yard salad.

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how did these veggies end up in the yard?

why did these veggies end up in the yard?

a child disliked them, hiding them?

someone was unhappy about healthy food?

  bunnies in the area?

they’re just sitting in the yard, waiting.

 

 

“to make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist — the problem is entirely the same in both cases.

to know exactly how much oil one must put with one’s vinegar.”

  -oscar wilde

intersection.

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as the city begins to reopen

i find so many things at an intersection

guys on scooters, cars, pedestrians, orange construction cones,

lights, signs, trees, a clock, flyers

and of course

a robot delivering food across town

who gets the right of way?

man or machine?

“we’re fascinated with robots because they are reflections of ourselves.”

-ken goldberg

attention.

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i get the feeling olive is in need of a bit more attention from me.

above, olive tries to add herself

into the frida self-portrait puzzle

disguising herself

as the 4th animal in the picture

a bird, a monkey, and now,

2 black cats instead of 1.

below, olive tries to add herself

into a cable news show

disguising herself

as the special guest co-host.

just a hunch. 

 

“give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.”

-jim rohn

all around us.

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 when walking downtown

never forget 

ann arbor, mi, usa

 

“art is chaos and harmony infused together.

it is the expression of your emotions.

a form of both activism and rebellion.

it is, as they say, all around us.”

― hamma tahir

we.

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‘Friends Who Share Balloons’

 

“peace is not merely the absence of warfare,

any more than true health is simply the absence of a disease.

nor is peace simply a quiet state of equilibrium –

impossible to achieve in an evolving system.

though refraining from harm is an essential first step,

lasting peace is created by actively redressing harm done.

peace is a creative process of joining i and thou into a co-creative we.

it requires authentic communication, empathic listening, and wildly creative solutions.”

-anodea judith

 

 

 

image credit: willowdayflowerproject by gina – Leaves, Twigs, Iris, Geraniums, Lilacs, Delphiniums, Hydrangeas, Marigolds all got together and became “Friends who share balloons.”

 

forever look up.

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driving through the irish hills in michigan

i came across this interesting old barn

still standing

but with a roof 

now open to the sky

what a beautiful upward view.

“once you have tasted the taste of the sky, you will forever look up.”

leonardo da vinci

bear.

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while visiting my niece’s school

in the beautiful woods of northern michigan

i realized that it wouldn’t be

a real end of their school year goodbye

without a bear to see them off.

 

 

“but of course, it isn’t really good-bye, because the forest will always be there…

and anybody who is friendly with bears can find it.”

-a.a. milne

 

 

 

 

 

pathfinder school, traverse city, michigan, usa

greater than.

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that moment

when you go to the grocery

to get some ice

for your food

after a wild and windy rainstorm

knocked your power out

 you pull out your bags of ice

only to find

a secret ice cream stash

placed there by a brilliant grocery worker

hidden for later

and your day is made.

 

 

“greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.”

-victor hugo 

art houses.

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the wizard house

the purple house with the sun

 

so many stories here

 

“every spirit makes its house,

and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.”

-ralph waldo emerson

 

 

 

 

images: Ann Arbor, Michigan – Traverse City, Michigan

thanks as i wait for you.

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so lucky

that this amazing offer

found its way to me

you will be the first to know

when the

eight million and some change

is in my hands

only a matter of time

now, to figure out

what to do with all of it.

 

Sorry for my intrusion into your comment post.

I really want you to contact me through my official email address esq.advocate.betty@gmail.com regarding a deposit of eight

million five hundred thousand dollars left behind by my late client who is a national of your country.

upon your response, I shall send you detail informations about this fund and why i contact you in the first place.

Thanks as I wait for you.

Betty Nicholet Esq

 

“every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”

-ebert hubbard

 

 

 

 

 

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