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
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
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 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.)
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
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
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
Heaven only knows how this little cantaloupe seed landed in the middle of a hot sandy beach. Maybe the remains of a child’s picnic, dropped by a passing bird, or the gift of the winds. One way or another, it did what seeds do — nurtured a beginning into a blessing of tomorrow. “Keep on sowing your seed, for … More Think about a seed. Once it lands, it’s stuck. It can’t move to find better soil, moisture or sunlight. It’s able to create every part of itself to grow and reproduce with the help of air, water and sun. – David Suzuki
Handmaiden moths, with their striking colors and transparent wings, mimic venomous wasps in their body shape and the position in which they hold their wings. They are, however, harmless and beautiful creatures, day flying members of the Arctiidae or Tiger moth family—seen here performing their domestic duties in true handmaiden manner in the flower gardens … More Change is the handmaiden Nature requires to do her miracles with. – Mark Twain
Readers of Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro may see the leopard as portraying grace, strength, courage and dignity, as an animal that pounces with purpose, lightening speed and accuracy. Capturing this archetypal hunter’s beauty through the lens of a camera is a quest in its own right. Known to hunt during the dark edges of … More Observe her powers of purpose, intuition and grace
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