Back in the land of concrete and metal…
“Whether it is the best of times or the worst of times, it is only time we have” -Art Buchwald I miss the lovely flowers and green trees … I’m a little burnt out on city life.
Flower bud and ant
“If you really put a small value on yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price” – Anonymous
Sorry I’ve been away…
“My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been” -Diane Arbus Heading out on a small weekend away with my husband. I’ll post again on Tuesday with photos from our travels!
Relax
“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark would burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to […]
Serene
“The effort to see things without distortion takes something like courage and this courage is essential to the artist, who has to look at everything as though he saw it for the first time” – Henri Matisse
Beautiful Tree
“I too am untranslatable” – Walt Whitman
Apple Blossoms
For I am bound with fleshly bands, Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope; I strain my heart, I stretch my hands, And catch at hope. -Christina Rossetti, De Profundis, lines 13-16
Spring
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” -Carl Gustav Jung
Hyacinth
“Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night” -Rainer Maria Rilke
On a morning walk
“Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, or glory in the flower We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind” – William Wordsworth