9-25-08-- thursday
"saint therese, the little flower, please pick me a rose from the heavenly garden and send it to me with a message of love. ask god to grant me the favor I thee implore and tell him I will love him each day more and more."
-- prayer of petition - to saint therese of lisieux
9-24-08-- wednesday
"god gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. have you used one to say 'thank you?'"
-- william a. ward
9-23-08-- tuesday
pleasant ice cream cone evening
"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things....
I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind."
-- leo buscaglia
9-22-08-- monday
poor ole bailey-boy. waiting for a walk while I take pics!
"walking is man's best medicine."
-- hippocrates
9-21-08-- sunday
“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
9-20-08-- saturday
at the farmers' market
"arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning
can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day -
like writing a poem, or saying a prayer."
-- anne morrow lindbergh
9-19-08-- friday
"someone has to do the buzzy work..."
-- buzzy bee
9-18-08-- thursday
playing with borders!
“the great opportunity is where you are.
every place is under the stars.
every place is the center of the universe…”
-– john burroughs
9-17-08-- wednesday
so into roses just now.
this one is for my sister linda!
"when I count my blessings,
I count you twice!"
-- irish blessing
9-16-08-- tuesday
"make the best use of what is in your power,
and take the rest as it happens."
-- epictetus
9-15-08-- monday
"earth laughs in flowers."
-- ralph waldo emerson
9-14-08-- sunday
roses at dusk
"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
9-13-08-- saturday
fresh flowers at the farmers' market
"let the beauty we love be what we do."
-- rumi
9-12-08-- friday
"but if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
all losses are restored and sorrows end."
-- william shakespeare
9-11-08-- thursday
in memory... taking flight.
"circle me, lord.
keep protection near
and danger afar.
circle me, lord.
keep hope within.
keep doubt without.
circle me, lord.
keep light near
and darkness afar.
circle me, lord.
keep peace within.
keep evil out."
-- david adam
9-10-08-- wednesday
playing with slow shutter speed once again!
"there is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost."
-- martha graham
9-8-08-- monday
franklin street roof line- downtown chapel hill
"to be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul."
-- simone weil
9-7-08-- sunday
finally! a butterfly! I have seen only a few this summer...
"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."
-- ralph waldo emerson
9-6-08-- saturday
"thank you for the world so sweet,
thank you for the food we eat.
thank you for the birds that sing,
thank you god for everything."
-- child's mealtime blessing
9-5-08-- friday
"what you are, the world is.
and without your transformation,
there can be no transformation of the world."
-- j. krishnamurti
9-4-08-- thursday
"when I was young, every day was as a beginning of some new thing, and every evening ended with a glow of the next day's dawn."
-- eskimo poem
9-3-08-- wednesday
"the farmer has to be an optimist
or he wouldn't still be a farmer."
-- will rogers
9-2-08-- tuesday
unc marching band practices on campus
"it takes courage to grow up
and become who you really are."
-- e.e. cummings
9-1-08-- monday
for linda
"the ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth..."
-- albert einstein
8-31-08-- sunday
lovely evening for a visit to the ice cream shop! sundae anyone?!
"In the late 19th century Evanston, Illinois, nicknamed "Heavenston" by Frances Willard, was a Methodist-minded town, so pious that the town fathers, resenting the dissipating influence of the soda fountain, passed an ordinance forbidding the sale of ice cream sodas on Sunday. Some ingenious confectioners, obeying the law, served ice cream with syrup but no soda. This sodaless soda was the Sunday soda, and became so popular that orders for "Sundays" crossed the counter everyday of the week. When objection was raised to christening the dish after the Sabbath, the spelling was changed to Sundae, and so developed one of America's most characteristic dishes."
-- William Lyon Phelps
8-30-08-- saturday
cd alley- independently-owned used and new cd/record store on franklin street
http://www.cdalley.net/
"ah, music. a magic beyond all we do here!"
j. k. rowling
harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, 1997
8-29-08-- friday
last friday art walk- hillsborough - the magnolia klezmer band and dancers
“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
8-28-08-- thursday
unc campus - alive with students
"I am always doing that which I can not do,
in order that I may learn how to do it."
-- pablo picasso
8-27-08-- wednesday
major rain today- this cyclist amazingly stays dry in-between downpours!
"dost thou love life?
then do not squander time,
for that's the stuff life is made of."
-- benjamin franklin
8-26-08-- tuesday
for my sister Linda!
"... my sister, my friend, and forever in my heart."
-- cyndi moore
8-25-08-- monday
my girls have each headed back to college- and are settling snugly into their home away from home. be safe my dear ones. (this is the franklin street bookstore cat! the sign says "100% cat 100% real...")
"where thou art - that - is home."
-- emily dickinson
8-24-08-- sunday
"and remember, no matter where you go,
there you are."
-- earl mac rauch
8-23-08-- saturday
it's late. can't decide. 2 shots of caffe driade. oops.
8-23-08-- saturday
caffe driade- a favorite venue for coffee and listening to music on the outside stage
8-22-08-- friday
downtown franklin street
"to find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life."
-- john burroughs
8-21-08-- thursday
hooping it at the weaver street market music-on-the-lawn event
"my idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us;
the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require."
-- edward elgar
8-20-08-- wednesday
got a flat tire. pouring rain. played with slow shutter speed with the rain drops on the windowpane while waiting inside the car for triple-a to come change the tire!
"we must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery."
-- h.g. wells
8-19-08-- tuesday
“the best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. they must be felt with the heart.”
-- helen keller
8-18-08-- monday
"this life, you must know
as the tiny splash of a raindrop.
a thing of beauty that disappears as it comes into being.
therefore, set your goal.
make use of every day and every night."
-- tibetan buddhist - tsongkhapa
8-17-08-- sunday
"whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely,
whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue,
and if there be any praise,
think on these things."
-- from philippians 4
8-16-08-- saturday hand crafted baskets at the carrboro farmers' market click here to see more photos of the market "the soul's creative power strives from the heart's deep ground. kindle your god-like gifts for rightful work in human life. fashion the self in human love and human deeds." -- rudolf steiner
8-15-08-- fridy
a sudden downpour!
"the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. it is the source of all true art and science."
-- albert einstein
8-14-08-- thursday
blast of sunshine!
“let your light shine.
be a source of strength and courage.
share your wisdom.
radiate love.”
-- wilferd peterson
8-13-08-- wednesday
"what a grand thing, to be loved!
what a grander thing still, to love!"
-- victor hugo
8-12-08-- Tuesday
"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 Peacefulness
Pours through all my Being,
As I strengthen myself
To find Peace as Strength, within myself,
Through steadfast inner striving."
-- Rudolf Steiner
8-11-08-- monday
"everytime you smile at someone,
it is an action of love,
a gift to that person,
a beautiful thing."
-- mother teresa
8-10-08-- sunday
"angel of god,
my guardian dear,
to whom god's love commits me here,
ever this day,
be at my side
to light and guard,
to rule and guide."
-- prayer to the guardian angel
8-9-08-- saturday
two friends playing at "the cave." the cave is chapel hill's oldest tavern (40 years) and has great local original live music shows nightly.
"when words leave off, music begins."
-- heinrich heine