12-31-07-- Monday
"squirrels stash nuts in hollow trees and under fallen leaves... naturalists have seen squirrels dig through a foot of snow to find a cache of nuts. of course, the squirrels miss some nuts, and in this way they help plant the next forest..."
shadow tails -- 1994 by janice welsh
12-30-07-- Sunday
rain abstract- in celebration of a day of steady rain- whilst we are in a major drought!
"may you always have walls for the winds,
a roof for the rain, tea beside the fire,
laughter to cheer you, those you love near you,
and all your heart might desire."
-- irish blessing
12-29-07-- Saturday
chapel hill tree/roof scape. mature trees line the streets and campus quads.
"it is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit."
-- robert louis stevenson
12-28-07-- Friday
my daughter knitting mittens for her sister!
12-27-07-- Thursday
"she lovede right fro the firste sighte."
-- geoffrey chaucer
12-26-07-- Wednesday
RAIN! wow! so wonderful- we are in a major drought and the rain today was a real gift!
"do you not see
that you and I
are as branches of one tree?
with your rejoicing
comes my laughter;
with your sadness
start my tears
love,
could life be otherwise
with you and me?"
-- tsu teh, 265-316 AD
12-25-07-- Tuesday
warm and cozy wishes for the holiday!
"may the spirit of Christmas bring you peace,
the gladness of Christmas give you hope,
the warmth of Christmas grant you love."
-- author unknown
12-24-07-- Monday
santa- in a rare moment of rest-
before tonight's travels!
happy holidays to all!
12-23-07-- Sunday
colonial williamsburg.
gallery up in a few days!
12-22-07-- Saturday
fifes and drums at evening program williamsburg, va
illumination of the capital- lit with fire torches
for a listen:
http://www.history.org/history/fife&drum/about.cfm
12-21-07-- Friday
"may you have warm words on a cool evening,
a full moon on a dark night,
and a smooth road all the way to your door."
-- irish toast
I may not have internet access tomorrow-
will catch up on Sunday.
12-20-07-- Thursdsay
gingerbread house made by my daughter who is home from college for the holidays
"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things....
I play with leaves.
I skip down the street
and run against the wind."
-- leo buscaglia
12-19-07-- Wednesday
"the secret of success
is constancy to purpose."
-- benjamin disraeli
12-18-07-- Tuesday
farmer spreads holiday cheer from the side of the road
"I think, what has this day brought me,
and what have I given it?"
-- henry moore
12-17-07-- Monday
"you are unrepeatable. there is a magic about you that is all your own...”
-- d.m. dellinger
12-16-07-- Sunday
early evening stroll, weather getting blustery!
"you can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you."
-- frederick buechner
12-15-07-- Saturday
tomorrow marks the 8th anniversary of my dad's death. I am still learning from his life of integrity, vision, and great love.
"and now abidith faith, hope, and love, these three, but the greatest of these is love."
-- 1 corinthians 13:13
12-14-07-- Friday
the many faces of santa
"we ourselves feel that what we are doing
is just a drop in the ocean.
but the ocean would be less
because of that missing drop."
-- mother teresa
12-13-07-- Thursday
"when we heal the earth,
we heal ourselves."
-- david orr
12-12-07-- Wednesday
temps still in the 80's! balmy evening singing
"he who sings scares away his woes."
-- cervantes
12-11-07-- Tuesday
temperatures the past few days have been
unseasonably warm- in the 80's!
"the dog was created specially for children.
he is the god of frolic."
-- henry ward beecher
12-10-07-- Monday
tree lighting tonight!
"trees are the earth's endless effort
to speak to the listening heaven. "
-- rabindranath tagore
12-9-07-- Sunday
came upon this stone sculpture on a walk in the woods
"what I dream of is an art of balance."
-- henri matisse
12-8-07-- Saturday
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Holiday Parade
"faith is believing in things when
common sense tells you not to."
-- from "miracle on 34th street"
by valentine davies
12-7-07-- Friday
"love all the earth, every ray of God's light, every grain of sand or blade of grass, every living thing. if you love the earth enough, you will know the divine mystery."
