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Another Roadside Attraction

2012-01-29T00:01:00.000-08:00

“Logic only gives man what he needs. Magic gives him what he wants.”
Tom Robbins from Another Roadside Attraction

The theme overs at Demie’s blog is “Another Roadside Attraction”. She invited other bloggers to join in, so here’s my version.

This roadside attraction is a mirror image of a mirror image. It’s a large oily puddle on a parking lot that I shot with my iPhone . To make a little magic, I flipped the scene upside down and added it to the top of the original.

Sea Plus

2012-01-27T13:25:00.000-08:00

"Nature is what you see plus what you think about it."
John Sloan 1871-1951

So waddayathink?

Counterpoints

2012-01-25T00:01:00.000-08:00

Photography is a bridge between science and art. It brings to science what it needs most, the artistic sense, and to art the proof that nothing can be imagined which cannot be matched in the counterpoints of nature.
Ernst Haas 1921-1986

Feeling Blue

2012-01-23T10:52:00.000-08:00

“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.”
Josh Billings 1818-1885

Times are hard. Yesterday the price of a first class stamp in the U.S. went up by a penny. : (

The Remains of the Day

2012-01-21T10:41:00.000-08:00

“Suddenly, as rare things will, it vanished.”
Robert Browning 1812-1889

Another cycle fades from light to dark.

Yellow Be Gone

2012-01-19T12:49:00.000-08:00

“Black spirits and white, red spirits and gray,/
Mingle, mingle, mingle, you that mingle may!”
Thomas Middleton 1580-1627

This quote refers to a witch’s chant which she performs while stirring her witch’s brew.
I’m not a witch but I did mess with Mother Nature on this image (taken from a wedding I shot this past summer). I just desaturated the yellow in Photoshop. Turns out the “green” grass was really mostly yellow and now, thanks to my evil meddling, is gray.

To see the original shot, hover your cursor over the picture.

Butt Ugly

2012-01-17T11:52:00.000-08:00

“It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times.”
Mark Twain 1835-1910

How are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? Some nasty habits are tough to break. I hope you haven’t yet given up giving up.

Sweet Grapes

2012-01-15T10:35:00.000-08:00

“The vine bears three kinds of grapes: the first of pleasure,
the second of intoxication, the third of disgust”
Diogenes 412 BC-323 BC

I haven’t reached the third part yet. At least not lately.

Hoe Business

2012-01-13T11:44:00.000-08:00

“The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.”

Jim Hightower

Yes, that’s a John Deere tractor waiting patiently for a pigeon. The figure behind the tractor is actually a 18 foot tall painting by the artist John Cerney. He has a number of these larger than life size paintings planted in farms in and around Salinas, CA. They are meant to honor the hard working farm laborers who keep the whole farm economy going.

Pond Over the Pacific

2012-01-11T00:01:00.000-08:00

“Oh, beauty, ever ancient and ever new.”
Saint Augustine 354-430

An early morning view of a bit of Big Sur

Field Work

2012-01-09T00:01:00.000-08:00

“Being 'spiritual' simply means being willing to look into the nature of life, to ask questions and to wonder, and to listen. It also means seeing art everywhere.”
Quang Ho

And there are art forms pretty much everywhere. This ghostly spirit is a scarecrow protecting a field in Salinas.

More Simplicity

2012-01-07T00:01:00.000-08:00

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519

This is the underside of a sculpture called “California Bear” by Benny Bufano. Like many of his smooth granite sculptures, this piece has the form of an elegant projectile.

Simplicity

2012-01-05T09:27:00.000-08:00

“Photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.”
Sam Abell

Simple.

Observation

2012-01-03T00:01:00.000-08:00

"You can observe a lot by just watching."
Yogi Berra

A jigsaw piece of ocean color on the California coast

Fire Again

2012-01-01T00:01:00.000-08:00

“Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born”
George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

I am but a shadow of my former self but I feel all fired up. It’s a new year, we have a brand new granddaughter (born December 29th), and today’s my birthday. Hot times!

