Category Archives: beauty

create something.

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kinder quite naturally, know what to do

 

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“in a time of destruction, create something.”

-maxine hong kingston

more to say.

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once again, my favorite tiny window offers me a view to remember.

 

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“the eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.”

-gregory maguire

 

tree dancer.

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drove by 

this lovely tree

dressed in all of it’s finest adornments

dancing to the wind.

 

 

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“no matter how mighty and strong a tree is,

it will always dance to the tune of the wind.”

-okelola olamigoke

crisp.

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last night’s walk in the park

 

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“it is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam.

this crisp winter air is full of it.”

-john burroughs

 

 

 

 

 

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argo park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – february 2021

snow was falling.

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grand circus park, detroit, michigan, usa – 1920s

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walking in the beautiful snowfall yesterday, it was clear some things never change, even after 100 years

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“snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees

that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness.”

-mary oliver

 

 

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photo credit: historic detroit

 

spectacle.

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there is one spectacle grander than the sea,

that is the sky; 

there is one spectacle grander than the sky,

that is the interior of the soul.

-victor hugo

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Arcadia Dunes, C.S. Mott Nature Preserve, on the shores of Lake Michigan, hiking Old Baldy Trail – October 2020

flowery language.

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today the water flowers spelled out their words in cursive writing

what do you think they were saying?

 

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“can we speak in flowers? it will be easier for me to understand.”

-nayyirah waheed, Salt 

 

 

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furstenberg park, ann arbor, michigan, usa –  june 2020