8-11-07-- Saturday “peace begins with a smile.” -- mother teresa
8-10-07-- Friday
"be kind, for everyone you meet
is fighting a hard battle."
-- plato
8-9-07-- Thursday
"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
8-8-07-- Wednesday
sunflower gone to seed
"I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!"
-- jerry van amerongen
8-7-07-- Tuesday
these kids were biking and running on campus in the early evening after a scorchingly hot day.
"movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states."
-- carol welch
8-6-07-- Monday
"May the Good Shepherd lead us
Into peace of heart,
Into hopeful thinking,
Into patient strength of will;
Health of body,
Harmony of soul,
Clarity of spirit,
Now, and in the time to come."
-- Adam Bittleston,
Meditative Prayers for Today
8-5-07-- Sunday
from Friday night
Music on the Front Porch at the Carolina Inn
Toni Williamson and Friends
"after silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
-- aldous huxley
8-4-07-- Saturday
"Spirit has a way of intervening..."
lyrics by greg taylor
8-3-07-- Friday
my sister and I spent the day at Seagrove, NC-
"a town of less than 300 full time residents, known as the 'pottery' capital of North Carolina."
David Garner throws a pot at Turn and Burn Pottery
http://www.turnandburnpottery.com/
Seagrove potters' site:
http://www.discoverseagrove.com/
more photos from our day of wandering here:
http://butterflites.smugmug.com/gallery/3254507#180163281
8-2-07-- Thursday
getting a new roof put on our house
(temperatures in the mid-90's with high humidity)
"one may go a long way after one is tired."
-- french proverb
8-1-07-- Wednesday
"silent sam" and UNC-CH students on the main quad
"education is a better safeguard of liberty
than a standing army."
-- edward everett
more on silent sam:
http://gradschool.unc.edu/Weiss/interesting_place/landmarks/sam.html
7-31-07-- Tuesday
open for business
"dreams, goals, ambitions - these are the stuff man uses for fuel."
-- l ron hubbard
7-30-07-- Monday
"cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures."
-- thomas de quincey
7-29-07-- Sunday
"God spoke! and from the arid scene
sprang rich and verdant bowers,
till all the earth was soft and green -
He smiled; and there were flowers."
-- mary mcneil fenolloso
7-28-07-- Saturday
"all nature wears one universal grin."
-- henry fielding
7-27-07--- Friday
"poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth."
-- samuel johnson
7-26-07-- Thursday frolicking on the lawn of weaver street market- weekly outside music venue “life is too important to be taken seriously!” -- oscar wilde
7-25-07-- Wednesday "yesterday is history. tomorrow is a mystery. today is a gift. that is why they call it the present.” eleanor roosevelt
7-24-07-- Tuesday magical sighting in my backyard! he's got antlers!! “a misty morning does not signify a cloudy day.” -- ancient proverb
7-23-07-- Monday
dog days of summer! and I think I have mostly made it through and posted my beach photos!
"we cannot do everything at once,
but we can do something at once."
-- calvin coolidge
I hope you will visit my gallery here:
http://butterflites.smugmug.com/gallery/1761910
7-22-07-- Sunday
such amazing birds!
"you are here to enable the world
to live more amply,
with greater vision,
and with a finer spirit
of hope and achievement.
you are here to enrich the world."
-- woodrow wilson
7-21-07-- Saturday
one more from the beach trip!
"love the moment,
and the energy of that moment
will spread beyond all boundaries."
-- corita kent
7-20-07-- Friday
sunset on the channel
"it is always sunrise somewhere;
the dew is never dried all at once;
a shower is forever falling;
vapor is ever rising.
eternal sunrise,
eternal sunset,
eternal dawn..."
-- john muir
7-19-07-- Thursday “nothing is worth more than this day.” -- goethe still working my way thru the week's images - filling in the week - gallery up soon!
7-18-07-- Wednesday mid-week and the essentials of existence= water, sunscreen, a hat, and a great book! “young. old. just words.” -- george burns
7-17-07-- Tuesday a cozy spot overlooking the channel “whatever you are, be a good one” -- abraham lincoln
7-16-07-- Monday heading for a walk on the beach as the day ends “live in the moment and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering!” -- fanny crosby
7-15-07-- Sunday families gather on the beach after dinner at a local restaurant “the only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well!” -- joe ancis
7-14-07-- Saturday
I'm back! and processing my photos from the week. more soon!
"all I can say about life is, oh God, enjoy it!"
-- bob newhart
7-13-07-- Friday
"to see a world in a grain of sand
and a heaven in a wild flower,
hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in an hour."
-- william blake
I will be at the beach for a week without internet and will catch up when I return!
enjoy! laura
7-12-07-- Thursday
"take time to enjoy things-
the beauties of God's creation,
the many blessings of life."
-- paramahansa yogananda
7-11-07--- Wednesday
'"a sunbeam to warm you,
a moonbeam to charm you,
a sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you."
-- irish blessing
7-10-07-- Tuesday “finish each day and be done with it. you have done what you could. some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. tomorrow is a new day. you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” -- emerson
7-09-07-- Monday
foliage frame
"photography is more than a medium
for factual communication of ideas.
It is a creative art."
-- ansel adams
7-08-07-- Sunday
John McCutcheon performs on the hammer dulcimer at the Festival for the Eno.
http://www.enoriver.org/festival/
"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
7-07-07-- Saturday
at the farmers' market
"truth is like a flower -
it captures the essense
of the moment
long after it
fades away."
steve
7-6-07 Friday one more from july 4th!! photo gallery link: http://butterflites.smugmug.com/gallery/3107127 “dwell in possibility” -- emily dickinson
7-5-07-- Thursday
cane creek cloggers at the carrboro july 4th celebration.
"if I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have. if I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds, I would pick more daisies."
-- nadine stair
7-4-07--Wednesday
july 4th family celebration
flags!! photo gallery will be posted friday
7-3-07-- Tuesday “never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God’s handwriting— a wayside sacrament. welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.” -- ralph waldo emerson
7-2-07-- Monday
skeeeedaddling bunbun!
"and just the moment
when you are all confused
leaps forth a voice
hold me close
I'm love and
I'm always yours."
- rumi
7-1-07-- Sunday
"do not divert your love from visible things.
... go on loving what is good, simple, and ordinary;
animals and things and flowers,
and keep the balance true."
-- rainer maria rilke