The Birds & The Bees

Some Landscapes Where I Live

Birds Tree Snow

Friday morning:

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Something Special About Film

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Lent From A Different Perspective

Today is the first day of Lent.

Lent can be a time of spiritual transformation
as we release negative habits and thoughts.

I am aware that this time can be used to turn from the simple act
of giving up things to a more positive commitment
to take up the practice of high-level thinking.
   I am taking up the daily practice of joy, gratitude,
speaking positive words and committing myself
to daily sharing my photography with love.

 I am, simply, turning away
 from the simple act of giving things up to a more positive commitment to take up new things, or practices;

constant meditation

slowing down

giving one-pointed attention

putting the welfare of others first

deeper spiritual companionship

reading from the scriptures

and mystics of all religions

greater sharing of my gifts 

  

And you?

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Clouds

I love photographing clouds.

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Thinking About Tulips

I am.

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The Sky Where I Live

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Valentine's Day Dinner

This was so good

I just had to share it with you!

You can find the recipe here!

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Happy Valentine's Day

May Peace and Love and Beauty

be always with you.

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The Old Kitchen Wall

Very different today.

But then, this:

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Some Trees In Winter

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First Comes Love

Then comes marriage.

Then comes baby

In a baby carriage.

I guess I have Valentine's Day on my mind;

Susan and I met five years ago today, February 9, 2007.

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Wednesday's Wild Geese

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Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting --
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

~Mary Oliver

Every morning

between

7:55 and 8:10

they fly

over our home

this morning:

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A Rose for Tara

She has taught me much.

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Sunday Meditation

All spiritual disciplines are done with a view to still the mind.

The perfectly still mind is universal spirit.
 ~ Swami Ramdas

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The Modern Dance

Coincidentally

the title of one of my favorite albums from 1970s

by Pere Ubu

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The Girl With The Big Hat

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Portrait of a Chef

Chef Jen

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