9-28-06-- Thursday

"we all have within us
a center of stillness
surrounded by silence..."


-- dag hammarskjold

9-27-06-- Wednesday “there is a knighthood of the 20th century whose riders do not ride through the darkness of physical forces, as of old, but through the forest of darkened minds. they are armed with a spiritual armor, and an inner sun makes them radiant. out of them shines healing, healing that flows from the knowledge of the human being as a spiritual being. they must create inner order, inner justice, peace, and conviction in the darkness of our time.” -- karl konig, founder of camphill

9-26-07-- Tuesday

"there is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. we are made up of thousands of others. everyone who has ever done a kind deed
for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up
of our character and of our thoughts,
as well as our success."

-- george matthew adams

9-25-06-- Monday

"our deeds determine us,
as much as we determine our deeds."

-- george eliot

9-24-06-- Sunday

"the artist is the confidant of nature,
flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms,
every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him."

-- auguste rodin

9-23-06-- Saturday
first fall leaf photographed this season.
tucked itself onto the birdfeeder holder.



"when autumn mists gather and leaves fall gently down,
new strength in me rises to bear life's waiting crown."

judy

9-22-06-- Friday

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

-- ursula k. leguin

9-21-06-- Thursday


"a good word is like a good tree whose root
is firmly fixed and whose top is in the sky."

unknown

9-20-06-- Wednesday
from this... taken with a very fast shutter speed



to... see next photo

to this!!
I am taking a photography class on lighting and this week we are studying artificial light. using a very slow shutter speed while zooming out, this neon sign, which alternated flashing the coffee cup and an orange "coffee," shows both!

9-19-06-- Tuesday

"I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

-- henry david thoreau, walden

9-18-06-- Monday

"there are people whom one loves immediately
and forever. even to know they are alive in the world is quite enough."


--nancy spain

9-17-06-- Sunday
reflections continue

"just remain in the center, watching.
and then forget that you are there."

-- lao-tzu

9-16-06-- Saturday
reflections of sun and trees in the creek

"beauty is a form of genius--is higher,
indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.
it is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon."


-- oscar wilde

9-15-06-- Friday


"kind words can be short and easy to speak
but their echoes are truly endless."

-- mother teresa

9-14-06-- Thursday


"keep true to the dreams of thy youth."


-- friedrich von schiller
(1759 - 1805)

9-13-06-- Wednesday Desiderata “Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, For always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its shame, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.” -- Max Ehrmann, 1927

9-12-06-- Tuesday


"I'm gonna love her till the cows come home"


-- the beatles, lyrics from "when I get home"

9-11-06-- Monday
five years later. in memory of those who lost their lives
and those who lost their loved ones.

"... the friendship between us,
the mutual confidence,
the delights of the heart,
the enchantment of the soul,
these things do not perish
and can never be destroyed."

-- voltaire

9-10-06-- Sunday

"no art can exceed the mellow beauty of one square rood of ground in the woods this afternoon. the noise of the locust, the bee, and the pine; the light, the insect forms, butterflies, cankerworms hanging, balloon-spiders swinging, devils-needles cruising, chirping grasshoppers; the tints and forms of the leaves and trees... all the pleasing forms of art are imitations of these..."

-- r.w. emerson

9-9-06-- Saturday


"will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now?"

-- william stafford

9-8-06-- Friday


"people like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."


-- albert einstein

9-7-06-- Thursday


"for thou not farther than my thoughts canst move,
and I am still with them and they with thee;
or, if they sleep, thy picture in my sight
awakes my heart to heart's and eye's delight."

-- shakespeare

9-6-06-- Wednesday

"climb the mountains and get their good tidings. nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. the winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of autumn."

-- john muir

9-5-06-- Tuesday


"it gives me a deep, comforting sense that things seen are temporal and things unseen
are eternal."

-- helen keller

9-4-06-- Monday
UNC students in the coffee shop in the afternoon


"the highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it."


-- john ruskin

9-3-06-- Sunday at the beach for the day “everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine.” -- goethe

9-2-06-- Saturday


"to the soul, there is hardly anything more healing than friendship."

