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Reindeer under the aurora
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“i always believe that the sky is the beginning of the limit.”
-MC Hammer
Dec6
Tag Archives: beauty
Jul31
strawberry shampoo does not taste as good as it smells.
i had asked my daughter
to pick out a nice shampoo and conditioner for me
was excited to get these
loved reading the labels
here are just some of the words/phrases on the packaging:
Resurrection
For weak, brittle hair that needs an intervention!
Damage Level – 3
Micro shields boost strength and stamina
Great results may cause your hair’s ego to inflate to astronomical proportions.
what?! ‘damage level -3’?!
i love the descriptors
who could resist even one of these?
and also there is so much little writing on the label
the shampoo and conditioner bottles look exactly the same
once i’m in the shower i have no idea which is which
and i always forget to look before i get in
and i’m not getting out to get my glasses on
so i have a 50/50 chance of getting it right, a roll of the dice
and sometimes i lose
this is what i call an ‘x-treme’ hair care experience.
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“sorry I can’t hear you over the volume of my hair.”
-author unknown
Mar25
cherry blossom.
“the significance of the cherry blossom tree in japanese culture goes back hundreds of years.
in japan, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life.
it’s a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that is also tragically short.”
-homaro cantu
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image credit: peak bloom, 1920’s. this lantern slide of the cherry blossoms along the tidal basin in washington, d.c., usa, is from smithsonian gardens’ archives of american gardens. the cherry trees arrived in 1912, when japan gave them to the city as a gift of friendship.
Feb20
crystals.
crystals shine and drape
making chandeliers
out of the ordinary.
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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
Dec29
new light.
as you step on, vacuum, sweep-up, curse, recycle
those painful and elusive pine needles
fallen from your wreaths, trees, garlands
stop a second to take a very close look
at the beauty of a sliced pine needle magnified
and you may see them in a new light.
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“seven clans” – photo by elm mitchell
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“the close-up says everything”
-marlon brando
Nov4
welcome back, november.
“at some point the world’s beauty becomes enough.”
– toni morrison
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image credit: willowday flower project by gina – sweden
Oct18
deeply.
“that we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone,
that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe.”
-john berger
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anna scripps whitcomb conservatory, belle isle, detroit, michigan
Oct17
inside out and outside in.
entering the anna scripps whitcomb conservatory
designed by albert kahn and george mason in 1904
on belle isle, in detroit, michigan
you realize what an amazing vision of the world they had
“architecture is not such a knowledge form, but a form of knowledge.”
-bernard tschumi
Oct12
tranquil.
tranquility can be found most everywhere
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‘peace is liberty in tranquillity.”
-marcus tullius cicero
Oct6
create something.
kinder quite naturally, know what to do
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“in a time of destruction, create something.”
-maxine hong kingston
I didn't have my glasses on.... 