• frost,  leaves,  Plants

    Morning Frost

    November 21, 2019
    Morning Frost

    As the days and nights get colder, nature brings its winter palette and paints with crystal brushes. It starts on the edges of leaves and works from there. The scientist asks why and tells us frost is water vapor, or water in gas form, that becomes solid. But I, and hopefully you, know that it’s really nature just making art for us to enjoy. I know asking why is important but so is the act of seeing the awe and wonder of natures beauty!

    No one rode their bicycle to class. Wonder why? 

    We had a light dusting of snow during the night and have a temperature of 27 degrees. Stay warm

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  • fall season,  fog,  quotes,  sunrises

    Stick with love

    November 20, 2019
    The colors in the leaves

    “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” Martin Luther King Jr.

    Took this image on Monday morning at campus. Love how nature trimmed the edges of this leaf. Caught my eye immediately. I’m posting this at midnight so by the time you read this it could be raining or snowing here, again.

    I had someone thank me on Veterans Day for my time in the military. It rubbed me wrong. Took me a few days to understand some of what I felt. I had been raised to believe the purpose of the military was defend this country, that Vietnam was a security threat, so I joined the military in October of 1968 with all intents to go to Vietnam. Train me how to use this M16 and I’ll use it. Thankfully I did not make it to Vietnam. I have since come to believe how this conflict was not a war to defend our country. I’ve also come to believe that there are no victors in war, all are losers. Seems we send way too many young people into combat for reasons beside defence of our country. Yes, I’ll stick with love.

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  • Art,  Creativity,  fog,  landscape,  Software,  trees

    A bit like a kid

    November 19, 2019
    Morning fog

    Yes, I’ve been playing around with Lightroom on some images from the past, adjusting colors and any other slider I can find. I’ve been asking myself, “Well what does this one do?” and then see what happens. When it’s an ooops, I type command Z to get back to where I was and try the next one. I feel a bit like a kid.

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  • fog,  landscape,  quotes,  sunrises

    Listening

    November 18, 2019
    Sun peaking through the morning fog

    “To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves by speeches, arguments, statements,…True listeners no longer have an inner need to make their presence known. They are free to receive, welcome, and accept.” Henri Nouwen

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  • Black and White,  clouds,  landscape,  quotes

    Inner Solitude

    November 17, 2019
    At the end of the road

    “Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, or by running away from things, or by turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be. We must learn to penetrate things and find God there.” Meister Eckhart

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  • architecture,  Church,  Cityscapes/Urban,  lifestyles

    Creating sanctuaries

    November 16, 2019
    National Cathedral in Washington DC

    When we create sanctuaries we are creating places for possible healing, quiet, hope, peace, to pray,  to belong, even commnity. We can find these sanctuaries in our churches, a coffee shop, out in nature, such as John Muir writes about, or it can be the wicker rocker in the corner of our bedroom.

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  • Camera Equipment,  moon,  Photography,  quotes

    Sigh!

    November 15, 2019
    One  of the first images I made with my first digital camera the Nikon D100

    “Photography is not about cameras, gadgets and gizmos. Photography is about photographers. A camera didn’t make a great picture any more than a typewriter wrote a great novel.” Peter Adams

    A few days ago Fujifilm announced the release of the pro Fujifilm X-T3 camera body and the new Fujifilm XF16-80mm f4.0 lens now in a kit. The lens is something I really want and will most likely buy in the future, but I really do not need the pro camera. However, in a very short time I was convincing myself I’d make better images with two new tools and my mind became totally occupied on working out a plan to justify the purchase of both. It took several hours of this mental masterbation before reality checked in and I knew that no lie could justify the purchase of both. Maybe I should post the above quote on my bathroom mirror to help me remember. Or, maybe I should sell my condo and buy the kit. Or, my car. I know, I’ll take out a second mortgage. Sell my oldest grandchild. Sigh!

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