1-30-09-- friday
wonderful afternoon sun
“live in the moment and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering!”
-- fanny crosby
1-29-09-- thursday
bailey boy after his trim (see tuesday for long-hair reference)
"out of clutter, find simplicity,
from discard, find harmony,
in the middle of difficulty lies opporunity.”
-- albert einstein
1-28-09-- wednesday
"do not anticipate trouble,
or worry about what may never happen.
keep in the sunlight."
-- benjamin franklin
1-27-09-- tuesday
bailey
I am so appreciative of my friends and family who are coming by and helping me thru this...
"let us be grateful to people who make us happy: they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
-- marcel proust
1-26-09-- monday
perspective
1-25-09-- sunday
"carolina wrens (thryothorus ludovicianus) are small but very vocal animals. males are especially outgoing and are the only ones to produce songs. they employ one of the loudest songs per volume of birds. they are apt to sing anytime and anyplace they happen to be."
-- national geographic- online
1-24-09-- saturday
"storms make oaks take deeper root."
-- george herbert
1-23-09-- friday
new buds emerging from the snow.
1-22-09-- thursday
rest in peace my dear sister and friend.
"death is not the end
but the beginning
of a metamorphosis.
for matter is never destroyed
only transformed
and rearranged
often more perfectly.
witness how in the moment of a caterpillar’s death
the beauty of the butterfly is born,
and released from the prison of the cocoon
it flies free."
-- peter tatchell
1-21-09-- wednesday
another from yesterday's snowfall
"but let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."
-- kahlil gibran
1-20-09-- tuesday
a very rare occurance for us- snow! and in the late afternoon sun- deer!
"death be not proud, though some have called thee
mighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not so,
for, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow,
die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
from rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee,
much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,
and soonest our best men with thee doe goe,
rest of their bones, and soules deliverie.
thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
and dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell,
and poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well,
and better then thy stroake; why swell'st thou then;
one short sleepe past, wee wake eternally,
and death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die."
-- john donne
1-19-09-- monday
my daughters are home, warming by the fire...
"the fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. it is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness."
-- henry david thoreau
1-19-09-- monday
many thanks to all who commented on linda's photo yesterday. this is dedicated to linda.
"I was united with you,
so remain united in me.
together we shall speak
the speech of eternal being,
together we shall act
where the results of the deeds are at work.
together we shall weave in spirit,
where human thought is woven
in the word of
eternal thought."
prayer by rudolf steiner for one who has died.
1-17-09-- saturday
in memory of my sister and best friend, linda ruth hendry
september 22, 1954-january 16, 2009
linda relished and cherished life more than anyone I know. maybe it was living with cancer for 18 years that taught her to let go and live! she was a fabulous photographer and lover of nature. she knew the songs, habits, color of hundreds of birds by name. she photographed and named hundreds of flowers, insects, and landscapes. she captured the essence people in her portraits. when she lived in minnesota, she loved to canoe, camp, ski. when she moved to nc, she took to the mountains and sea. linda had an indomitable spirit that was not touched by the cancer. she would laugh until tears streamed down her face and all those around her were laughing too. she was disciplined, composed, and loved her family and friends unconditionally. all those who knew her are better for having been with her. I am torn between relief for her to be released from her physical pain and the intense grief of losing her physical presence. to know more of her, go to her photo website at:
http://www.pbase.com/lhendry
1-16-09-- friday
place holder... I will be posting and checking-in sporadically over the next few weeks...
"it is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. what is essential is invisible to the eye."
-- antoine de saint-exupéry,
1-15-09-- thursday
winter coat
1-14-09-- wednesday
at the diner
"the best thing about the future
is that it comes one day at a time."
-- abraham lincoln
1-13-09-- tuesday
reflections
"to everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun.
a time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal ...
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance ...
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to lose and a time to seek;
a time to rend and a time to sew;
a time to keep silent and a time to speak;
a time to love and a time to hate;
a time for war and a time for peace."
-- ecclesiastes 3:1-8
1-12-09-- monday
more spring color! saw several of these blooming trees on campus, altho with temps dropping into the teens later this week, not sure what will become of them...
"since things neither exist nor don't exist,
are neither real nor unreal,
are utterly beyond adopting and rejecting -
one might as well burst out laughing."
-- tibetan nyingma master - longchenpa rabjampa - 14th century
1-11-09-- sunday
my daughter went sledding in the northeast this morning on 4-5 inches of freshly fallen snow and um... we have daffodils blooming!
"a friend is the hope of the heart."
-- ralph waldo emerson
1-10-09-- saturday
bailey boy after a walk
"the art of being happy
lies in the power of extracting happiness
from common things."
-- henry ward beecher
1-9-09-- friday
the panel of speakers.
"a single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study."
-- chinese proverb
1-8-09-- thursday
"I bear within me peace.
within myself I bear forces to make me strong.
with the warmth of these forces I shall be imbued.
with the power of my will I shall be filled.
and then I shall feel how peacefullness pours through all my being
as I strengthen myself to find peace as strength within myself
through steadfast inner striving."
-- rudolf steiner
1-7-09-- wednesday
rain and fog this morning. took this thru my rain-soaked windshield.
"people are made of flesh and blood
and a miracle fibre called courage."
-- mignon mclaughlin
1-6-09-- tuesday
the blue chairs
"a rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral."
-- antoine de saint-exupéry
1-5-09-- monday
the weaver's table
"we all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing."
-- louisa may alcott
1-4-09-- sunday
patchwork puddle reflections
"I love those who can smile in trouble,
who can gather strength from distress,
and grow brave by reflection."
-- leonardo da vinci
1-3-09-- saturday
the dancers.
"on with the dance! let joy be unconfined;
no sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet
to chase the glowing hours with flying feet."
-- george gordon byron
1-2-09-- friday
tonight my daughter and a friend baked fresh povitica, a yummy traditonal polish nut roll
"when you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. give thanks for your food and for the joy of living."
-- tecumseh
1-1-09-- thursday
playing on time- sundial at unc planetarium
"dost thou love life? then do not squander time,
for that's the stuff life is made of."
-- benjamin franklin