...yes. spring...

spring complications...frosty mornings...

just BE.

robin.

...afternoon delight...

happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

~ Austin O'Malley

it is with a quiet eye

that i chase shadows.

this is the afternoon-

early evening sun

on the young budding tulip.

showing off it's silhouette

could not be helped.

it surrenders to the sun's rays

and my lens.

light + objects = shadows.

catch more shadows there

with tracy and the rest of the chasers.

just BE.

robin.

...avoiding shadows?...

"do not anticipate trouble

or worry about what may never happen.

keep in the sunlight."

~benjamin franklin

keep in the sunlight.

to find the shadow today.

that's what we are doing at

HEY HARRIET

no worries today.

just BE.

robin.

...4.11.10...

"in different hours,

a man represents each of several ancestors,

as if there were seven or eight of us

rolled up in each man's skin-

and they constitute the variety of notes

for that new piece of music

which

his

life

is."

~ralph waldo emerson

every single day.

we are given an opportunity.

to step back.

and assess this life.

to reflect on the choices we've made.

and the consequences those choices lead to.

night falls.

and with the new day.

we are given renewed strength.

clarity.

grace.

everything will work out.

as it is suppose to be.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...of making choices...

I HAVE not so much emulated the birds that musically sing,

I have abandon'd myself to flights,

broad circles.

The hawk, the seagull, have far more possess'd me than the

canary or mocking-bird,

I have not felt to warble and trill,

however sweetly,

I have felt to soar in freedom and in the fullness of

power,

joy,

volition.

~walt whitman

light + objects = shadows

another day of shadow seeking.

and you can find some amazing ones

at HEY HARRIET.

just BE.

robin.

...rain on...

For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.

- Lucretius

just BE.

robin.

...4.4.10...

i thank you God for this most amazing day,

for the leaping greenly spirits of trees,

and for the blue dream of sky

and for everything which is natural,

which is infinite,

which is yes.

e.e. cummings

on this Easter Sunday

i leave you with this.

may your blessings flow.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...simple truths...

even in a complex world

simple truths can change everything.

once upon a time,

a velveteen rabbit learned that new isn't

necessarily better...

that the quiet wisdom of a old toy horse

can change the world...

that honest friendship and understanding

can warm the heart..

that a good book can make the

world a better place

and that love can make us real.

~the velveteen principles

toni raiten-D'Antonio

real light

real objects

real shadows.

HEY HARRIET

simple truths.

just BE.

robin.