Fancy Headgear (Now in bigger size!)

Fancy Headgear (Now in bigger size!)
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.

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.

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! :-)

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

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.

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

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)

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)

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

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! :-)

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Blossom

Blossom
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."

-Buddha

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

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?

Chiondoxa Flowers ("Glory of the Snow")

Chiondoxa Flowers ("Glory of the Snow")
Originally uploaded by Lady-bug.

"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