12-31-06-- Sunday
on the tail end of 2006...
happy new year!
"cherish each hour of this day
for it can never return."
-- og mandino
12-30-06-- Saturday
"if the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy,
if a blade of grass springing up in the field
has power to move you,
if the simple things of nature have
a message that you understand,
rejoice, for your soul is alive..."
-- eleonora duse
12-29-06-- Friday
toasty toes by the fire
"sit by the fire and spin."
-- mother goose rhyme
12-28-06-- Thursday
unc-chapel hill campus at dusk.
"he who influences the thought of his times, influences all the times that follow. he has made his impress on eternity."
-- hypatia 370-415
12-27-06-- Wednesday
a two-for-one day. at the beach. see bird-in-flight next frame.
"patience, patience, patience, is what the
sea teaches. patience and faith. one should
lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach
- waiting for a gift from the sea."
-- anne morrow lindbergh
12-27-06-- Wednesday
a bird-in-flight! this one was swirling around
me on the beach, screeching like crazy!
12-26-06-- Tuesday
gingerbread house made by my daughter
"be true to yourselves; cherish whatever talent you possess,
and in using it faithfully for the good of others you will
most assuredly find happiness for yourself,
and make of life no failure, but a beautiful success."
-- louisa may alcott
12-25-06-- Monday
"life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet."
-- sarah louise delany
hoping your holidays are happy and healthy!
12-24-06-- Sunday
this is a window transparency my daughter made years ago: still tape it to the window!
"silent night. holy night."
christmas carol
12-23-06-- Saturday
Williamsburg, VA
additional photos:
http://butterflites.smugmug.com/gallery/2269966
12-22-06-- Friday
at the mall...
see more mall shots at my miscellaneous gallery
http://butterflites.smugmug.com/gallery/1359528
"from joy springs all creation.
by joy it is sustained,
toward joy it proceeds,
and unto joy it returns."
-- the upanishad 600BC
12-21-06-- Thursday
at the mall, playing with convex shiny doodah.
"walk on a rainbow trail;
walk on a trail of song,
and all about you will be beauty.
there is a way out of the dark mist
over a rainbow trail."
-- navajo song
12-20-06-- Wednesday
men at work
"many of the most successful men I have known have never grown up. They have retained bubbling-over boyishness.
they have relished wit, they have indulged in humor. they
have not allowed "dignity" to depress them into moroseness. youthfulnesss of spirit is the twin brother of optimism, and optimism is the stuff of which american business success is fashioned. resist growing up!"
-- b. c. forbes
12-19-06-- Sunday tree ornament detail “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
12-18-06-- Monday
pooch posing for me while stopped
at a traffic light.
"no one appreciates the very
special genius of your conversations
as a dog does.
-- christopher morley
12-17-06-- Sunday
trimming the tree
"love is, above all else,
the gift of oneself."
-- jean anouilh
12-16-06-- Saturday
a slow zoom out of our downtown's holiday tree
"and someday there shall be such closeness
that when one cries,
the other shall taste the salt."
-- unknown
12-15-06-- Friday
walking in downtown chapel hill
"there are so many beautiful walks in and around chapel hill,
some in the woods, others out in the countryside."
-- cornelia spencer love, 1917
12-14-06-- Thursday
"when I was young, every day
was a beginning of some new thing,
and every evening ended
with a glow of the next day's dawn."
-- eskimo poem
12-13-06-- Wednesday
"too old to plant trees for my own gratification, I shall do it for my posterity."
-- thomas jefferson
in a win-win negotiation, 64 acres of farmland have been purchased by the county to put in reserve for playing fields and hiking trails.
this is in dedication to julia blackwood, who lived on the farm with her husband eugene for decades and alice gordon, leader in the lands legacy program for orange county.
see link:
http://alicegordon.com/environmental.shtml
12-12-06-- Tuesday
reflected in the skylight
"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
12-11-06-- Monday
holiday lights galore!!
"I often think that the night is more alive
and more richly colored than the day."
-- vincent van gogh
12-10-06-- Sunday
"how do you like to go up in a swing,
up in the air so blue?
oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
ever a child can do!"
-- robert louis stevenson
12-9-06-- Saturday
"hope is the thing with feathers that perches
in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words
- and never stops at all."
-- emily dickinson
12-8-06-- Friday
"dance like nobody's watching;
love like you've never been hurt.
sing like nobody's listening;
and live like it's heaven on earth."
