...appreciation...

Learn appreciation.

Be willing

to take lovingly

each small gift of life,

receive it,

acknowledge that you have received it,

appreciate it

and wallow in it.

You won't be happy

with more

until you're happy

with what you've got.

let's see, i will receive the snow of the last two days...

i am acknowledging that i received it...

i can appreciate the snow-in it's intricate beauty...

wallow??? i will "become very involved in" knowing that

spring is coming...so i will take the snowflakes until the very last one has dropped from the sky.

just BE.

robin

...they heard the music...

...sometimes the world tries to knock it out of you...
...but i believe in music like some people believe in fairy tales...
....i believe that once upon a time
long ago
they heard the music and followed it...
the music is all around us...all you have to do is listen~August Rush movie~





no snow today...
but it's gray and chilly...
so i am inside loving, LOVING, LOVING...

....this and also this

...4.5.09...Sunday morning...

just for today...

oh, God, give me grace for this day.

not for a lifetime, nor for next week, nor

for tomorrow, just for this day.

direct my thoughts and bless them,

direct my work and bless it.

direct the things i say and give them blessing, too.

direct and bless everything that i think and speak

and do. so that for this one day, just this one

day, i have the gift of grace that comes from

your presence... ~ a portion of marjorie holmes's prayer

grace is available

for each of us everyday

-our spiritual daily bread-

but we've got to remember

to ask for it

with a grateful heart

and try not to worry

about whether there will

be enough

for tomorrow.

there will be.

borrowed from the book

~simple abundance

a daybook of comfort and joy~

~sarah ban breathnach

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...shadow shot Sunday...candle

Happiness

is like a sunbeam,

which the least shadow intercepts,

while adversity

is often as the rain of spring.

~unknown

i am jumping on the shadow shot Sunday

bandwagon due to the gentle

coaxing of goodest

friend, Sharon,

at Sweet Repose.

please check them both out.

just BE.

robin.

thank you all for your comments!!

it's funny about this shot... i love shadows...this house is great for shadows. i love to watch how the sun hits different places...i was getting ready for work one morning and the sun was hitting this candle so i ran and got the camera, then i notice the nail in the wall, so i ran and got the hammer to take the nail out...by then the sun was fading so the best picture was of the dusty candle with the nail in the wall. i am so glad that Sharon brought ya'll to my attention!!! have a great rest of the weekend!!!

robin

...clouds illusions...

~When words become

unclear

I shall focus with

photographs.

When images become

inadequate

I shall be content with

silence~

- Ansel Adams

the clouds,

they are all lined up.

lined up as if waiting for something.

waiting for something wonderful to come along.

i know...perhaps it was the blue sky...

it was the blue sky they were waiting for.

they didn't want to miss it...

neither did i.

just BE.

robin.

...your light...

learn

the craft

of knowing

how to open

your heart and

to turn on your

creativity.

there's a light

inside of

you.

~judith jamison

is your light shining?
just BE.
robin.

...a photograph...

“to me,

photography is an art of observation.

it's about

finding something interesting

in an ordinary place . . .

i've found

it has little to do with

the things you see

and everything to do with

the way you see them.”

–elliott erwitt

a photograph

speaks volumes...

if you stop for a

moment and let it be Real.

i see

a window open.

i see a wind chime

swaying in a gentle,

warm breeze.

i hear the chime

playing it's

own unique melody.

i dream of a lazy summer day

listening to a wind chime.

what do you see?

just BE.

robin.

...what a snowy day brings...

one still frame...

just BE.

robin.

...Sunday morning 3.29.09

click on pictures to enlarge

i have been

driven

many times

to my knees

by the

overwhelming conviction

that i had

nowhere else to go.

~abraham lincoln

this is not a day

i would have chosen...

but it is this day

that the Lord has given none-the-less...

let us rejoice and be glad.

...and all the people said AMEN.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...transformation...

Nature

often holds up a mirror
so we
can see more clearly
the ongoing processes
of growth,
renewal,
and transformation
in our lives.
~ M. A. Brussat

just BE.
robin.