crystals shine and drape
making chandeliers
out of the ordinary.
—
“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
Feb20
Tag Archives: beauty
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.
—
“seven clans” – photo by elm mitchell
—
“the close-up says everything”
-marlon brando
Nov4
welcome back, november.
“at some point the world’s beauty becomes enough.”
– toni morrison
—
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
—
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
—
‘peace is liberty in tranquillity.”
-marcus tullius cicero
Oct6
create something.
kinder quite naturally, know what to do
—
“in a time of destruction, create something.”
-maxine hong kingston
Sep30
we love nature.
kinder frame the natural beauty found around them
“if you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
-laura ingalls wilder
Aug18
all the loveliness.
queen anne’s lace in august
—
Passing The Unworked Field
Queen Anne’s lace
is hardly prized but
neither is it idle,
look how it
stands fiercely
on its thin stem,
how it
nurtures its white budlets
with the
gift of the sun,
how it
makes for this world
all the
loveliness it can.
-Mary Oliver
Jun14
more to say.
once again, my favorite tiny window offers me a view to remember.
—
“the eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.”
-gregory maguire
I didn't have my glasses on.... 