-- mark twain
12-7-06-- Thursday ho ho ho! a retail shop window scene. “giving is the highest level of living.” -- john maxwell
12-6-06-- Wednesday "'namaste' is an indian expression used as a greeting or upon parting, by putting the palms of the hands together in prayer position. it means, 'I honor the Spirit in you which is also in me.'” -- deepak chopra "namaste: God in me celebrates God in you and knows us as One." -- laura shmania
12-5-06-- Tuesday
we live in a neighborhood with deer passing through all the time. these are backyard visitors as seen from a back room in my house.
"(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)"
-- e. e. cummings
12-4-06-- Monday
residential rooftop lights create holiday tree. post processing creates mod art!
"may your troubles be less,
and your blessings be more,
and nothing but happiness
come through your door!"
-- irish blessing
12-3-06-- Sunday
finding a tree to decorate!
"keep true to the dreams of thy youth."
-- friedrich von schiller
12-2-06-- Saturday
"be kind to strangers,
for by so doing,
some have entertained angels..."
-- hebrews 13:2
12-1-06-- Friday church spire and the wall mural it inspired by local artist michael brown, chapel hill, nc "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” -- michaelangelo
11-30-06-- Thursday
"love is an act of endless forgiveness,
a tender look which becomes a habit."
-- peter ustinov
11-29-06-- Wednesday
heavy fog this morning. afternoon sun warmed us to the 70's
"the art of art,
the glory of expression
and the sunshine of the light of letters,
is simplicity."
-- walt whitman
11-28-06-- Tuesday
urban sunset - a moment of pause
"what is life?
it is the flash of a firefly in the night.
it is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
it is the little shadow
which runs across the grass
and loses itself in the sunset."
-- crowfoot's last words (1890)
(blackfoot warrior and orator)
11-27-06-- Monday
it was a great day for being outdoors
with temperatures still in the 70's.
"I find that a great part of the information I have
was acquired by looking up something
and finding something else on the way."
-- franklin adams
11-26-06-- Sunday
"all great things are simple,
and many can be expressed in single words:
freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
-- sir winston churchill
11-25-06-- Saturday
shoes in shop window near campus
http://www.schoolkidsrecords.com/chapel_hill.php
"do not go where the path may lead,
go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
-- ralph waldo emerson
11-24-06-- Friday
bailey boy after a hike around the creek
"everywhere is walking distance if you have the time."
-- steven wright
11-23-06- Thursday macy's day parade as seen on my old black and white tv. happy thanksgiving! “this being human is a guest house. every morning a new arrival... be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.” -- rumi
11-22-06-- Wednesday
hidden bloom- survived first frost!
"there are only two ways to live your life.
one is as though nothing is a miracle.
the other is as though everything is a miracle."
-- albert einstein
11-21-06-- Tuesday
the cold wind here brings no snow tonight...
"the north wind doth blow,
and we shall have snow,
and what will the robin do then,
poor thing?
he'll sit in a barn,
to keep himself warm,
and hide his head under his wing,
poor thing."
-- mother goose
11-20-06-- Monday
my daughter makes her lunch to take to school every morning. this is her sandwich for today along with clementines, and "bumps on a log"- raisins on peanut butter coated celery sticks- and (not shown) fresh strawberries and cream cheese... hungry yet?!
"live in the sunshine,
swim the sea,
drink the wild air..."
-- ralph waldo emerson
11-19-06-- Sunday
perspective from the floor.
"in the right light, at the right time,
everything is extraordinary."
-- aaron rose
11-18-06-- Saturday
wild and wooly post processing playfulness.
"why not?" my daughter asks.
so here it is! "fine art phtotgraphy..."
"there is no abstract art. you must always start
with something. afterward you can remove
all traces of reality."
-- pablo picasso
11-17-06-- Friday
old well on the campus of the university of north carolina at chapel hill-- unc-ch
"The Old Well -- At the heart of the campus stands the visual symbol of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For many years the Old Well served as the sole water supply for Old East and Old West dormitories. In 1897, the well was given its present decorative form at the direction of President Edwin A. Alderman, who described his beautification project as largely derived from the Temple of Love in the Garden of Versailles. In 1954 the well was given added beauty with brick walks, plantings, and benches. Students can bring good luck with a drink from the Old Well on the first day of classes."
from:
http://www.unc.edu/about/landmarks.html
11-16-06-- Thursday
the days are too short, the shadows fall too long too soon.
(me and my shadow)
"time is the most valuable thing a man can spend."
-- theophrastus, 372 BC - 287 BC
11-15-06-- Wednesday
woodland critters made by the lower school students at carolina friends school http://www.cfsnc.org
"every child is an artist.
the problem is how to remain an artist
once he grows up."
-- pablo picasso