Rocks + Waters

October 31, 2018 (304/365)

"Rocks and waters are words of God" - John Muir

Week 40 - Vision: Classic Novel

October 3, 2018 (276/365) • Week 40 - Vision: Classic Novel #dogwood52 #dogwoodweek40

“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. 

It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning-- 

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Wooden Boats

August 18, 2018 (230/365)

"Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy; Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be..." ~ Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

Ripples

August 14, 2018 (226/365)

"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." ~ Scott Adams

Week 24 - Composition: Contrast

June 13, 2018 (164/365) • Week 24 - Contrast: WIND vs. HORSEPOWER

[Introduce some form of stark contrast: liquid/solid, hard/soft, delicate/brash]

#dogwoodweek24, #dogwood52, #dogwood2018 • ƒ/7.1, 1/400, ISO100

Spring Reflection

 March 22, 2018 (081/365)

"Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed,
the mind can only reflect the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed." ~ Indra Devi

Go Fly a Kite

 March 4, 2018 (063/365)

“Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly. " ~ Lauren Bacall

Party Time

January 25, 2018 (025/365)

"Winter is not a season, it's a celebration." ~ Anamika Mishra

...and the ducks are ready to party! 🦆

Keeping Things in Perspective

September 23, 2017 (266/365)

"Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative." ~ Oscar Wilde

Yet, maybe it's not a matter of imagination, 

but instead the need for a little perspective. 

Over 90º in late September is not ideal, but at least, 

we're safe from hurricanes, forest fires, and earthquakes. 

Evening on Okauchee Lake

August 13, 2017 (225/365)

"Life is fleeting. And if you're ever distressed, 

cast your eyes to the summer sky 

when when the stars are strung across the velvety night. 

And when a shooting star streaks through the blackness, 

turning night into day... make a wish and think of me." ~ Robin Williams 

Thank you, Tom and Gabriele, for a lovely evening on Okauchee Lake,

watching the meteor showers with good friends and good wine.

Just keep swimming!

June 7, 2017 (158/365)

"Just keep swimming!" ~ Dory

Afterglow

May 28, 2017 (148/365)

"The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored 

in the afterglow of sunset." ~ Stephen King

Frozen

January 4, 2017 (004/365)

"In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,

Earth stood hard as iron; water like a stone" ~  Christina Rossetti

Winter Weather

December 26, 2016 (361/366)

"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." ~ John Ruskin [...but it is strange to experience them all in the same weekend.]

Seasons

October 28, 2016 (302/366)

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1

Softly...

October 16, 2016 (290/366)

“Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon 

Like a magician extended his golden wand o'er the landscape; 

Twinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest 

Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.”

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline

3 Little Birds

August 30, 2016 (243/366)

"Rise up this morning. Smile with the rising sun." ~ Bob Marley

On the Horizon

August 25, 2016 (238/366)

"Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think..." ~ Robert M. Hutchins

The sun is quickly setting on the summer of 2016. As of today, my colleagues are back in school, learning and preparing for the arrival of students on September 1st. It is both daunting and invigorating to plan for what's on the horizon as another school year begins. Here's to a year of wonder and adventure, of balancing challenging conditions and smooth sailing while keeping an even keel.

Idling

July 18, 2016 (200/366)

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means waste of time." ~ John Lubbock, "Recreation," The Use of Life, 1894

Summer Nights

July 7, 2016 (189/366)

"The summer night is like a perfection of thought." ~ Wallace Stevens