All Over the Place

2011-12-30T14:21:00.000-08:00

“The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.”
Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

And this spider's web made the lawn sculpture a little more charming. Kiss, kiss.

The Laws of Proportion

2011-12-28T10:20:00.000-08:00

“Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size”
Mark Twain 1835-1910

Another way of saying that everything is relative. This doll was not really lost but was an item for sale in my wife’s consignment store, as was the chair. Both the doll and the chair are long gone now.

About a Lamb

2011-12-26T00:01:00.000-08:00

"Pipe a song about a Lamb!"
So I piped with merry cheer.
"Piper, pipe that song again;"
So I piped: he wept to hear.

"Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe;
Sing thy songs of happy cheer:"
So I sung the same again,
While he wept with joy to hear.

from Songs of Innocence,
William Blake 1757-1827

It's was hard to resist this sweet little lamb with a smiley face back. We called her Lucy.

Happy Christmas to All

2011-12-24T12:05:00.000-08:00

"…and too all a good night!"
Clement Clarke Moore 1779 - 1863

Be careful out there.

The Struggle

2011-12-22T10:24:00.000-08:00

“I enjoy the struggle, because the outcome is always better when there is a struggle.”
Mian Situ

This ice plant has found a way to survive among the lichen covered rocks of Monterey.

A Bridge Over

2011-12-20T13:45:00.000-08:00

“Life is a bridge over the sea of changes. Do not build a house on it.”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba 1926-2011

This is the Bixby Creek Bridge on California’s Big Sur coast. There are no houses on it except the mobile kind.

Space

2011-12-18T09:52:00.000-08:00

“Space is the breath of art.”
Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959

Rainbow Run

2011-12-16T00:01:00.000-08:00

“May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.”
Irish Blessing

Those Irish know how to bless.

Not Passing Wind

2011-12-14T00:01:00.000-08:00

“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.”
Latin Proverb

The wind was not serving on this calm evening at the Altamont Pass Wind Farm near Livermore, California. I doubt oars would help much here. The Altamont Pass Wind Farm is the largest concentration of wind turbines in the world but it does have kind of a funny name.

House Paint

2011-12-12T00:01:00.000-08:00

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”
Twyla Tharp

And sometimes the art is the home. The owners of this shabby chic place like to paint colorfully but not too often.

Nature Gives

2011-12-10T00:01:00.000-08:00

“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.”
Charles Dickens 1812-1870

This is an early morning view of the rocky Big Sur coast.

The Creation

2011-12-08T00:01:00.000-08:00

“Some advice: Do not paint too much after nature; art is an abstraction, derive this abstraction from nature while dreaming before it, and think more of the creation which will result than of nature.”
Paul Gauguin 1848-1903

Do you agree?

Strong Light

2011-12-06T00:01:00.000-08:00

“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.”
Charles Dickens 1812-1870

A new day begins in the Arizona desert. Just like the old days.

What To Wear

2011-12-04T00:01:00.000-08:00

“When in doubt wear red.”
Bill Blass 1922-2002

I’m not sure who did this sculpture but it did get my attention. I came across it
outside a gallery in Taos, New Mexico.

Later, Dude

2011-12-02T00:01:00.001-08:00

"Surf now, apocalypse later"
beachside graffiti in California.

Or maybe photograph now, blog later.

Working

2011-11-30T00:01:00.000-08:00

“What no wife of a writer understands is that a writer is working
when he's staring out the window.”
Burton Rascoe 1892-1957

And I’m "working" when I’m staring in.

Step By Step

2011-11-28T00:01:00.000-08:00

“A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down
the stairs a step at a time.”
Mark Twain 1835-1910

I don’t know about you but I need a color fix just about every day.

Restless

2011-11-26T00:01:00.000-08:00

“We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be
frightened if change were stopped”
Lyman Lloyd Bryson 1888-1959

This is an area off the coast of Monterey called the Restless Sea.
Conflicting currents and submerged rocks keep it constantly agitated.

