a camera's life

2012-01-28T15:32:00.000-08:00

the nose knows . . .

2012-01-27T07:09:00.000-08:00

"nature always wears the colors of the spirit"
ralph waldo emerson

2012-01-20T20:10:00.000-08:00

"sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple"
dr. seuss

2012-01-15T07:30:00.000-08:00

"creativity is the blue heron within us waiting to fly ~ through her imagination, all things become possible"

2012-01-06T14:21:00.000-08:00

every morning you wake up is the first day of the rest of your life ~ waste not a moment of pleasure whether you do nothing or everything

2012-01-05T07:42:00.000-08:00

"april in Paris ~ chestnuts in blossom ~ holiday tables under the trees"

2012-01-03T07:37:00.000-08:00

"it's opener, out there, in the wide, open air"
dr seuss

2011-12-31T07:20:00.000-08:00

"the color of springtime is in the flowers ~ the color of winter is in the imagination"

2011-12-29T07:34:00.000-08:00

"if things start happening, don't worry, don't stew, just go right along and you'll start happening too"
dr seuss

2011-12-25T09:55:00.000-08:00

"japanese gardens ask that you go beyond the garden spiritually, that you look at the garden not merely as an object but also as a path into the realms of spirit"

2011-12-24T07:36:00.000-08:00

'twas the night before christmas . . .

2011-12-22T07:36:00.000-08:00

"hummingbird darts lightly through the world, spreading its message of joy and beauty, and teaching us to appreciate the wonder and magic of everyday existence ~ hummingbird brings the gift of joy ~ learn to laugh and be happy"

2011-12-20T07:26:00.000-08:00

"i lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature"
paul cezanne

2011-12-19T13:25:00.000-08:00

"the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts"
marcus aurelius

2011-12-16T07:04:00.000-08:00

evening approaches . . .

2011-12-15T08:22:00.000-08:00

"you are you ~ now, isn't that pleasant?"
dr. seuss

2011-12-07T07:36:00.000-08:00

"i like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells ~ fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope ~ which is what i do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities" dr seuss

2011-11-29T07:32:00.000-08:00

~ dessin en noir et blanc ~

2011-11-28T09:46:00.000-08:00

smiling . . . dancing . . . lovely moments in life

2011-11-27T09:13:00.000-08:00

~ a gathering of old souls ~

2011-11-25T09:28:00.000-08:00

"this world is but a canvas to our imaginations"
henry david thoreau

2011-11-19T08:07:00.000-08:00

everything's coming up . . . daisies!

2011-11-17T07:33:00.000-08:00

"cranes carry this heavy mystical baggage ~ they're icons of fidelity and happiness ~ the vietnamese believe cranes cart our souls up to heaven on our wings"

2011-11-15T08:55:00.000-08:00

"do you really want to be happy? you can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got"
the tao of pooh

2011-11-13T08:13:00.000-08:00

"the care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility ~ to cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope"
wendell berry

2011-11-12T07:15:00.000-08:00

"well, Art is Art, isn't it? still, on the other hand, water is water ~ and east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does ~ now you tell me what you know"
groucho marx

2011-11-09T07:27:00.000-08:00

"difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever..."
isak dinesen (pseudonym of baroness karen blixen)

2011-11-07T07:16:00.000-08:00

"yesterday is but today's memory ~ tomorrow is today's dream"

2011-11-06T06:56:00.000-08:00

"when you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight"
kahlil gibran

2011-11-04T06:51:00.000-07:00

autumn is approaching ~ a season of cheerful colours and wondrous delights

2011-11-02T07:04:00.000-07:00

"i'm late, i'm late, for a very important date . . ."

2011-11-01T07:55:00.000-07:00

"if i had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense ~ nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't ~ and contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would ~ you see?" alice (in wonderland)

2011-10-24T07:40:00.000-07:00

"i'm sending luck and wishes ~ all wrapped up in a hug ~ good things should come your way ~ with this tiny ladybug" unsigned

2011-10-22T06:57:00.000-07:00

. . . the end of autumn

2011-10-20T07:28:00.000-07:00

~ serene silhouettes ~

2011-10-19T07:09:00.000-07:00

"i've learned there are three things you don't discuss with people ~ religion, politics, and The Great Pumpkin"
linus

2011-10-18T07:04:00.000-07:00

"el puerco pequeño" ~ our orphaned cedar waxwing who loved to be hand-fed thimbleberries and bing cherries . . . but was not fond of having his face hand-washed

2011-10-16T08:05:00.000-07:00

pour ken ~ vous illuminer ma journée

2011-10-15T06:49:00.000-07:00

"few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts"
albert einstein

2011-10-14T07:33:00.000-07:00

"african women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are ~ to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence"
wangari maathai

2011-10-13T07:39:00.000-07:00

bashful . . .

2011-10-09T08:09:00.000-07:00

the clouds kiss the skies ~ snowdrifts hug the heart and soul ~ love you just because

2011-10-08T07:17:00.000-07:00

playful . . .

2011-10-07T07:14:00.001-07:00

living on the edge . . .

2011-10-06T07:20:00.000-07:00

tenderness . . .

2011-10-05T06:55:00.000-07:00

serenity . . .

2011-10-04T06:35:00.000-07:00

passion . . .

2011-10-02T08:11:00.000-07:00

attraction . . .

2011-10-01T07:48:00.000-07:00

beginnings . . .

