The Grackle

Photo by Bruce Barone.

Photo by Bruce Barone.

Photo by Bruce Barone.

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A Beautiful Day for All Brides

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A bride named Chloe. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Tulips & Bricks One Day Later

Wednesday:

Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Bricks with Tulips

Outside our front door:

Bricks with Tulips. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Sunset at Mittineague Park

At the park down the street from us:

Sunset at Mittineague Park. April 25, 2011. West Springfield, MA. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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The First Tulip

Easter Sunday:

The First Tulip, Easter Sunday. April 24, 2011. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Happy Easter!

May Peace and Love be with you!

Robin's Nest & Eggs. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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The Bunny & The Bouquet

I saw a bunny

sitting

in front of Elm Street Flowers

in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

I said "Hello Bunny Rabbit."

I gave the bunny my card.

She gave me an egg.

Inside the egg a present.
A coupon.

A free greeting card.

Inside the store

I found a card

for Susan

and an Easter Bouquet.

Happy Easter!

May Peace & Love be with you!

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Good Friday; A Place of Rebirth

As is my custom

I went to the park

this morning 

Pond at Mittineague Park. West Springfield, MA. Photo by Bruce Barone.

 

 

I love the color

the new life 

appearing

in the trees behind me

Self-Portrait. April 22, 2011

Peace be with you.

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A Morning Walk in the Park

At the park down the street from where we live:

Mittineague Park. West Springfield, MA. April 21, 2011. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Mary Holding Baby Jesus

Mary Holding Baby Jesus. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Celebrate

from Today's Daily Word:

I celebrate the light of God within me and everyone.

The Bible story of God's people securing their freedom from bondage in Egypt reflects my own road to freedom from limiting ideas. In the past, I may have held limiting thoughts about myself and the world. Just as the Hebrew people followed the light of God and celebrated their new life, I celebrate mine.

With an awareness of God's light, I view my life unfolding just as it should. Every success and even seeming missteps are celebrated. Inspired by the light of God, I celebrate my ability to learn, grow and conceive new thoughts and ideas, which will enable me to be a blessing to myself, my family and all humanity.

Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Clouds Over West Hartford, CT

 

 

We (Me, Susan and her Mom) were on our way from Massachusetts to Connecticut

on Saturday for my daughter's Bridal Shower. I was driving.

And I kept looking out the window at the sky and thinking OMG.

I so wanted to stop the car on the side of the highway

and get out and start taking pictures!

Later, my brother and I went to an AMAZING photo exhibition

at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford (where he is a professor),

"Persian Visions, Contemporary Photography in Iran,"

(TRULY AMAZING/INSPIRING)

and I said before we entered the gallery, 

"Dennis, stop, I got to take photographs of the sky."

It was quite wonderful.

See: 

Clouds Over West Hartford, CT. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday. April 17, 2011. Photo by Bruce Barone..

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Self Portrait Playing Cards at Kitchen Table

Inspired by the exhibition at

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cézanne's Card Players

Self Portrait Playing Cards at Kitchen Table. April 15, 2011.

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Self Portrait with My Brother's New Book

A new book of poems

Parallel Lines

by my brother

Dennis Barone

arrived in yesterday's mail:

Self Portrait Reading My Brother's Book, Parallel Lines. April 4, 2011.

Here is the first poem in the book:

February, a rant interior.
Drinking, smoking, panic, fear.
(Pastoral dialogue:
I ran through the snow like a . . .
a sonnet.)
A guitar. Awake!
A city winter, Saturday afternoon.
A hospital
overlooking the river.
Day and night: the hosts of dreams.
Woman on a beach. Very rainy.
Two epitaphs. Written in January.
to Jane, to the mountains of New York.

elegies, horns of my desire.
Digression: it seems far away.
Anxiety: I will always love you.
To hell with it. Oh, full moon.
In Paris, man with tulip, 1950,
matted and framed, the sad thing
died. I am (whistle) a fine dust.

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Meditation

The sun shines down,
and its image reflects a thousand
different pots filled with water.

The reflections are many,
but they are each reflecting the same sun.

Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are,
we will see ourselves in all people.

 

Amma

 

Meditation at Mittineague Park, West Springfield, Massachusetts. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Portrait of Courtney

I love photographing people.

Courtney. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Climbing Rose

Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Portrait of Erica

Erica. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Portrait of Courtney

Courtney. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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On A Sunday Afternoon

Self Portrait. Sunday, April 11, 2011.

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Sunday Meditation

 

 

I am letting all thoughts and beliefs that do not contribute

to the well-being of myself and my loved ones drift away.

With a fresh start, I embrace all that enriches me in mind, body and spirit.

  I see myself and all others in the light of divine love.

This love blesses my relationships and activities.

With divine love guiding and inspiring me,

I am on my way to a new life that is waiting for me.

 

 

Photo by Bruce Barone.

 

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Self Portrait at Kitchen Table

Inspired by the Roberta Smith review of

Rooms With A View:

Self Portrait at Kitchen Table. April 8, 2011.

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Courtney

Courtney. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Prom Time

Prom Time. Storefront. Hoboken, New Jersey. @ 1980s. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Portraits of Erica

Yesterday, Tuesday, April 5, 2011

I had a photography session

with a charming young woman,

Erica, at a studio & gallery

where I will soon be making
an on-going photographic,
sales & marketing contribution.

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Monday Meditation; April Showers

Rain. Look Park. Northampton, Massachusetts. Photo by Bruce Barone.

Bring may flowers:

An Artist's Obsession. Photo by Bruce Barone.

"Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you."

~Richard B. Sheridan 1751-1816 

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Sunday Meditation

"What you look hard at seems to look hard back at you"

~Gerard Manley Hopkins

Tulip in April. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Saturday Morning

Saturday Morning. April 2, 2011. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Snow Today

April Snow. Lower Mill Pond. Easthampton, Massachusetts. Photo by Bruce Barone.

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Not An April Fools' Joke

May I interest you in a slice

of Corn, Onion, Mushroom, Red Pepper Pizza?

Self Portrait with Pizza. Bruce's Kitchen. March 31, 2011

Here, let me cut a slice just for you!

Corn, Onion, Mushroom, Red Pepper Pizza.

Please come back to Bruce's Kitchen.

Cooking for me is all about love.

Love for friends and family.

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