3-28-08-- Friday
a beautiful day to be outside!

"I said in my heart, "I am sick of four walls and a ceiling. I have need of the sky. I have business with the grass."

-- richard hovey

3-27-08-- thursday

"be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart; try to love the questions themselves... do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given. because you would not be able to live them. and the point is to live everything. live the questions now. perhaps you will then gradually without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answers."

-- rainer maria rilke

3-26-08-- wednesday

"and here is my secret, a very simple secret.
it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

-- antoine de saint-exupery

3-25-08-- tuesday


"if a man would move the world,
he must first move himself."

-- socrates

3-24-08-- monday
local llama

"life's objective is life itself."

-- goethe

3-23-08-- Sunday
Easter morning sunrise on the beach

"God bless all those that I love;
God bless all those that love me;
God bless all those that love those that I love,
and all those that love those that love me."

-- New England Sampler

3-22-08-- saturday
off to the beach- will return sunday evening.

"as every thread of gold is valuable,
so is every moment of time."

-- john mason

3-21-08-- friday
a lovely day to be outside!

"friends are the sunshine of life."

-- john hay

3-20-08-- thursday

"flowers unfold slowly and gently, bit by bit in the sunshine, and a soul too... unfolds in its own perfect timing to reveal its true wonder and beauty."

-- the findhorn community
from the findhorn garden

3-19-08-- wednesday

"the obvious is that which is never seen
until someone expresses it simply."

-- kahlil givran

3-18-08-- tuesday

"it is of course possible to dance a prayer."

-- glade byron addams

3-17-08-- monday
blossoms on unc campus

"... steady and strong
as the stars in the sky..."

-- lyrics by malcolm holcombe

3-16-08-- sunday
blooming blossoms on flowering tree

"do you not see
that you and I
are as the branches of one tree?
with your rejoicing
comes my laughter;
with your sadness
start my tears
love,
could life be otherwise
with you and me?"

-- tsu yeh, 265-316 AD

3-15-08-- saturday
taken last night. heading out of town. back late tomorrow.

"time is just something that we assign. you know, past, present, it's just all arbitrary. most native americans, they don't think of time as linear; in time, out of time, I never have enough time, circular time... all moments are happening all the time."

-- robin green and mitchell burgess, northern exposure

3-14-08-- friday
a wonderful evening for visiting on the porch.

"each friend represents a world in us,
a world possibly not born until they arrive,
and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

-- anais nin

3-13-08-- thursday

"we can do no great things-
only small things with great love."

-- mother teresa

3-12-08-- wednesday

"write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year."

-- ralph waldo emerson

3-11-08-- Tuesday

"...If you want a friend, tame me. . ."

"What must I do, to tame you?
asked the little prince.

"You must be very patient," replied the fox.
"First you will sit down
at a little distance from me
-like that-in the grass.
I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye,
and you will say nothing.
Words are the source of misunderstandings.
But you will sit a little closer to me,
every day..."

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince

3-10-08-- monday
star magnolia blossoms

"we only have this moment,
sparkling like a star in our hand...
and melting like a snowflake.
let us use it before it is too late."

-- marie beynon ray

3-9-08-- sunday
nothing that a little nap won't solve.

"I am convinced that there are times in everybody's experience when there is so much to be done, that the only way to do it is to sit down and do nothing."

-- fanny fern

3-8-08-- saturday

"let us keep this truth before us.
you say you have no faith?
love - and faith will come.
you say you are sad?
love - and joy will come.
you say you are alone?
love - and you will break out of your solitude."

-- carlo carretto from "in search of the beyond"

in memory of eve.
may she rest in peace.

3-7-08-- friday rain and tears at carolina students starting the spring break with heavy hearts. "she was loved by so many on this campus and involved in so many facets of the life of this campus that she touched, touched us all. and now she’s been taken from us suddenly in a terrible, terrible act of violence. none of us understands why these kinds of events occur. we simply can’t fathom this kind of violent act that’s so foreign to our culture and our community. and now it is our struggle to come to grips with the reality of this event. and so we must go through a period of grieving and accepting this reality." -- chancellor moeser's remarks: polk place gathering for more info click here

3-6-08-- thursday in memory of eve carson unc student body president november 19, 1985- march 5, 2008 the community is in a state of shock and mourning with this loss. "hush now baby don't you cry spread your wings my butterfly peace will come to you in time I will sing this lullaby." sung at her candlelight vigil tonight on campus. for more info click here my deepest condolences to her family and friends

3-5-08-- wednesday

"find out how much God has given you
and from it take what you need;
the remainder is needed by others."

