“He looked like something that had just gotten loose from Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.” — Harpo Marx all done up, made up dressed in colorful costume downright amusing * * * Looking Good in Yellow ~ Turkey Farm residents dress up for Thanksgiving Day • Gozzi Turkey Farm, Guilford, CT, photo by Jan Logozzo • … More Holiday Dress
“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love— that makes life and nature harmonize.” — George Eliot pumpkins tell of fall signal winter’s call for warmth spiced cider brews * * * Signs of Autumn ~ Cider in the air • Old Cider Mill photo and “Autumn Brew” haiku … More Autumn Brew
“Lighthouses are endlessly suggestive signifiers of both human isolation and our ultimate connectedness to each other.” – Virginia Woolf strength in stone and light guardians of timelessness protectors of life * * * Never Sleeps ~ Oldest working lighthouse in US, Sandy Hook, NJ • Photo by Jan Logozzo • Blog post and “Protector” haiku … More Protector
“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
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 