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. :-)
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Friday, June 17, 2005
Say aaaaahhh!
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'
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
"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
-Henry Miller
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
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
-Oscar Wilde
Monday, June 13, 2005
Fresh as a Daisy
"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
-D.H. Lawrence
Sunday, June 12, 2005
The Path
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."
-Buddha
-Buddha
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Family of Fungi
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
"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
-Edward O. Wilson
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Home Sweet Home
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
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.)
(If you don't see it, click to see it outlined in Flickr.)
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Land of Trees
"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
- A.E. Housman
Monday, June 06, 2005
Hear Me Roar
"If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am Woman."
-Helen Reddy
-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
"One cannot step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you."
-Herakleitos
-Herakleitos
Friday, June 03, 2005
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Ripples on the lake
"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
-Atharva Veda
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Dancing dew drops
"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf."
-Rabindranath Tagore
-Rabindranath Tagore
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Poetry in Motion
I had a wonderful time in the Berkshires visiting my family for the weekend, and this shot was taken on an outing to Glendale Falls on Sunday.
I took several different shots, but this one was my favorite.
I took several different shots, but this one was my favorite.
Monday, May 30, 2005
Sunday, May 29, 2005
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Here Comes the Sun
"Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right..."
-George Harrison
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right..."
-George Harrison
Friday, May 27, 2005
Spirit in the Sky
Photoshop was used only to bring out the cloud details. The photo was also rotated 90 degrees clockwise. I'm happy with the result. It's best viewed large.
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."
-Albert Einstein
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."
-Albert Einstein
Thursday, May 26, 2005
Doorway
"The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind."
-E. B. White
-E. B. White
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Dirty Fern
"Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars."
-Ben Stein
-Ben Stein
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
A community of flowers
"We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been — a place half-remembered and half-envisioned we can only catch glimpses of from time to time. Community. Somewhere, there are people to whom we can speak with passion without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, eyes will light up as we enter, voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power. "
-Starhawk
-Starhawk
Monday, May 23, 2005
Beetle Brilliance
"Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and we with our beetle eyes can only see three inches, it takes some confidence in general principles to pull us through."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Guardian
Whether you turn to the right or to the left,
your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying: "This is the way; walk in it."
-Isaiah 30:21
your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying: "This is the way; walk in it."
-Isaiah 30:21
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Dreaming
"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
-Harriet Tubman
-Harriet Tubman
Friday, May 20, 2005
Light and Fluid
Feeling important makes one heavy, clumsy and vain. To be a warrior one needs to be light and fluid.
-Carlos Castaneda
-Carlos Castaneda
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Petite Weed
"I didn't want to tell the tree or weed what it was. I wanted it to tell me something and through me express its meaning in nature."
-Wynn Bullock
-Wynn Bullock
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Monday, May 16, 2005
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Saturday, May 14, 2005
The fuzzy branch has sprouted leaves
"Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain."
-Henry David Thoreau
-Henry David Thoreau
Friday, May 13, 2005
Cupping
I didn't get outside during the work day yesterday, so as soon as Phil and I got home I took off for a walk on the nature trail on the edge of our apartment complex. I was treated to a symphony of birds and many beautiful buds and blossoms. I took many photos, and this was one of my favorites. I know the middle is out of focus, but I just love the detail of the delicate leaves.
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! :-)
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! :-)
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Magic Mornings
"How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew!"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Beauty's Face
"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
But you are eternity and your are the mirror."
-Kahlil Gibran
But you are eternity and your are the mirror."
-Kahlil Gibran
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Monday, May 09, 2005
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Mother and Daughter
"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts."
-Washington Irving
Happy Mother's Day to my sweet Mom. XXOO :-)
-Washington Irving
Happy Mother's Day to my sweet Mom. XXOO :-)
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Make Music
"Every single one of us can do things that no one else can; love things that no one else can love...We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do."
-Barbara Sher
-Barbara Sher
Friday, May 06, 2005
Thursday, May 05, 2005
A Fan of Manny
Manny is one of the security officers where I work, but he's much more than that to me -- he is a great friend as well.
At my old job he worked in the lobby of the building I was in at the time. Around the time I got my new job a month ago, he was promoted and moved to the building where I work now. :-)
At my old job he worked in the lobby of the building I was in at the time. Around the time I got my new job a month ago, he was promoted and moved to the building where I work now. :-)
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Little world in a dandelion
"The miracles of nature do not seem miracles because they are so common. If no one had ever seen a flower, even a dandelion would be the most startling event in the world."
-Anonymous
-Anonymous
Monday, May 02, 2005
Reflecting on the day
"One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is".
-Norman Vincent Peale
-Norman Vincent Peale
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Tiny
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today's entry is dedicated to my friend, Z, who is participating in the Walk for Hunger in Boston today. I hope you have a great time today, and congratulations on all the money you were able to raise. You rock, my friend!
Z's blog can be found at: http://zedek.blogspot.com/
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