11-14-06-- Tuesday and that's some pumpkin! “when we start at the center of ourselves, we discover something worthwhile extending toward the periphery of the circle. we find again some of the joy in the now, some of the peace in the here, some of the love in me and thee...” -- anne morrow lindberg
11-13-06-- Monday
"may your life be crowded
with unexpected joys."
-- jackson brown jr.
11-12-06-- Sunday “may the sun bring you new energy every day. may the moon softly restore you by night. may the rain wash away your worries. may the breeze blow new strength into your being. may you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life.” -- apache blessing
11-11-06-- Satruday
another astoundingly beautiful day with temperatures in the upper 70's.
I spent the afternoon raking leaves and
bike riding with my two lovely daughters.
"it is my nature that makes me love you often,
for I am love itself.
it is my longing that makes me love you intensely,
for I yearn to be loved from the heart.
it is my eternity that makes me love you long,
for I have no end."
-- mechthild of magdeburg,
13th century, how God answers the soul
11-10-06-- Friday
with temperatures in the upper 70's frisbee was the game of the day on campus!
"life is short and we have not too much time
for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark way with us. oh, be swift
to love! make haste to be kind."
-- henri-frederic amiel, 1885
11-9-06-- Thursday
"the light of God surrounds me;
the love of God enfolds me;
the power of God protects me;
the presence of God watches over me.
wherever I am, God is."
james dillet freeman, prayer for protection, 1941
11-8-06-- Wednesday
"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
11-7-06-- Tuesday
fall colours continued...
"what I dream of is an art of balance."
-- henri matisse
11-6-06-- Monday
this artist was painting autumn's colours on the side of the road.
I stopped to ask if I could take her picture for my daily photo.
it turns out that she paints a painting a day! http://www.weinsteinart.com
"I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them."
-- pablo picasso
11-5-06-- Sunday roof and tree line of downtown chapel hill. “walk with Light.” -- pedestrian crosswalk sign
11-4-06-- Saturday
"I go to nature to be soothed and healed,
and to have my senses put in order."
-- john burroughs
11-3-06-- Friday
reflections of autumn colors in glass wall of downtown building
"live in the moment and make it so beautiful
that it will be worth remembering!"
-- crosby
11-2-06-- Thursday
"food is an important part of a balanced diet."
-- fran lebowitz
11-1-06-- Wednesday
halloween on franklin street-
officially taken late last night- posting today!
chapel hill closes the street for this annual event with 70,000 revelers!
"that was the painter. vermeer. that was johannes vermeer and his wife. you're to clean his studio."
girl with a pearl earring, by tracy chevalier, first chapter
10-31-06-- Tuesday
halloween- my girls used to dress as fairy princesses. just a nostalgic glimpse of days past...
"with an eye made quiet by the power of harmony,
and the deep power of joy,
we see into the life of things."
-- william wordsworth
10-30-06-- Monday
"courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."
-- john quincy adams
10-29-06-- Sunday
"the leaves fall,
the wind blows,
and the farm country slowly changes
from the summer cottons
into its winter wools."
-- henry beston
10-28-06-- Saturday
oops, I have posted two- both taken at sunset. this is me playing with slow shutter speed and zooming out!
"the meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances:
if there is any reaction, both are transformed."
-- carl jung
10-28-06-- Saturday
coming and going, yet I'm sitting still. this one is with fast shutter speed.
10-27-06-- Friday
playing with post processing colors
on a rainy day.
under, over, and through the green umbrella
"while the fates permit, live happily;
life speeds on with hurried step,
and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned."
-- seneca, roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD)
10-26-06-- Thursday
"let's go and see everybody," said pooh...
piglet thought that they ought to have a reason for going to see everybody, like looking for small, or organizing an expotition (sic), if pooh could think of something.
pooh could.
"we'll go because it's thursday", he said, "and we'll go to wish everybody a very happy thursday. come on, piglet."
