. This one came out crooked, so I had to do some fixing in Photo-shop.

Sunday, April 17, 2005

Pink Sky at Night


Pink Sky at Night
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
Taken last night at Lake Nippenicket (known as "The Nip") in Bridgewater. The Native Americans named it as the place where the Great Spirits dwell.

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Sprouting among the thorns


Sprouting among the thorns
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."

-Voltaire

Friday, April 15, 2005

Blossom


Blossom
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

-Buddha

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Head in the Clouds


Head in the Clouds
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky." -Buddha

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Singin' in the morning


Singin' in the mornin'
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"The only thing better than singing is more singing."

-Ella Fitzgerald

Is it possible to be singing and not be in a good mood?

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Chiondoxa Flowers ("Glory of the Snow")

"May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through."

-Irish Blessing

Monday, April 11, 2005

On Track


On Track
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him."

-Dwight David Eisenhower

Sunday, April 10, 2005

Sunday Sunshine


Sunday Sunshine
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"Perhaps it will seem to you that the sunshine is brighter and that everything has a new charm. At least, I believe this is always the result of a deep love, and it is a beautiful thing. And I believe people who think love prevents one from thinking clearly are wrong; for then one thinks very clearly and is more active than before. And love is something eternal--the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and it was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and in that way, one is more fit for one's work."

-Vincent van Gogh

Saturday, April 09, 2005

Sunset Seat


Sunset Seat
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
This bench was just begging to be sat upon. So I did.

"It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presence may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought."

-James Douglas

Friday, April 08, 2005

Enchanted Roses from the Buttercup Faery's Garden

Finding these tiny miniature roses at the Hope Fairy Shop made my day so much happier. I have a "thing" for miniature stuff, and these are so fragrant and perfect. :-)

"There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?"

-Richard Dawkins

Thursday, April 07, 2005

Sunrise surprise


Sunrise surprise
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
With each sunrise, we start anew. :-)

This was a view of the sky yesterday morning behind my apartment building, and luckily I was able to get some pictures before leaving for work.

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Early Spring Sunset


Early Spring Sunset
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."

-Rabindranath Tagore

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Bewitching Branches


Bewitching Branches
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and let the mind create the tree."

-William Faulkner

Monday, April 04, 2005

Walking on Cloud Nine


Walking on Cloud Nine
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
Today is the day -- after over two long months -- that I start my new job, and I am very excited about it.

This picture, which was taken early Friday evening reflects the happiness I feel in knowing that things always have a way of working out.

Sunday, April 03, 2005

Cracked


Cracked
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked"

-Bernard Meltzer

One Hundred and One


One Hundred and One
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
I was thrilled to look up to see this fast-moving flock of Canada Geese while I had my camera in hand! I spotted them as I was walking back to my apartment early Friday evening. There were even more geese than is shown in this photo, but there are 101 visible here if you care to count. :-)

Saturday, April 02, 2005

Captivating Crocus


Captivating Crocus
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
I was so happy to find some crocus flowers hiding near my apartment building yesterday.
I took several photos, but this one was my favorite.

Friday, April 01, 2005

Gee, that's a funny looking birds' nest

April FOOLS! ;-)

Tree shadow


Tree shadow
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.
"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

-Buddha (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)