“An idea can turn to dust…
October 2, 2014
or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.” — William Bernbach * * * Boy playing with home made toy in a Maasai enkang or family village, Tanzania. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2011.
Category: Travel
“Camouflage is a game we all like to play,
September 22, 2014
“but our secrets are as surely revealed by what we want to seem to be as by what we want to conceal.” ― J. Russell Lynes Female and male lions camouflaged in Serengeti grasses. The color of the male’s mane correlates his health, testosterone, and vigor; the darker the mane, the more powerful the lion. Females … More “Camouflage is a game we all like to play,
“Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things…
August 14, 2014
rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.” — Booker T. Washington * * * Handcrafted bead jewelry is found throughout Tanzanian towns and villages. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2011
“To lead the orchestra,
August 11, 2014
you have to turn your back on the crowd.” — Max Lucado * * * Leopard in Serengeti, Tanzania. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2011
“Paintings are Rorschach ink blots. They are what you want them to be.” — Roy Lichtenstein
August 7, 2014
“Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.” — Alan Watts * * * Photos of painting by artist OBE in Zanzibar market, zebras on Serengeti, by Mary O’Connor © 2010
“Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts.
July 21, 2014
“None of us knows what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought—proof against all adversity.” — John Ruskin * * * Weaver Bird nest, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania; photo by Mary O’Connor © 2010
“There are no rules of architecture…
June 26, 2014
“for a castle in the clouds.” — Gilbert K. Chesterton The Charles W. Morgan, the last of an American whaling fleet that once numbered more than 2,700 vessels, lies at rest in New London, Connecticut, first stop of her 38th voyage, made in celebration of her complete restoration. Capable of carrying approximately 13,000 square feet of sail when fully rigged, the classic … More “There are no rules of architecture…
“Ours was the marsh country,
June 2, 2014
“down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening.” — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations * * * Bass Hole at Gray’s Beach, Yarmouth Port, … More “Ours was the marsh country,
“When I have reached a summit,
May 29, 2014
“I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.” — Gustav Mahler At 1,815 ft/553.33 m, the CN Tower is the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere and a signature icon of the Toronto, Canada skyline. With 1,776 steps to reach the main deck level, and another 2,579 to the … More “When I have reached a summit,
“Most of us, as we undergo the growing up process,
May 19, 2014
“do not get what we want or even what we should. “We get what we have, and no more, and we find out how to make what we have work for us.” — Lilith Saintcrow * * * School children, Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa. Photos by Mary O’Connor © 2011
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