11-11-08-- slow shutter speed. with a twist.
11-11-08-- slow shutter speed. with moving the camera up and down.
11-10-08-- monday
golden tree at bus stop
11-9-08-- sunday
a beautiful day on campus!
11-8-08-- saturday
"autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
-- albert camus
11-7-08-- friday
flowers for my sister, linda
"I perhaps owe having become a painter
to flowers."
-- claude monet
11-6-08-- thursday this property has been bought by a developer... and will soon be significantly "improved"... I am trying to document the county's old homesteads while they are still around... they going very fast... for more photos of the barns and amazingly beautiful trees on the site click here "... and more deeply still, that there is no holding of a relationship to a single form. this is not a tragedy but part of the ever-recurrent miracle of life and growth. all living relationships are in process of change, of expansion, and must perpetually be building themselves new forms." -- anne morrow lindburg
11-5-08-- wednesday
"you must be the change
you wish to see in the world."
-- mahatma gandhi
11-4-08-- tuesday
driving into work this morning, I was humbled and incredibly grateful for our freedom and responsibility to govern ourselves. may peace and wisdom prevail.
11-3-08-- monday
spin under the trees with a slow shutter speed
"everyone must take time to sit
and watch the leaves turn."
-- elizabeth lawrence
11-2-08-- sunday
"for man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. for nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad."
-- edwin way teale
11-1-08-- saturday
10-31-08-- friday halloween on franklin street- tens of thousands parade in the street! mama (to be) for president obama (to be)-- she's due election night and she's actively asking for a vote for obama for more halloween shots, click here
10-30-08-- thursday
"life is matter and is earth,
what is and what is not,
and what is beyond is in Eternity."
-- upanishads
10-29-08-- wednesday
leaf abstract
"out of clutter, find simplicity,
from discard, find harmony,
in the middle of difficulty lies opporunity.”
-- albert einstein
10-28-08-- tuesday
"in everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. it is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. we should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."
-- albert schweitzer
10-27-08-- monday
panning shot of a cyclist on campus
"cycle tracks will abound in utopia."
-- h.g. wells
10-26-08-- sunday
early morning drops
"...many people will walk in and out of your life...
but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart..."
greeting card prose
10-25-08-- saturday
drizzly day
'The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."
-- carl yung
10-24-08-- friday
"...friendship is a special gift, generously given, happily accepted, and deeply appreciated."
-- greeting card prose
10-23-08-- thursday
taco truck does a brisk business in town
"window of opportunity..."
10-22-08-- wednesday
hubcap collection
"one's destination is never a place,
but a new way of seeing things."
-- henry miller
10-21-08-- tuesday
"you are here to enable the divine purpose
of the universe to unfold."
-- eckhart tolle, the power of now
10-20-08-- monday
james taylor, a chapel hill native, returns home to unc- ch to perform a free concert in support of barak obama. it was so great to hear him sing his tunes live in the clear crisp autumn evening. the first song he sang was the first he'd written worthy to share- "something in the way she moves."
the event opened with the pledge of allegiance and a prayer for unity. by a show of hands, the majority present had already voted. we were encouraged to get out the vote. so here is my message to those reading this- VOTE!
10-19-08-- sunday
first leaf of the season!
"nothing endures but change."
-- heraclitus(540 BC - 480 BC)
10-18-08-- saturday
bailey boy!
10-17-08-- friday
"let your light shine.
be a source of strength and courage.
share your wisdom.
radiate love."
-- wilfred peterson
10-16-08-- thursday
at the pumpkin patch...
"to know someone with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts unexpressed...that can make this life a garden."
-- goethe
10-15-08-- wednesday
with temperatures in the 80's the local ice cream shop was a popular place!
“life is short. eat dessert first!"
-- jacques torres
10-14-08-- tuesday
found a 4-leaf clover! left it for the next person to find. significantly digitally post processed the shot !!
"somebody once asked niels bohr why he had a horseshoe hanging above the front door of his house. 'surely you, a world famous physicist, can't really believe that hanging a horseshoe above your door brings you luck?'
'of course not,' bohr replied, 'but I have been reliably informed that it will bring me luck whether I believe in it or not.'"
-- neils bohr
10-13-08-- monday
walking along a major street near the campus- giant trees and small pebble path.
"paradise is exactly like where you are right now...
only much, much better."
-- laurie anderson
10-12-08-- sunday
at the pumpkin patch...
"every moment is a golden one
for him who has the vision
to recognize it as such."
-- henry miller
10-11-08-- saturday
painting the planetarium on canvas
"by faithful study of the nobler arts,
our nature's softened,
and more gentle grows."
-- ovid
10-10-08-- friday I had a photography show tonight connected with the carrboro 2nd friday artwalk! "postcards from home." many thanks to those who invited me to participate and those who came to see my pictures!! I have set up a gallery with the images that were in the show. click here to see them! "the artist's world is limitless. it can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. it is always on his doorstep." -- paul strand
10-9-08
“you gain strength, courage, and confidence
by every experience in which you really stop
to look fear in the face...do the thing
you think you cannot do.”
-- eleanor roosevelt
10-8-08-- wednesday
"no ray of sunshine is ever lost, but the green which it awakens into existence needs time to sprout, and it is not always granted for the sower to see the harvest.
all work that is worth anything is done in faith."
-- albert schweitzer
10-7-08-- tuesday
downtown shop window
"one ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words."
-- goethe
10-6-08-- monday
a quick trip yesterday to see my mom at the beach. caught this shot. reminds me so much of riding with my dad in his boat at sunset on the intracoastal waterway.
"a sweet thing, for whatever time,
to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost."
-- euripides, alcestis, 438 b.c.
10-5-08-- sunday
baileyboy!
"did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in?
I think that's how dogs spend their lives."
-- sue murphy
10-4-08-- saturday
this little buck has been hanging out in our neighborhood recently.
"we should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit."
-- albert schweitzer
10-3-08-- friday
"live your life with arms wide open.
today is where your book begins.
the rest is still unwritten."
-- natasha bedingfield
10-2-08-- thursday
"to love and be loved
is to feel the sun from both sides."
-- david viscott
10-1-08-- wednesday from sunday's music festival- all kinds of music. all over town. all for free. mamas-for-obama bake sale to see more photos from the festival, click here
9-30-08-- tuesday
9-29-08-- monday
local coffee shop- the open eye
9-28-08-- sunday
10th annual carrboro music festival. all kinds of music. all over town. all for free! swing band rocks the crowd!
"he who laughs, lasts!"
-- mary pettibone poole
9-27-08-- saturday
new patisserie in town!
“may you always have enough happiness to keep you sweet;
enough trials to keep you strong;
enough success to keep you eager;
enough faith to give you courage;
and enough determination to make each day a good day.”
-- blessing
9-26-08-- friday
bookshop cat on the cash counter!
"cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience."
-- pam brown