Happy To Be Bitten

2011-11-24T00:01:00.000-08:00

“And would the dream pear not
come gladly
once it knew this was you
wanting to take it in?”

The dream pear chose reality,
wanting your mouth as I did -

Honestly, it was happy to be bitten.”
Brenda Hillman

Happy Thanksgiving to all you USAers. And may the rest of the world be grateful too!

Good Hearts

2011-11-21T10:07:00.000-08:00

“You may depend upon it that they are as good hearts
to serve men in palaces as in cottages.”
Robert Owen 1771-1858

A women with a pink parasol walks past the Imperial Palace in Bangkok.

Babble Not

2011-11-19T09:51:00.000-08:00

"They only babble who practice not reflection."
Edward Young 1681-1765

This is a photo of a babble free zone in Norway.

Just Thinking

2011-11-17T00:01:00.000-08:00

“Think left and think right and think low and think high.
Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!”
Dr. Seuss 1904-1991

Think high
Think low
This is what
I have to show

The Situation

2011-11-15T00:01:00.000-08:00

“Where you stand depends on where you sit.”
Nelson Mandela

And why would I want to sit here?

Without Measure

2011-11-13T00:01:00.000-08:00

"All things, and man as well, should be like nature, without measure."
Hans Jean Arp 1886-1966

The Cause of Peace

2011-11-11T00:01:00.000-08:00

“We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war. There is no task that is more important or closer to my heart.”
Albert Einstein 1879-1955

November 11 is Veterans Day in the US, a day to honor military veterans. This is a photograph of a section of the Crosses of Lafayette, a controversial war memorial that began as a protest of the Iraq war but is also meant to honor those who have died.

Keep Your Distance

2011-11-08T08:00:00.000-08:00

“Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.”
Carl Sandburg 1878-1967

Of course, this is just one man’s perspective.

Not Safe

2011-11-06T00:01:00.000-07:00

“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”
William Shakespeare 1564-1616

Homeland security in Tucson, Arizona.

Stretch

2011-11-04T00:01:00.000-07:00

“In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential”
Suze Orman

At first I couldn’t tell whether this surfer was welcoming the ocean or confronting it. It turns out that he was just loosening up before he played with it. Anyway, I liked his stance as well as how the sea was blending into the foggy sky.

Warning! Text and texture are seeping into my photos. The purity of my art is in jeopardy but I do have a cure. To see the unblemished photo just hover the cursor over the bottom half of the photo.

Five or Forever

2011-11-02T00:01:00.000-07:00

“He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever”
Chinese Proverb

And what is your question?

Abundance

2011-10-31T00:01:00.000-07:00

“If you tickle the earth with a
hoe she laughs with a harvest.”
Douglas William Jerrold 1803-1857

Plenty of pumpkins to go around.... happy Halloween!

Pattern

2011-10-29T03:00:00.000-07:00

“Art is pattern informed by sensibility.”
Sir Herbert Read 1893-1968

I don’t know if it’s art or sensible but I found this design in eastern Norway.

The Only Gold

2011-10-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

“Love is the only gold.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809-1892

If this is true, there’s a lot of love at the Imperial Palace in Bangkok.

Spirit Space

2011-10-25T08:00:00.000-07:00

“What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.”
John Updike 1932-2009

Inhale, exhale........inhale, exhale.

Returning Home

2011-10-23T08:00:00.000-07:00

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
Nelson Mandela

Nine rowers race the sun to home port after a day on San Francisco Bay.

Harvest Time

2011-10-21T08:00:00.000-07:00

“The true harvest of my life is intangible - a little star dust caught,
a portion of the rainbow I have clutched”
Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862

It’s time to gather the grapes in the vineyards of Northern California.
Rain is not wanted but a rainbow couldn’t hurt.

Visual Talk

2011-10-19T08:00:00.000-07:00

“People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749-1832

I am trying to say "turban squash".

