7-2-08-- wednesday
not sure what this flying bug is called...

"I learned very early the difference
between knowing the name of something
and knowing something."

-- richard feynman

7-1-08-- tuesday

"'tis the gift to be simple,
'tis the gift to be free,
'tis the gift to come down where you ought to be,
and when we find ourselves in the place just right,
it will be in the valley of love and delight.

when true simplicity is gained,
to bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed.
to turn, turn will be our delight,
'til by turning, turning we come round right."

-- shaker elder joseph brackett, jr

6-30-08-- monday


"the most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

-- morrie schwartz

6-29-08-- sunday


"sleep 'til you're hungry,
eat 'til you're sleepy."

-- author unknown

6-28-08-- saturday


"few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly."

-- george macdonald

6-27-08-- friday

"eat before shopping. if you go to the store hungry, you are likely to make unnecessary purchases."


-- american heart association cookbook

6-26-08-- thrusday
bringing in the hay

"the 'summer vacation' period when public schools would close was by tradition to enable farm children to assist in the family hay harvest, as well as the harvest of other crops. this tradition is entrenched to the present day, even though only a very small fraction of school-aged children today in developed countries live on livestock farms."

-- wikipedia

6-25-08-- wednesday
I got this card catalog today with my photo of BaileyBoy-snow-covered-with-pinecone on the front cover! the company purchased the image for their winter line. it has also been made into a winter holiday card. :)

quote on the card:
"of all the gifts we get or give...
the greatest of them is love! happy holidays!"

-- message by meron reinhart

6-24-08-- tuesday
BaileyBoy newly shorn after his summer cut today

"let there be respect for the earth,
peace for its people,
love in our lives,
delight in the good,
forgiveness for past wrongs
and from now on, a new start."

-- rev. peter trow

6-23-08-- monday


"we must accept finite disappointment,
but never lose infinite hope."

-- martin luther king jr.

6-22-08-- sunday and the band played on... downpour did not deter the band or audience! "the old ceremony," a home-grown chapel hill band, in concert at the delightful forest theatre, an outdoor venue on the unc campus. to see more photos:click here band's website: http://www.theoldceremony.com/

6-21-08-- satruday
farmers load-up their truck at the end of the farmers market.

“the secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”

-- buddha

6-20-08-- friday
at the diner

"make yourself necessary to somebody."

-- ralph waldo emerson

6-19-08-- thursday
bookshop cat


"books to the ceiling,
books to the sky,
my pile of books is a mile high.
how I love them! how I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them."

-- arnold lobel

6-18-08-- wednesday



"who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once."

-- robert browning

6-17-08-- tuesday

"today's word: verdure
(noun) [VUR-jahr]

1. the lush greenness of flourishing vegetation:
'The house has been unoccupied for many years
and the verdure has taken over.'"

-- word of the day

http://www.vocabvitamins.com/

6-16-08-- monday
friendly portrait


“we are friends for life. when we’re together the years fall away. isn’t that what matters? to have someone who can remember with you? to have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?”

-- judy blume

6-15-08-- sunday
happy fathers' day!
in memory of my dad- in life- vital and vibrant. in death- an ever-present comforting presence.

"and now abidith faith, hope, love, these three,
but the greatest of these is love."

-- 1 corinthians 13:13

6-14-08-- saturday
at the local farmers market

"when love and skill work together,
expect a masterpiece."

-- john ruskin

6-13-08-- friday

"deep peace I breathe into you..."

-- fiona macleod - 1895

6-12-08-- thursday
hoops, kids, and dogs


"why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?"

-- lily tomlin

6-11-08-- wednesday
at the local farmers market


"for each new morning with its light,
for rest and shelter of the night,
for health and food,
for love and friends,
for everything Thy goodness sends."


-- ralph waldo emerson

6-10-08-- tuesday


"the world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning."

-- ivy baker priest

6-9-08- monday
brief drop-in to the beach. home now.


"keep calm and carry on."

-- poster in shop window

6-8-08-- sunday

"love is a beautiful thing."

-- song lyrics

6-7-08-- saturday

"every leaf a miracle."

-- walt whitman

6-6-08-- friday

"on with the dance! let joy be unconfined; no sleep til morn, when youth and pleasure meet to chase the glowing hours with flying feet."

-- lord byron

6-5-08-- thursday

"may the long time sun shine upon you,
all love surround you,
and the pure light within you
guide your way on."

traditonal blessing

6-4-08-- wednesday
red truck in corn field



"I'll take today and live it gently."

-- traditional Welsh song lyric

6-3-08-- tuesday
a lovely night. playing with slow shutter speed once again- this time with a tiny zoom out!

"finish each day and be done with it. you have done what you could. some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."


-- ralph waldo emerson

6-2-08-- monday
now you see her...

"the word aerobics came about when the gym instructors got together and said, 'If we're going to charge $10 an hour,
we can't call it jumping up and down.'"

-- rita rudner

6-1-08-- sunday

"with courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate and the wisdom to be humble. courage is the foundation of integrity."

-- kehsaven nair

5-31-08-- saturday
the air is thick with the perfume of gardenia and honeysuckle flowers!


"flowers... nourish every sense except the ear."

-- may sarton

5-30-08-- friday
dancing to the music!



"dancing is the poetry of the foot."

-- john dryden

5-29-08-- thursday

"you are the peace of all things calm."

-- celtic tradition

5-28-08-- wednesday
rain!

"her hearing was keener than his, and she heard silences he was unaware of."

-- d.m. thomas

5-27-08-- tuesday

"it is good to have an end to journey toward,
but it is the journey that matters in the end."

-- ursula k. le guin

5-26-08-- monday

"strawberries are the angels of the earth,
innocent and sweet with green leafy wings reaching heavenward."

-- jasmine heiler

5-25-08-- sunday

"just living is not enough. one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."

-- hans christian anderson

5-24-08-- saturday
while walking on franklin street tonight!!
a surprise! best wishes to the bride and groom!

"may you always have walls for the winds,
a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you, those you love near you,
and all your heart might desire."

-- irish blessing

5-23-08-- friday

"each flower is a soul opening out to nature."

-- gerard nerval

5-22-08-- thursday

"in the middle of everything is the sun."

-- nicholas copernicus

5-21-08-- wednesday
as curious about me as I am of him!


"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."

-- albert einstein

5-20-08-- tuesday
wind whipped up in the afternoon and a drenching rain followed.

"let the rain sing you a lullaby."

-- langston hughes

5-19-08-- monday
out for a stroll

"now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth."

-- walt whitman

5-18-08-- sunday
camera in his face... !


"this is not a dress rehearsal.
this is it."

-- tom cunningham

5-17-08-- saturday
making giant bubbles at an art fair in raleigh


"joy's soul lies in the doing."

-- william shakespeare

5-16-08-- friday
steady replenishing rain today

"you pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance."

-- kahlil gibran