-- a.a. milne, the house at pooh corner
10-25-06-- Wednesday
intercessory prayer
"thou angel who keepest watch
over the destiny of -----
through waking and sleeping,
and the long ages of time:
may my thoughts, filled with hope,
reach her through thee.
may she be strengthened from the founts of will
which bear us towards freedom.
may she be illumined from the founts of wisdom
which warm the inmost heart.
may she feel peace from the founts of love
which bless men's work."
-- adam bittleston
10-24-06-- Tuesday
blue of the morning sky is reflected in water
collected in a small stone pool
"peace within us,
peace among us."
-- adam bittleston
10-23-06-- Monday
"God loved the birds and invented trees..."
-- jacques deval
10-22-06-- Sunday
"every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving."
-- albert einstein
10-21-06-- Saturday
"we are nature.
we are nature seeing nature.
the red-winged blackbird flies in us."
-- susan griffin
10-20-06-- Friday
fall colors in olde windowpane glass
"all truths are easy to understand once they are discovered;
the point is to discover them."
-- galileo galilei
10-19-06-- Thursday
ducks in Boston Garden duck pond
"if you can give your son or daughter
only one gift,
let it be enthusiasm."
-- bruce barton
10-18-06-- Wednesday
evening street performer
"I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be
than a good dancer."
-- friedrich nietzsche
10-17-06-- Tuesday
"my future starts when I wake up every morning...
every day I find something creative to do with my life."
-- miles davis
10-16-06-- Monday
"Meet me at my house
before the game on Sunday." God
roadside billboard
10-15-06-- Sunday
photography class assignment- a self portrait- taken yesterday!
I'll be on a road trip- college campus tour- with my daughters
for the next week. will post as internet access allows!
"to the soul,
there is hardly anything more healing than friendship."
-- thomas moore
10-14-06-- Saturday
congratulations to newlyweds, linda and alan!
"in the end, only kindness matters."
-- jewel
10-13-06-- Friday
"the ideals which have lighted my way,
and time after time have given me
new courage to face life cheerfully,
have been kindness, beauty, and truth."
-- albert einstein
10-12-06-- Thursday
"... there is a love that is
like a mighty spring
gushing up out of the earth;
it keeps flowing forever,
and is inexhaustible."
-- isaac of nineveh
10-11-06-- Wednesday
"may you be happy.
may you be healthy.
may you be peaceful.
may you be safe."
the four wishes of buddha's
loving kindness meditation
10-10-06-- Tuesday
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God
who is sending a love letter to the world."
-- mother teresa
10-9-06-- Monday
you see things; and you say, "why?"
but I dream things that never were; and I say, "why not?"
-- george bernard shaw
10-8-06-- Sunday- fall foliage in the smokey mountains
"may the road rise to meet you.
may the wind always be at your back.
may the sun shine warm upon your face,
the rains fall soft upon your fields and,
until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of his hand."
-- irish blessing
10-7-06-- Saturday- smokey mountains
"people often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. this empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves."
-- salma hayek
10-6-06-- Friday "if the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient. it may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.” -- pooh’s little instruction book, insprired by aa milne
10-5-06-- Thursday
I see this fellow almost every day, picking up trash on the sidewalk. finally got a photo of him. he's a university professor who used to run and now makes his walks more interesting by picking up trash.
"practice random acts of kindness
and senseless acts of beauty."
-- anne herbert
10-4-06-- Wednesday
"hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees."
-- revelations 7:3
10-3-06-- Tuesday
"work while you have the light. you are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you."
-- henri-frédéric amiel
10-2-06-- Monday
backyard beauty - she let me get amazingly close
to her for this photo- I was on the back deck.
"all I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator
for all I have not seen."
-- ralph waldo emerson
10-1-06-- Sunday
my sister and her beau at their
wedding shower this afternoon --
best wishes to them!
"fairy tales can come true,
it could happen to you
when you're young at heart."
-- disney
9-30-06-- Saturday
"before me peaceful;
behind me peaceful;
over me peaceful;
under me peaceful;
all around me
I am everlasting and peaceful."
navajo indian saying
9-29-06-- Friday
"look well into thyself;
there is a source of strength
which will always spring up
if thou wilt always look there."
-- marcus aurelius antoninus