“oh, the summer night, has a smile of light,
and she sits on a sapphire throne.”
-bryan procter
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huron river, ann arbor, michigan, usa
Jul11
Tag Archives: summer
Jul8
heat.
local scarecrow goes down in the heat
and perhaps looks forward to a cooler season.
—
“if you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?”
-steven wright
Jul4
4th.
”we must be free not because we claim freedom,
but because we practice it.”
~william faulkner
–
happy 4th of july
and here’s to practicing freedom every day
—
image credit: funnyordie.com
Jun27
carnival.
driving down the highway
i came upon this truck filled with fun
and wondered where exactly it was headed.
—
“i was sure that somewhere a grandiose carnival
was going on in the sky,
and I was missing it.”
-eve babitz
Jun23
lemons.
who wouldn’t buy from these six?
not many customers were available
and most who stopped by
had no money on them
so they changed their marketing plan
added music, dance, costumes
even an impromptu wedding
and
after drinking away
much of the merchandise
everyone still made a profit
not bad for a day’s work.
“if life gives you lemons, don’t settle for simply making lemonade – make a glorious scene at a lemonade stand.”
-elizabeth gilbert
Jun22
more light.
two grandies reap the benefits of more light,
each in their own way.
—
“one benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by.”
― jeannette walls, The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Jun21
summer’s long and lazy river.
time well-spent on the longest day.
—
“and so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, i had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
– f. scott fitzgerald – the great gatsby.
Jun14
waldeinsamkeit.
summer schedule
another day, another quiet hike.
—
waldeinsamkeit;
(n.) forest solitude,
the feeling of being alone in the woods.
one with nature.
– german
Aug22
“to love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” ~ david viscott ~
the bride comes in with a song
the littlest wedding crasher
handsome in his checked shirt
grabs a bouquet from the bar
and jumps into the celebration
bride and groom
join as one
as they become a family
and the celebration begins
“love is not just looking at each other,
it’s looking in the same direction.”
~ antoine de saint-exupery
—
kennedy wedding, woodstock, ny – august 2016
Aug10
colors.
“nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
-ralph waldo emerson
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glen lake, michigan, usa – august 2016
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