2011-09-30T08:23:00.000-07:00

gaillardia, the blanket flower, resembles the brightly patterned blankets made by native Americans

2011-09-29T11:24:00.000-07:00

"i am risking my life for my work, and half my reason has gone"
vincent van gogh

2011-09-28T07:43:00.000-07:00

~ flowers delight together in happiness ~

2011-09-26T13:29:00.000-07:00

~ beauty is in the eye of the beholder ~

2011-09-25T08:41:00.000-07:00

first thought . . . best thought

2011-09-21T10:37:00.000-07:00

~ the earth delights in painting the sky ~

2011-09-17T06:48:00.000-07:00

"you can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right ~ but spelling isn't everything . . . there are days when spelling TUESDAY simply doesn't count"
winnie the pooh

2011-09-15T07:20:00.000-07:00

. . . always take time for some peace and quiet . . .

2011-09-13T08:12:00.000-07:00

oh happy day!

2011-09-03T07:15:00.000-07:00

"there is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky ~ there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul" victor hugo

2011-08-28T07:20:00.000-07:00

"i still get wildly enthusiastic about little things . . . i play with leaves . . . i skip down the street and run against the wind"
leo f. buscaglia

2011-08-23T08:02:00.000-07:00

"as selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind ~ so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision" helen keller

2011-08-21T07:40:00.000-07:00

what adventure awaits you through the trees?

2011-08-16T07:21:00.000-07:00

eruption in the sky

2011-08-14T08:13:00.000-07:00

* the world is in need of a little softness in its heart *

2011-08-09T07:46:00.000-07:00

. . . why would a leopard want to change his spots?

2011-08-07T08:05:00.001-07:00

a cluster of tent worms

2011-08-05T07:18:00.000-07:00

"we are all worms ~ but I believe that I am a glow-worm"
winston churchill

2011-07-24T07:08:00.000-07:00

*flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful ~ they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul* luther burbank

2011-07-21T06:59:00.000-07:00

. . . fried green tomatoes for dinner, perhaps?

2011-07-14T06:57:00.000-07:00

~ ~ ~ there is no blue without yellow and without orange ~ ~ ~ vincent van gogh

2011-07-13T06:59:00.000-07:00

~ happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring ~ chinese proverb

2011-07-10T07:13:00.000-07:00

~the glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money~ thomas jefferson

2011-07-09T06:53:00.000-07:00

* rustic beauty *

2011-07-06T06:43:00.000-07:00

"i feel we are all islands ~ in a common sea" anne morrow lindbergh

2011-07-05T07:37:00.000-07:00

* smile *

2011-07-04T07:05:00.000-07:00

"how wonderful yellow is ~ it stands for the sun" vincent van gogh

2011-07-03T07:15:00.000-07:00

* capturing the sunlight *

2011-07-02T07:26:00.000-07:00

~ the sun is but a morning star ~ henry david thoreau

2011-07-01T06:52:00.000-07:00

wildfires are both beast and beauty to nature

2011-06-30T07:02:00.000-07:00

* cholla cactus flower *

2011-06-29T06:56:00.000-07:00

~ skies above a forest fire ~

2011-06-28T07:17:00.000-07:00

an early evening sky above a fire spreading across the jemez mountains in new mexico

2011-06-26T07:58:00.000-07:00

. . . smoke plumes from a fire in a canyon close by . . .

2011-06-23T07:04:00.000-07:00

"clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky" ~rabindranath tagore~

2011-06-22T06:53:00.000-07:00

"the world is its own magic" ~ shunryu suzuki

2011-06-16T20:51:00.000-07:00

"if you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else" marvin gaye

2011-06-15T07:19:00.000-07:00

"i dream of painting and then i paint my dream" vincent van gogh

2011-06-14T07:24:00.000-07:00

"if the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient ~ it may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear" winnie the pooh

2011-06-13T06:35:00.000-07:00

"thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened ~ happiness never decreases by being shared" buddha

2011-06-12T07:42:00.000-07:00

"i have looked into your eyes with my eyes ~ i have put my heart near your heart" pope john XXIII

2011-06-09T07:22:00.000-07:00

experimenting with a new lens . . . sludge on the inside of a glass of very fine wine . . . makes for an interesting abstract

2011-06-08T07:21:00.000-07:00

"the one had leaves of dark green that beneath were as shining silver, and from each of his countless flowers a dew of silver light was ever falling, and the earth beneath was dappled with the shadows of his fluttering leaves" ~ j.r.r. tolkien ~

2011-06-07T07:11:00.000-07:00

"love is to the heart what the summer is to the farmer's year ~ it brings to harvest all the loveliest flowers of the soul" author unknown

2011-06-05T07:23:00.000-07:00

~ the white orchid symbolizes innocence, humility, and grace ~

2011-06-04T07:03:00.000-07:00

"it takes a long time to grow young" pablo picasso

2011-06-02T07:04:00.000-07:00

"i never saw a purple cow ~ i never hope to see one ~ but i can tell you, anyhow, i'd rather see than be one" frank gelett burgess

2011-06-01T07:14:00.000-07:00

green . . . the colour of peace and ecology

2011-05-17T07:22:00.000-07:00

. . . a dog day afternoon . . .

2011-05-15T07:36:00.000-07:00

"however long the night ~ the dawn will break" african proverb

2011-05-11T07:12:00.000-07:00

"just living is not enough" said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower" hans christian anderson