Tiny Masterpieces

December 5, 2017 (339/365)

"Nature is the art of God." ~ Dante Alighieri

What Remains

October 18, 2017 (291/365)

"Cherish what remains of the Earth and foster its renewal" ~ Wendell Berry

Dragonfly

September 3, 2017 (246/365) 

“Nature will bear the closest inspection. 

She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, 

and take an insect view of its plain."  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Seeds

September 2, 2017 (245/365)

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap 

but by the seeds that you plant." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Faded Phlox

August 30, 2017 (242/365)

“Flowers whisper 'Beauty!' to the world, even as they fade, wilt, fall.” ~ Dr. SunWolf

Fika

August 3, 2017 (215/365)

"Coffee is a language in itself." ~ Jackie Chan

As a nod to my Scandinavian heritage, I occasionally enjoy a fika.

This Swedish coffee break usually includes something sweet --

a simple pastry or a conversation with friends.

Eyes

July 10, 2017 (191/365)

« Le véritable voyage de découverte ne consiste pas à

chercher de nouveaux paysages, mais à avoir de nouveaux yeux. »

["The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking 

new landscapes, but in having new eyes." ~ Marcel Proust]

Vision

January 24, 2017 (024/365)

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them." ~ Henri Matisse

Flotsam and Jetsam

January 17, 2017 (017/365)

"For some days now, the temperature wavered between freezing and thawing and it was difficult to tell whether the sediment thickening the atmosphere was rain or sleet or smog." ~ David Lodge... In the wake of the January thaw, flotsam and jetsam blur the lines of the changing seasons.

Fading

October 6, 2016 (280/366)

"A beauty lights the fading year..." ~ Phebe A. Holder, "A Song of October" 

Feather Bed

April 24, 2016 (115/365)

"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad." ~ C. S. Lewis

Happy Pi(e) Day!

March 14, 2016 (074/365) π

Spring Fever

February 17, 2016 (048/366)

"Spring stirs under silent snow."  ~ Terri Guillemets

Great bunches of pussy willows and tulips have replaced withered, red roses in the floral department this week. The sun is shining, the days are getting longer, and there are 50's in the forecast for the weekend. I think I've caught a touch of spring fever! 

Texture

January 26, 2016 (026/366)

"Little moments can have a feeling and a texture..."

~ Ralph Fiennes

Seasons

January 21, 2016 (021/366) 

"To be interested in the changing seasons

is a happier state of mind than to be 

hopelessly in love with spring." - George Satayana

[This tree is treating us to glimpses of 

autumn, winter, and spring all at once!]

Snowball

January 3, 2015 (003/366)

"Snow provokes reactions that reach back to childhood." ~ Andy Goldworthy

Subtle

December 19, 2015 {352/365]

"Nature's far too subtle to repeat herself." ~ Paul Muni

Amid the bright lights and decorations of the season, 

take time to notice the unique and understated.

Texture

December 10, 2015 {344/365}

"Texture is the most enduring and ubiquitous underpinning of form...a calming, meditative, and appealing world for both they eye and mind." ~ Lynda Lehmann

From a scrap of paper...

November 18, 2015 {322/365}

"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper..." ~ Pablo Picasso

Les restes

November 16, 2015 {320/365}

« La douleur passe, la beauté reste. » 

~ Pierre Auguste Renoir