Landscape photography can be a form of contemplation and meditation. — Charlie Waite
October 31, 2013
Using forces of wind, rain, sun and decay, Mother Nature signed this place as sacred. * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2013
How quick and rushing life can sometimes seem…
October 28, 2013
when at the same time it’s so slow and sweet and everlasting. ― Graham Swift. A trip back in both time and seasonal color, an autumn ride on the Essex Steam Train brings the rush of pure nostalgia. * * * Photo credit: Julie Carlson © 2013. Julie’s photos have appeared in Life Is Full of Sweet Spots – … More How quick and rushing life can sometimes seem…
Rusty Leaves
October 24, 2013
Overnight, they fell, floating and curling their way through darkness, while I slept and spirits dozed, naked trees bent to the ground, the face of the earth covered its eyes, and the crickets came inside. * * * “Rusty Leaves,” from Dreams of a Wingless Child, by Mary O’Connor, Wheatmark Press, © 2007 Photo, Mary … More Rusty Leaves
It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
October 21, 2013
Cosmetics industry magnate Helena Rubinstein once said that hard work keeps the wrinkles out of mind and spirit. This Zanzibar weaver of palm roof shingles for his Indian Ocean hut attests to the truth of these words. * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
Filling the air with the scent of age…
October 17, 2013
autumn blazes stoke the embers of a cooling sun in its pretense of warming the earth once more. * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2013
How beautifully leaves grow old…
October 14, 2013
How full of light and color are their last days. ̶ John Burroughs # # # Arizona Impressionist artist Lois Griffel uses color and light in “Path through the Forest” to capture the legacy of Autumn’s world. (Image reprinted with permission of the artist in Life Is Full of Sweet Spots, by Mary O’Connor, © 2013.)
You can’t change the wind, you can, however, adjust your sails. — Unknown
October 10, 2013
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain * * * Photos by Mary O’Connor © … More You can’t change the wind, you can, however, adjust your sails. — Unknown
Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest, smile. – William Cullen Bryant
October 7, 2013
Setting the stage for the reds and golds of autmn’s foliage still to come, the summer marsh breaks into its own contagious rash of color. * * * Photo credit: Jan Logozzo
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. – Albert Einstein
October 3, 2013
In a celebration of fantasy, imagination and artistic creation, the Florence Griswold Museum has transformed its grounds into a wee faerie village in the land of the Wizard of Oz and invited its visitors to open their minds to the world of day dreams. Visitors enjoy faerie-sized scenes from the Land of the Munchkins, through … More The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. – Albert Einstein
“The only way to see a rainbow is to look through the rain.” — Unknown
September 30, 2013
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. — G.K. Chesterton
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