“That pleasure which is at once the most pure,
January 8, 2015
the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.” – Edgar Allan Poe * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Category: Nature
“Stand still…
January 5, 2015
“and silently watch the world go by – and it will.” — Unknown Finding joy is an ongoing journey. Discover more about the steps along the way in my book, Life Is Full of Sweet Spots. * * * Photo credit: Jan Logozzo
“When scattered clouds are resting
January 1, 2015
on the bosoms of hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth being so intermixed with sky, and gradually transformed into it.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne It was very dark; but in the murky sky there were masses of cloud which shone with a lurid light, like monstrous heaps of copper that … More “When scattered clouds are resting
Deer Tracks
December 29, 2014
Across deserted fields, under fire, prints of his last run leave their mark, pairs of tiny split hearts, coursing the ground like tears. * * * Poem and photo by Mary O’Connor. “Deer Tracks” reprinted from Dreams of a Wingless Child, Mary O’Connor, Wheatmark Press © 2007.
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset
December 18, 2014
every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” — Jo Walton * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
“All the uglinesses of the world…
December 11, 2014
“can best be forgotten in the beauty of nature.” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan When admiring the beauty of East Africa’s aptly named Superb Starling, it is easy to miss the tangled sharp barbs of the Whistling Thorn in which it perches. * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“We can always find something to be thankful for,
December 8, 2014
and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.” — Albert Barnes * * * Dark water vernal pond in Gilead (CT) woods, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“I wondered whether water is a mirror for our darker emotions
December 4, 2014
as much as it is an engine for our happiness. Water quiets all the noise, all the distractions, and connects you to your own thoughts.” — Wallace J. Nichols * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Totem
December 1, 2014
standing still, silent, tiny speck in vast splendor— portrayal of peace * * * Haiku poem by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“Once again…welcome to my house.
November 27, 2014
Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.” — Bram Stoker Enjoy this Day of Thanksgiving! * * * Ivy and dried hydrangea welcome wreath, Main Street, Essex, Connecticut. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
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