for light, shadow and some supermarket blooms, as the days grow a bit longer
For a fleeting moment we pause and note the sunlight on the sheets as we make the bed, note the warm sun on our cup as we sip tea, or note the fading light on the curtain as we enter the room. And we let out a breath or sigh. Pausing.
~ Elizabeth Searle Lamb
“Life is maybe like deep-sea fishing. We wake up in the morning, we cast our nets into the water, and, if we are lucky, at day’s end we will have netted one– maybe two– small fish. Occasionally we will net a seahorse or sometimes a shark– or a life preserver or an iceberg, or a monster. And in our dreams at night we assess our Catch of the Day– the treasures of this long, slow process of accumulation”
~ Douglas Coupland
Random stuff:
Autumn seems to be taking it’s time this year. The color is arriving bit by bit, the weather fluctuates from crisp to summer-like.
I am taking my daily walks around town lately as opposed to our woodland trails. It’s hunting season and I’m not fond of the sound of gunshots.
I’ve always been attracted to the culture of small towns. Thinking I may set my focus on small scenes and vignettes of life downtown.
Staging and creating still life images has always been fun but lately I’m striving for authenticity. THIS POST by my friend Shawna inspired me.
Traveling a bit soon, to Washington DC, then on to North Carolina. My son, Andy is getting married next month. Very excited to welcome Lilian to our family. So looking forward to having a daughter-in-law.
I’d like to thank Rural Magazine for inviting me to share in their Fall Issue. Have a look if you’d like..
To have a good day is more than I expect, sometimes.
But I did enjoy the one that started with my child asking,
while looking at the calendar, “Is today an odd or evil day?”
~Whiskey River
(you can’t be sure these days)
Humbled and grateful to have my work featured in the Summer 2017 edition of “Bella Grace Magazine”. A sweet start to the season.
a morning person
“The moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter how weary or dreary you may feel, you possess the certainty that, during the day that lies before you, absolutely anything may happen. And the fact that it practically always doesn’t, matters not a jot. The possibility is always there.”
~Monica Baldwin
Sharing some inspiring finds this morning:
Minato captures light, simplicity and beauty in a special way
Cathy’s blog is honest and true, wonderfully written and filled with gorgeous photography
A Small Stone is a bit of haiku heaven
Enjoy!
A day is like a whole life. You start out doing one thing, but end up doing something else, plan to run an errand, but never get there … And at the end of your life, your whole existence has the same haphazard quality, too. Your whole life has the same shape as a single day.
~Michael Crichton
May Sarton wrote, “Routine is not a prison, but the way to freedom from time.”
I’m working to get myself on a better routine these days and I feel so much more
productive. Less time online, more time for all the other things I’ve been wanting to do, such as spending more hours outdoors. Now if the weather would only cooperate..
Licht Years 