Half Full

September 8, 2018 (251/365)

"See the glass half full...see the beauty and the hope for tomorrow." ~ Craig Sager 

As I wandered around the yard this afternoon, struggling to find something to photograph and lamenting 

the state of my garden after a week of heavy rain, I suddenly realized that my glass was actually half-full...almost!

Perfect Sincerity and Transparency

August 23, 2018 (235/365)

"Perfect sincerity and transparency make a great part of beauty, as in dewdrops, lakes, and diamonds." ~ Henry David Thoreau

Ice

January 31, 2018 (031/365)

"It is deep January.  The sky is hard.  The stalks are firmly rooted in ice." ~  Wallace Stevens

Those Eyes...

November 28, 2017 (332/365)

“The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes because that is the doorway 

to her heart -- the place where love resides." ~ Audrey Hepburn

Great Pumpkins

October 17, 2017 (290/365)

"Imperfection is beauty... and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." ~ Marilyn Monroe

Marvelous

August 29, 2017 (241/365)

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." ~ Aristotle

Un beau chemin

August 1, 2017 (213/365) 

« Si le chemin est beau, ne nous demandons pas où il mène. » ~ Anatole France

Watered Lily

 July 31, 2017 (212/365)

"So extraordinary is Nature with her choicest treasures, 

spending beauty as she spends sunshine, 

pouring it forth into land and sea, garden and desert. 

And so the beauty of lilies shines on angels and men..." ~ John Muir

A Whisper

July 15, 2017 (196/365)

"Flowers whisper 'Beauty!' to the world, 

even as they fade, wilt, fall." ~ Dr. SunWolf

Take Notice

July 9, 2017 (190/365) 🐝

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. 

Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. 

Smell the rain, and feel the wind." ~ Ashley Smith

Imperfection

 July 8, 2017 (189/365)

"There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection." ~ James Salter

X Factor

 July 6, 2017 (187/365)

"On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open 

and the world is full of beauty." ~ Rumi

Grace

June 14, 2017 (165/365)

“Rain is grace; without rain, there would be no life." ~ John Updike

Breath of Beauty

May 21, 2017 (141/365)

"Butterflies are a breath of beauty fluttering by; 

they are mystery chronicled upon wing; 

they bring forth the grace and wonder..." ~ K. D'Angelo

Glow

January 21, 2017 (021/365)

“Grace and beauty originates from within -- the light 

that glows out and make everything beautiful” ~ Angie Karan

Details

January 12, 2017 (012/365)

"The beauty of the natural world lies in the details." ~ Natalie Angier

Walk

December 29, 2016 (364/366)

"With beauty before me, may I walk

With beauty behind me, may I walk  

With beauty above me, may I walk

With beauty below me, may I walk

With beauty all around me, may I walk

Wandering on the trail of beauty, may I walk"

~  Navajo: Walking Meditation 

Winter Solstice

December 21, 2016 (356/366)

"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, 

if there were no winter in our year!" ~ Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Fading

November 4, 2016 (309/366)

 "Beauty is a fading flower." ~ Alfred Noyes

Character

September 30, 2016 (274/366)

“Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies as youth fades..." ~ Anonymous