coats ‘n kids go separate ways
as they hope for spring
on these sunny days.
—
“it’s spring fever. that is what the name of it is. and when you’ve got it,
you want -oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want,
but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!”
-mark twain
and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”
-norman vincent peale
—
glad tidings to all.
i’m on winter break
and i’d say that i’m most like
the accordian-playing raccoon on the tree stump
or
the twirling hedgehog in a forest-rave mindset.
and
later someone sleeping behind that tiny red tree door.
—
“the christmas season is upon us – a time for reading, dancing and all joyous festivities!”
credits: artwork by Eelen burch.
the temperature has dropped quite a bit and i am ready.
bring it.
—
“it doesn’t matter what temperature the room is, it’s always room temperature.”
-steven wright
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image credit: google images
walking in sedona in the early morning on the first day of autumn
—
“and all the lives we ever lived, and all the lives to be, are full of trees and changing leaves…”
-virginia woolf, to the schoolhouse
and after winter folweth grene may.
-geoffrey chaucer
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image credit: zazzle.com
when walking by the river
—
“today is one of those excellent january partly cloudies
in which light chooses an unexpected part of the landscape to trick out in gilt,
and then the shadow sweeps it away.
you know you’re alive. you take huge steps,
trying to feel the planet’s roundness arc between your feet.”
-annie dillard
—
huron river, argo park, ann arbor, mi, usa – january 2023
this is pretty much me on any given day
for the next few weeks
as we head into the new year
all activities and adventures are on the table
some planned and most just happen.
—
“it’s the mishaps that make if fun, and brings you the surprise.”
-anna wintour
the northern hemisphere summer solstice will occur at 5:14 a.m. et on june 21, 2022
the hour is upon us
—
“an inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.”
-confucius
I didn't have my glasses on.... 