-- st augustine

3-4-08-- tuesday
new bakery in town does steady business.

"life is uncertain. eat dessert first."

-- ernstine ulmer

3-3-08-- monday
beautiful spring-like day with temps in the 70's!

"...to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony."

-- william henry channing

3-2-08-- sunday feeling a bit under the weather- took the opportunity to study a collection of photos by north carolina's unofficial state photographer (for 7 decades) - hugh morton. amazing book- "hugh morton's north carolina" "if you are reminded that north carolina is a marvelous, interesting place, that will add immensely to the pleasure photography has given me." -- hugh morton for more info on hugh morton click here

3-1-08-- saturday
springs under my grandma's rocking chair,
which must be nearly 90 years old.

"inspiration exists, but it has to find you working."

-- pablo picasso

2-29-08-- friday
recent rains have filled the lakes and greened the grounds.

“be gentle with yourself. you are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.”

-- max ehrmann

2-28-08-- thursday

"it's not enough to be busy. the question is: what are we busy about?"

-- henry david thoreau

2-27-08-- wednesday
frolicking daffies

"nothing is worth more than this day."

-- goethe

2-26-08-- tuesday
daffy daffodils

"beauty... is the shadow of God on the universe."

-- gabriela mistral

2-25-08-- monday

"be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you."

nicholai velimirovic

2-24-08-- Sunday member of the Celtic band, Boys of the Lough-- with 30 years of experience playing traditional Scottish and Irish music. for more photos click here "Hi everyone. I just want to thank you so much. This is such a big deal, not only for us, but for all other independent musicians and artists that spend most of their time struggling, and this, the fact that we're standing here tonight, the fact that we're able to hold this, it's just to prove no matter how far out your dreams are, it's possible. And, you know, fair play to those who dare to dream and don't give up. And this song was written from a perspective of hope, and hope at the end of the day connects us all, no matter how different we are. And so thank you so much, who helped us along way. Thank you." Marketa Irglova- Academy Award winner in her acceptance speech- for best original song from the movie, Once, "Falling Slowly"

2-23-08-- saturday

"there are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. there are seven million."

-- walt streightiff

2-22-08-- friday
the local bead shop

"all life is an experiment. the more experiments you make the better."

-- ralph waldo emerson

2-21-08-- thursday
a cloudy day, promising rain. promising... we are so much in need of rain.

'"weather forecast for tonight: dark. continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning."

-- george carlin

2-20-08-- wednesday
full moon and eclipse. this taken as the clouds rolled in and played peek-a-boo with the eclipse...

“live in the moment and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering!”

-- fanny crosby

2-19-08-- tuesday

"we are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. "

-- george bernard shaw

2-18-08-- monday
spring blossoms in late afternoon sun

"I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in."

-- john muir

2-17-08-- sunday
caught the bride's eye as I was driving by!
(and stopped traffic to get this shot!)

"the arms of love encompass you
with your present, your past, your future,
the arms of love gather you together."

-- antoine de saint-exupéry

2-16-08-- saturday
storefront decorated due to the game today.
UNC won!

"we cannot direct the wind,
but we can adjust the sails."

-- bertha calloway

2-15-08-- friday

"silence is the fabric upon which the notes are woven."

-- lawrence duncan

2-14-08-- thursday
happy valentines day! (not your normal bouquet shot) set the vase on the floor to photograph and ... oops! .... there comes the dog!


"a bit of fragrance
clings to the hand
that gives flowers."

-- chinese proverb

2-13-08-- wednesday
puddle play

"the world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful."

-- e.e. cummings

2-12-08-- tuesday
a girl carries a package- as seen from the inside of my car during a drizzling rain.

"let your love be like the misty rains,
coming softly, but flooding the river."

-- malagasy proverb

2-11-08-- monday

-- "no matter where you go...
there you are."

-- mary engelbreit card

2-10-08-- sunday
tree fallen across the road!

"life is full of obstacle illusions."

-- grant frazier