-- fyodor dostoevsky
from the brothers karamazov
12-6-07-- Thursday this is a closer crop of a shot I took a few days ago. cheery bluebirds flocking around my birdbath. maybe they were migrating? for the gallery, click here "for the world is not painted or adorned, but is from the beginning beautiful; and God has not made some beautiful things, but Beauty is the creator of the universe." -- ralph waldo emerson
12-5-07-- Wednesday
was a little colder today. some folks saw a *few* snowflakes!! (a very few!)
"all day long the red squirrels came and went, and afforded me much entertainment by their maneuvers."
-- henry david thoreau, walden
12-4-07-- Tuesday
still in the midst of a colorful fall!
"... ah, many a tale their color told! and gradually from week to week the character of each tree came out, and it admired itself reflected in the smooth mirror of the lake. each morning the manager of this gallery substituted some new picture, distinguished by more brilliant or harmonious coloring for the old upon the walls."
-- henry david thoreau
from walden, or life in the woods
12-3-07-- Monday
in full bloom in the unc arboretum!
“do what you can,
where you are,
with what you have!”
-- teddy roosevelt
12-2-07-- Sunday
"peace and justice are two sides
of the same coin."
-- dwight d. eisenhower
12-1-07-- Saturday bluebird bath waltz "dancers are the athletes of God." -- albert einstein to see the complete morning-oblations dance, click here
11-30-07-- Friday
lost in the trees -- a 13-piece mini-orchestra including violins, viola, cello, upright bass, trombone, melodica and banjo -- performs in a tiny corner of the open eye cafe in carrboro.
"music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
-- berthold auerbach
11-29-07-- Thursday
"... the light is sweet,
and a pleasant thing it is
for the eyes to behold the sun."
-- ecclesiastes 11:7
11-28-07-- Wednesday
"animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms."
-- george eliot
11-27-07-- Tuesday
through the craft gallery window at night
"it is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."
-- ralph waldo emerson
11-26-07-- Monday
still enjoying the fall colors!
"in all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then
to hang a question mark on the things you have
long taken for granted."
-- bertrand russell
11-25-07-- Sunday
experimenting with slow shutter speed in daylight
"enter each day with the expectation that the happenings of the day may contain a clandestine message addressed to you personally. expect omens, epiphanies, casual blessings, and teachers who unknowingly speak to your condition."
-- sam keen
11-24-07-- Saturday
"peace of mind produces right values,
right values produce right thoughts.
right thoughts produce right actions
and right actions produce
work which will be a
material reflection
for others to see
of the serenity
at the center
of it all."
-- robert m. pirsig
11-23-07-- Friday
a full house yesterday!
"piglet sidled up to pooh from behind.
'pooh!' he whispered.
'yes, piglet?'
'nothing,' said piglet, taking pooh's paw. 'I just wanted to be sure of you.'
-- a..a. milne
11-22-07-- Thursday
happy thanksgiving!
"if the only prayer you said in your whole life was,
'thank you,' that would suffice."
-- meister eckhart
11-21-07-- Wednesday
"it is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties,
to know of wonder and humility."
-- rachel carson
11-20-07-- Tuesday
sunset's glow
"may the long time sun
shine upon you,
all love surround you,
and the pure light within you
guide your way on."
-- blessing for travelers
11-19-07-- Monday
poor ole bailey-boy -- woken up with my shutterbugging! (cooler temps and untimely haircut prompted the wearing of the RED sweater!)
"sleep 'til you're hungry,
eat 'til you're sleepy."
-- author unknown
11-18-07-- Sunday
"out of clutter, find simplicity...”
-- albert einstein
11-17-07-- Saturday
"in the middle of everything
is the sun."
-- nicholas copernicus
11-16-07-- Friday
pooch frolicking in the quad
"the most affectionate creature in the world
is a wet dog. "
-- ambrose bierce
11-15-07-- Thursday
it remains a mystery to me...
"common sense, however it tries,
cannot avoid being surprised from time to time."
-- bertrand russell
11-14-07-- Wednesday
my favorite of the chapel hill murals by artist michael brown- at night- on the outside wall of an art supply store
"music is the poetry of the air."
-- richter