The Stupid Tree

2011-10-17T10:05:00.000-07:00

“He fell out of the Stupid Tree and hit every branch on the way down”
The Urban Dictionary

Upon Reflection

2011-10-15T08:00:00.000-07:00

“It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors”
Oscar Wilde 1854-1900

And as Dennis Miller once said “There's nothing wrong with being shallow as
long as you're insightful about it.”

Tree Hugger

2011-10-13T11:15:00.000-07:00

“Friendship is a sheltering tree.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772-1834

This is called the Giant Tree. It is the largest coast redwood in America
and has a circumference of over 53 feet.

For the Birds

2011-10-11T13:34:00.000-07:00

“I have wished a bird would fly away,
And not sing by my house all day....”
Robert Frost 1874-1963

It was getting a little noisy around this birdhouse near Ferndale, California.

Island Efficiency

2011-10-08T08:00:00.000-07:00

“But to be quite oneself one must first waste a little time.”
Elizabeth Bowen 1899-1973

We All Share

2011-10-06T04:58:00.000-07:00

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true."
Steve Jobs 1955-2011

This quote is from the commencement speech Steve Jobs gave at Stanford in 2005.
It is called How to Live Before You Die.

Pelekunu Valley

2011-10-03T11:04:00.000-07:00

“Nature is imagination itself.”
William Blake 1757-1827

This is a view of the ridges above Pelekunu Valley on Molokai. When we first reached this view point all we saw was a whiteout of cloud, fog and mist. But as we waited the clouds lifted and the beautiful valley was revealed.

Ineffective Tide Suppression

2011-09-30T11:50:00.000-07:00

“Sticking your head in the sand does not prevent the tide from coming in”
Proverb

If Size Mattered

2011-09-27T10:48:00.000-07:00

“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.”
Arthur C. Clarke 1917-2008

Did you know that the Pacific Ocean is larger than all of the countries
of the world put together?

Patience

2011-09-25T12:25:00.000-07:00

“Patience is the key to paradise”
Turkish Proverb

The sun set and we waited. After about twenty minutes the sky
turned into this beautiful hue.

For more sunsets, go over to Scott’s blog- Just Used Pixels. He posts beautiful sunsets every Sunday.

Conditional Spirit

2011-09-23T12:00:00.000-07:00

“Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.”
Henri Frederic Amiel 1821-1881

Getting the Shade

2011-09-21T06:35:00.000-07:00

“One generation plants the trees, and another gets the shade”
Chinese Proverb

Salt Water

2011-09-19T16:36:00.000-07:00

“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea”
Karen Blixen 1885-1962

And if you are willing to hike a bit, you can get your salt for free on Molokai.

On the Beach

2011-09-17T21:00:00.000-07:00

“Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway.”
Mary C. Crowley 1915-1987

This is how we began our evenings on Molokai…sipping wine, watching the sun set. Very habit forming.

Check out Scott’s blog- Just Used Pixels. He posts beautiful sunsets every Sunday.

Taking the Plunge

2011-09-15T08:00:00.000-07:00

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air”
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882

The simple joys of an endless summer…

Affection Preparation

2011-09-13T09:34:00.000-07:00

“The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.”
Ambrose Bierce 1842-1913

Temporary Sunset

2011-09-10T11:22:00.000-07:00

“My sun sets to raise again.”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-1861

Something to reflect on.

To see more sunsets, head on over to Scott’s blog- Just Used Pixels. He posts beautiful sunsets every Sunday.

How Sweet

2011-09-08T23:34:00.000-07:00

“How sweet to be a cloud floating in the blue!”
Archibald Alexander Hodge 1823-1886

Also, to be a man standing in the sand.

Washed Up

2011-09-06T08:00:00.000-07:00

“The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.”
Cyril Connolly 1903-1974

Easy as pie.

Not Lost

2011-09-04T09:49:00.000-07:00

“Happiness is a Swedish sunset; it is there for all, but most of us look the other way and lose it”
Mark Twain 1835-1910

This sunset is not Swedish. It is over the island of Oahu in Hawaii, shot from Molokai.

