Wide screen
October 16, 2017
“The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what’s happening up there.” — K. D. Lang * * * Abstract sunset — Oyster River, Old Saybrook, CT, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Category: Art
Kaleidoscope
September 14, 2017
“The world is your kaleidoscope, and the varying combinations of colors which at every succeeding moment it presents to you are the exquisitely adjusted pictures of your ever-moving thoughts.” — James Allen * * * Circle of Koi — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Pay attention
August 31, 2017
“Pay attention to the intricate patterns of your existence that you take for granted.” ― Doug Dillon * * * Patterns of the marsh ― Photo of female Red-winged blackbird by Jan Logozzo © 2017
Pieces
August 21, 2017
“Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.” — Derek Walcott “I am intrigued with combining the remnant of memories, fragments of relics and ordinary objects, with components of technology. It’s a way of delving into the past and … More Pieces
All lined up
August 17, 2017
“I want to say everything happens for a reason but every day is lined up right next to the other one for a reason. The best you can do is do each day well with kindness and as a good person.” — Mayim Bialik “I think sometimes we’re meant to do something but things aren’t … More All lined up
Two Worlds
August 7, 2017
Decisions are the hardest thing to make, especially when it is a choice between where you should be and where you want to be.” — Unknown author Bart, a Brittany Spaniel who spends many of his days with David and Peter in Boston, is known to slip off on weekends for some r&r in Little … More Two Worlds
Contrast
July 31, 2017
“It is in the contrast of light and dark that design happens.” — Helen VanWyk “We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast.” — Sigmund Freud * * * Water lily pond — Photos by Mary O’Connor © 2017
True Friends
July 27, 2017
“When I look into the eyes of an animal, I do not see an animal. I see a living being. I see a friend. I feel a soul.” — Anthony Douglas Williams * * * Breeze and Tiller, true and loyal Labrador friends of Jane and Bill, Branford, CT — Watercolor portrait by … More True Friends
Jellies
July 24, 2017
You know how jellies are. Those gummy boneless bodies without any eyes, not even a brain, carried along with the tide, who knows why or if they have a purpose. Think what it must be like. How might they know where they are when they barely distinguish light, or that it’s night or that … More Jellies
Meet Casey
July 10, 2017
“I just finished hanging Casey’s portrait and the more I look at it, the more real he looks! It seems as if he is actually going to jump right out into the living room!” — Carol Giuliano Meet Casey, retired Greyhound athlete. Now eight years old, Casey came to Connecticut from a Florida racetrack following … More Meet Casey
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