-- thomas moore

9-1-06-- Friday loved watching the leaves tossing and twirling in the strong winds along with the rain today as tropical storm ernesto passed through the triangle area. “The wind was against them now, and Piglet’s ears streamed behind him like banners as he fought his way along, and it seemed hours before he got into the shelter of the Hundred Acre Wood and they stood up straight again, to listen, a little nervously, to the roaring of the gale among the treetops. ‘Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?’ ‘Supposing it didn’t,’ said Pooh after careful thought. Piglet was comforted by this…” -- from Winnie the Pooh by A.A Milne

8-31-06-- Thursday
me and my umbrella
reflected
in my car window
in the rain.


"namaste --
the God in me greets the God in you."

8-30-06-- Wednesday

"the universe is full of magical things,
patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."

-- eden philpotts



"discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."

-- albert szent-gyorgyi

8-29-06-- Tuesday

"there is a courtesy of the heart
it is akin to love
out of it arises the
purest in our outward behavior."

-- goethe




more of today's sunflowers:

http://butterflites.smugmug.com/gallery/1336429

8-28-06-- Monday a favorite venue for morning coffee and live music in the evening. see caffe driade's offerings of food and entertainment at: http://www.caffedriade.com/index.cfm "perfect poise on the beat is what gives good dancing its sense of ease, of timelessness, of the eternal.” -- anne morrow lindberg

8-27-06-- Sunday

"don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. unfold your own myth...."

--rumi

8-26-06-- Saturday
at the carrboro farmers' market

http://www.carrborofarmersmarket.com/


"the moment one gives a close attention to anything,
even a blade of grass,
it becomes a mysterious, awesome,
indescribably magnificent world unto itself."

-- henry miller

8-25-08-- Friday
in memory of our loved ones who have passed away.

"upward to thee strives the love of my soul.
upward to thee streams the inmost sense of my love.
may they bear thee
may they sustain thee
in heights of hope
in spheres of love."

rudolf steiner



a few new butterfly photos:

http://butterflites.smugmug.com/gallery/1764594

8-24-06-- Thursday
bailey boy- ever ready to play ball.



"poetry and hums aren't things which you get,
they're things which get you.
and all you can do is go where they can find you."


-- winnie-the-pooh, a. a. milne

8-23-06-- Wednesday


"what greater thing is there for two human souls
than to feel that they are joined...
to strengthen each other...
to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories."

-- george eliot

8-22-06-- Tuesday grasshopper on my car's dashboard. “deep peace, pure white of the moon to you deep peace, pure green of the grass to you deep peace, pure brown of the earth to you deep peace, pure grey of the dew to you deep peace, pure blue of the sky to you deep peace of the running wave to you deep peace of the flowing air to you deep peace of the quiet earth to you.” -- fiona macleod

8-21-06-- Monday we noticed each other while waiting at a stoplight. he was in the back of a pickup truck. “nothing in this world is single: all things by a law divine in each other’s being mingle.” -- percy shelley

8-20-06-- Sunday


"I arise today through the strength of heaven
light of sun
radiance of moon
splendor of fire
speed of lightning
swiftness of wind
depth of sea
stability of earth
firmness of rock."


-- from st. patrick's shield

8-19-06-- Saturday lost: one of my daughter's birthday earrings. found today! "but beauty seen is never lost, God’s colors all are fast; the glory of this sunset heaven into my soul has passed..." -- john greenleaf whittier

8-18-06-- Friday

"that best portion of a good man's life,
his little, nameless, unremembered acts
of kindness and love."

-- william wordsworth

8-17-06-- Thursday

"one thing life has taught me: if you are interested,
you never have to look for new interests. they come to you.
when you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always
lead to something else."

-- eleanor roosevelt



new butterfly photos:

http://butterflites.smugmug.com/gallery/1764594

8-16-06-- Wednesday

"one of the greatest necessities
in america is to discover creative solitude."

-- carl sandburg

8-15-06-- Tuesday “try? there is no try. there is only do or not do.” -- yoda

8-14-06-- Monday "...a reverence for mystery has the power to transform human experience." –- josh mitteldorf more butterfly photos at: http://butterflites.smugmug.com/gallery/1764594

8-13-06-- Sunday mountain butterfly “simplify, simplify.” -- henry david thoreau