To see more sunsets, head on over to Scott’s blog- Just Used Pixels. He posts beautiful sunsets every Sunday.

Sorry About That

2011-09-02T11:39:00.000-07:00

“Rainbows apologize for angry skies.”
Sylvia Voirol

I have no idea who Sylvia Voirol is. She could be a poet or a philosopher or a scientist or a mass murderer. She seems to be known for this quote but I couldn’t find anything else about her. Anybody know?

Adoption

2011-08-30T17:36:00.000-07:00

“The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have”
Ring Lardner 1885-1933

This is ‘Ilio the dog (‘ilio means “dog” in Hawaiian) and Lucy the lamb (in honor of Lucille Ball). Lucy was rejected by her mother but ‘Ilio doesn’t mind taking over.

Papohaku

2011-08-27T09:45:00.000-07:00

"For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea.”
E. E. Cummings 1894-1962

I’m back! We had a wonderful time in Hawaii. This is a crowded day on Papohaku Beach on Molokai. Papohaku Beach is over two miles long and is practically empty. I had to wait a while for this couple to come along and balance out my photo.

Dark Cloud

2011-08-24T08:00:00.000-07:00

“A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain”
Arabian Proverb

I was fulfilled about a minute later.

May 9, 2010

Still Standing

2011-08-22T08:00:00.000-07:00

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

But half a house can. This optimistic viewpoint was taken in beautiful Scotland.

February 11, 2010

Stop and Think

2011-08-20T08:00:00.000-07:00

“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”
Henry Ward Beecher 1813-1887

Who says bicyclists don’t stop at stop signs?

January 2, 2010

Error Prone

2011-08-18T08:00:00.000-07:00

“To err is human - but it feels divine”
Mae West 1893-1980

But this sign is no mistake. If you had a hardware store, what would you name it?

June 18, 2010

The Long View

2011-08-16T08:00:00.000-07:00

"In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds."
Robert Green Ingersoll 1833-1899

It’s all a matter of perspective.

April 7, 2010

Hope

2011-08-14T05:00:00.000-07:00

“Hope springs eternal in the human breast”
Alexander Pope 1688–1744

But sometimes hope gets knocked a little sideways.

October 8, 2009

Not Deep

2011-08-12T05:00:00.000-07:00

"I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living."
Anaïs Nin 1903-1977

I found this fearful mermaid in Las Vegas where shallow living is an art form.

May 11, 2010

The Lake District

2011-08-10T08:00:00.000-07:00

I travelled among unknown men
In lands beyond the sea;
Nor, England! did I know till then
What love I bore to thee.
William Wordsworth 1770-1850

William Wordsworth loved the natural world and especially the Lake District of England where he was born. I can see why. There is beauty around every bend in the road.

September 22, 2009

Maybe Molokai

2011-08-08T08:00:00.000-07:00

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”
Martin Buber 1878-1965

I’m off to Hawaii again, aiming for Molokai this time. I’m putting my blog on auto pilot until I return. There will be reruns of old posts that were originally shown in black and white. Now you will be able to see them in full color! A linked date of the original post will be below each picture. Joy be with you all.

Whatever is Hidden

2011-08-04T09:09:00.000-07:00

“Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.”
Horace 65 BC-8 BC

Bugged

2011-08-02T10:28:00.000-07:00

“I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.”
Bumper Sticker

It helps a little if you drive a VW. But I don’t.

Good Humor

2011-07-30T11:41:00.000-07:00

“Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time.”
Charles M. Schulz 1922-2000

Anybody remember these guys?

One Three Thousand Two Hundredth of a Second

2011-07-27T19:06:00.000-07:00

“The windows of my soul I throw
Wide open to the sun.”
John Greenleaf Whittier 1807-1892

I threw my car window wide open to get this shot as we sped through Death Valley.

Company Enough

2011-07-25T16:35:00.000-07:00

I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me.
William Hazlitt 1778-1830

This is a view of the Eastern Sierras taken earlier this month.

