Happy 2013!

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My favorite season

"No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face." - John Donne

Little Things

"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

One of the ways that photography has enriched my life is noticing the little worlds busily going on around me. As a child I recall playing outside and aware of much more. Twigs and leaves made a table setting for dolls on the ground. Ants were fascinating. Catching fireflies was a thrill.

In the greater universe, what we humans do is so small, but not small to us. Photography reminds me of the value in the seemingly smallest things. We are all connected.

I Love Carefully

 

This sticker was on a washing machine in my laundry room.  I'm not sure if I love carefully but I try to choose whom to love carefully.

The cherry on top

"Life is just a bowl of cherries. Don't take it serious. Life's too mysterious."
I took this photo in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. The sculpture is "Spoonbridge & Cherry" by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

If feet could smile...

Life's too short for boring socks! - a personal motto

Don't say...

"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." ― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

The earth delights to...

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."  -Kahlil Gibran

Everything is connected

I thought this was fitting for summer solstice. We're in the thick of summer in Minnesota and there's a good two months of hot days left. Autumn is my favorite seasons. Summer is my least. Just the same, cultivating an appreciate of nature has taught me the value and necessity of all seasons.

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." - John Muir

A future blessing

“There are some years in our lives that we would not want to live again. But even these years will pass away, and the lessons learned will be a future blessing.” - Marjorie Pay Hinckley

There's a lot of years I'd never wish to relive. But one in my mid 30s was the best teacher I ever had. I hated that journey but am forever grateful for where it put me.

Sites worth checking out

Daily OM - I get their daily inspiration email. It's a quick read and nice reminder to refocus if my day is getting overloaded.

Beliefnet - I bookmarked their Wellness section. There's interesting articles for the mind and body.

Learn to Meditate podcast - I downloaded all of their guided meditations to my ipod. There's a lot of food for thought here.

Study Nature

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” - Frank Lloyd Wright

Just BEING is fun

"I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun." -Katharine Hepburn

Courage

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." e.e. cummings

The beauty that still remains

"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains."  - Anne Frank

The truth that is in us

"The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls." ― Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Through a Forest Wilderness

"The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness." - John Muir

A kind word is like a Spring day. - Russian proverb

Listen

"Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem." ― A.A. Milne

Don't limit yourself

"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway." - Mary Kay Ash

Outside of a dog...

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." -Groucho Marx

Is the Spring coming?