“My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.” — Rabindranath Tagore oh, the day is done with it goes clear light of time shooting stars move in * * * Shrewsbury River Sunset ~ Boats at rest as sun … More Day Is Done
“The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.” — Robert Louis Stevenson life at career’s end turn in the road leads forward start of something new * * * 18 yellow brick Fort Hancock Officer’s Row buildings stand silently … More Retirement
“Don’t let worn-out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.” — John Bingham standing on last legs age-old bodies out of tune blossoms without strings * * * On Last Legs ~ Spent Cone Flowers call it a day • Blog post with Florence Griswold Museum garden photo and “Worn Out” haiku by Mary O’Connor … More Worn Out
“Imagination creates some big monsters.” — Olivier Martinez scariest monsters inhabitants of the mind offspring of fancy * * * Just lurking around ~ Garden guardian greets visitors at Flamingo Gardens, Davie, Fla. • Photo and “Creatures” haiku by Mary O’Connor © 2023
“Black and white creates a strange dreamscape that color never can. “ — Jack Antonoff color exclusion exposes layer of truth unadorned beauty * * * Exposed ~ Unsurpassed in beauty, Great White Egret displays pure white plumage • Photo at Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray, Fla. by Jan Logozzo • “Exposed” haiku by Mary O’Connor © … More Exposed
“Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.” — Doug Larson looking back at time perspective of seeming good not truly the case * * * Front and Center ~ The “good old times” • Window display, White House Hotel, Kinsale, Ireland, photo by Jan Logozzo • “Nostalgia” haiku … More Nostalgia
“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson simple artwork born created with grains of sand down to earth beauty * * * Sand Sculptor ~ Mom and her pups come to life on the streets of Galway, Ireland • “Artistry” haiku poem and photo by Mary O’Connor … More Artistry
“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” — Frank Herbert A square castle with towers on each corner, the original wooden Kilkenny Castle was built in the 12th century soon after the Norman conquest of Ireland. The present castle has been rebuilt and adapted over 800 years to … More Last Stop
”Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.” — William Jennings Bryan A last stop in the picturesque Ring of Kerry area was the Muckross House. Completed in 1843 for Anglo-Irish member of congress, Henry Arthur Herbert, the estate occupies a prime setting by the banks of Muckross Lake. … More Eloquence
“Invisible threads are the strongest ties.” — Friedrich Nietzsche The best preserved early Christian church in Ireland, this iconic Gallarus Oratory was built on the western tip of the Dingle Peninsula between the seventh and eighth century. An example of dry-stone corbelling techniques first developed by Neolithic tomb makers, the stones were laid at a … More Local Connections
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