One Way

2011-07-22T08:00:00.000-07:00

“Be happy. It's one way of being wise.”
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette 1873-1954

This is my daughter Shannon and her man, John. Happy folks.

Sign Language

2011-07-20T20:40:00.000-07:00

“Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.”
Oscar Wilde 1854-1900

Then here’s a picture of success.

A Bridge In Need

2011-07-18T19:42:00.000-07:00

“What need the bridge much broader than the flood?”
William Shakespeare 1564-1616

Because of damage done in the 1989 earthquake, what the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge needs is a good seismic retrofit. It turned out that it costs less and is more efficient to build a new bridge than to retrofit the old one. It’s taking a looooong time to build but when the bridge is done it will be the world’s largest single tower self anchored suspension span. It will have only one main cable that will anchor into the east end of its own deck. The cable then will rise up to the tower and then wrap around the west end of the bridge holding itself in place.

The current Bay Bridge is on the left.

The answer to the mystery in the last post- it's a cross section of the main cable (made up of the many colored smaller cables) that will hold this bridge together.

Mystery

2011-07-16T12:34:00.000-07:00

“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”
Oscar Wilde 1854-1900

I think both can be mysteries. But what the heck is this?

What Else?

2011-07-01T10:03:00.000-07:00

“A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy.”
Albert Einstein 1879-1955

I’m looking for some fruit and a violin.

I'm taking a blogger break. I'll be back in a couple of weeks.

Box of Tricks

2011-06-28T21:00:00.000-07:00

“Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such fantastic tricks before high heaven as make the angels weep”
William Shakespeare 1564-1616

This was a tough one. All I could pull out of my box of tricks was a clown, a chicken, a rabbit, and a bunch of balloons. Mouse over the box and, if you are an angel, try not to weep.

This weeks theme for Corner View is "box of tricks". For more tricky boxes, see the blogs below. Thanks to Francesca for hosting, Mlle Paradis for choosing the theme and Jane for getting this whole thing started.

francesca, jane, theresa, ian, joyce, isabelle, kari, jgy, lise, otli, dorte, skywriting, tikjewit, sophie, daan, wander chow, kelleyn, sammi, anna, kenza, rosamaría, victoria, mlle paradis, tzivia, tania, nadine, cate, cole, ibb, kasia, juniper, flowtops, valerie, robida, beth, elsa

Stillness

2011-06-27T10:29:00.000-07:00

"It is the stillness that will save and transform the world."
Eckhart Tolle 1948-

This scene of tranquility happened once upon a time in Scotland.

A Blissful Moment

2011-06-24T08:52:00.000-07:00

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you”
Joseph Campbell 1904-1987

This little girl was not content to watch the parade so she marched out and joined it.
Don't worry, her dad was close behind.

Positive Pooh

2011-06-21T21:01:00.000-07:00

“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon”
Winnie the Pooh

Some people worry about rough landings but this colorful balloon is making a smooth, happy return to terra firma in Napa Valley.

This weeks theme for Corner View is "a positive thought for bad moments". There are more positive thoughts in the blogs below. Thanks to Francesca for hosting, Ibabe for choosing the theme and Jane for getting this whole thing started.

Not So Still Life

2011-06-20T10:14:00.000-07:00

"Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say,
forgetful of the shadow's speed."
Howard Nemerov 1920-1991

Lightpost

2011-06-17T09:55:00.000-07:00

“To understand is to perceive patterns”
Isaiah Berlin 1909-1997

Entender? Comprendre? Verstehen?

On My Wall

2011-06-14T21:00:00.000-07:00

“The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living”
Russian Proverb

This is a leaf mask that I smuggled out of Italy to give to my wife for Christmas a few years back. It's now hanging on the wall of our computer room/office/guest bed room. I added some texture by sandwiching in a photo of a wall of a local winery.

This weeks theme for Corner View is "on my wall". Check out what's on some other walls in the blogs below. Thanks to Francesca for hosting, Elsa for choosing the theme and Jane for getting this whole thing started.