...paper love...

texture tuesday

i know.

he is not a sparrow.

i just love this little chickadee.

and when i was.

photography them.

this passage came to mind.    

one of the newest textures,

from kim.

is paperlove.  

i left it at 100% opacity.

i love it!!

thanks kim!!

click on the texture tuesday.

to see the talents of many.

happy wednesday eve!!

just BE.

robin.

...3.11.12...

"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem."

david carradine

what a difference a week makes...

last Sunday above.

to today below. 

"To live content with small means; 

to seek elegance rather than luxury; 

and refinement rather than fashion; 

to be worthy, not respectable; 

and wealthy, not rich; 

to study hard, think quietly, 

talk gently, act frankly; 

to listen to stars and birds,

to babes and sages, 

with open heart; 

to bear all cheerfully, 

do all bravely,

await occasion, 

hurry never; 

in a word, 

to let the spiritual,

unbidden 

and unconscious 

grow up through the common. 

This is to be my symphony."

william ellery channing

again.

what a difference a week makes.

today.

coffee, while walking,

around the back yard.

with just a fleece.

and a scarf wrapped.

around my neck.

suddenly 45 degrees.

sunshine.

no wind.

my little world.

takes on new color.

the blue is brighter.

the green is richer.

and even the browns.

are beautiful.

spring is gently.

walking towards us.

a spiritual awaken.

with the earth and heaven.

that cannot be overlooked.

that cannot be denied.

one must never.

take for granted.

one moment.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...the very craving...

“to crave and to have are as like as a thing and its shadow.

for when does a berry break upon the tongue as sweetly 

as when one longs to taste it, and when is the taste refracted 

into so many hues and savors of ripeness and earth, and when do our 

senses know any thing so utterly as when we lack it? 

and here again is a foreshadowing --

 the world will be made whole. 

for to wish for a hand on one's hair is all but to feel it. 

so whatever we may lose,

 very craving gives it back to us again.” 

― marilynne robinson

it is a morning of.

seemingly warm sunshine.

but.

it is deceiving.

windy and cold.

no matter.

it is sunshine.

light + objects= shadows

check out shadows from

around the hemispheres.

have a wonderful day.

just BE.

robin.

...week eight-beyond layers...

kim klassen dot com beyond layers

her body is not so white as 
anemone petals nor so smooth--nor 
so remote a thing. it is a field 
of the wild carrot taking 
the field by force; the grass 
does not raise above it. 
here is no question of whiteness, 
white as can be, with a purple mole 
at the center of each flower. 
each flower is a hand's span 
of her whiteness. wherever 
his hand has lain there is 
a tiny purple blossom under his touch 
to which the fibres of her being 
stem one by one, each to its end, 
until the whole field is a 
white desire, empty, a single stem, 
a cluster, flower by flower, 
a pious wish to whiteness gone over-- 
or nothing. 
William Carlos Williams

she whispered.

create.

she whispered.

lens flare.

she whispered.

soft light.

she whispered.

dreamy, hazy feel.

she whispered.

texture.

she said...

just a whisper.

and we did.

thank you kim.

just BE.

robin.

...texture tuesday...

kim klassen's texture-happy heart

“i do not want to die...until I have faithfully

 made the most of my talent 

and cultivated the seed

 that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.”

 kathe kollwitz

today is 

texture tuesday. 

please go check out the

talented artists.

we use the textures.

that kim provides.

and create to our hearts delight.

after the snow storm.

of 10 + inches.

from which this photo was taken.

we have sun and 44 degrees today.

tomorrow rain and 50.

yesterday it was below zero.

it's a good thing i have a hobby.

to distract me.

this weather could drive me batty.

just BE.

robin.

...3.4.12...

 “parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths,

 but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”

anne frank

first and foremost...

happy 23rd birthday to my first born son.

steven kiel thomas

i love you!!

week seven of beyond layers

with kim klassen dot com 

“if you look deeply into the palm of your hand, 

you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. 

all of them are alive in this moment.

each is present in your body.

 you are the continuation of each of these people.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

i know.

that everyone.

has a story.

family life was good.

or family life was bad.
or somewhere in between.

but i look at

thich nhat hanh's quote.

and i am filled with awe. 

all of them are alive

in this moment.

all the way back.

to.

 this very moment.

i am not really sure where my thoughts

want to go today.

i sit here struggling with my thoughts.

bottom line, i guess.

the good, the bad, the ugly.

life is not perfect.

do the best you can.

love even when your heart is broken.

and choose to reflect and live for the happy times.

everybody has a story...

everybody can change the words.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...the softer it falls...

advice is like snow -

 the softer it falls,

 the longer it dwells upon,

 and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

holy snow fall batman.

we got about 8 inches of the

heavy white stuff.

in just a matter of hours.

last night.

i fell asleep on the couch.

for about a half hour.

got up to look out the window.

and thought.

that's funny.

i could see mom and dad's house

a half hour ago.

the spruce tree was so full of snow.

that it was hanging, blocking the house.

yikes.

thankfully no where to go today!!

this picture

 i went out and took last night.

it is with flash...

(i shudder.)

but didn't turn out good without it.

(and i was getting pelted with snow...so didn't spend a lot of time)

hopefully there are shadows out there from sun.

and not from a flash.

light + objects = shadows.

going to enjoy my coffee.

and surfing sites.

have a wonderful weekend wherever you may be!!

just BE.

robin.

...10 truths...

textured twice with kim klassen's happy heart.

as part of kim's class 'beyond layers'-she challenged us to

reveal 10 things about ourselves.

10 truths.

*one thing that i could not do without.

family.

*one of the things that brings me here.

photography.

*there is nothing better than getting up before everyone else-

going out on the back deck and having.

coffee.

*and when i have that coffee i tend to sit with-

my old friend. my.

rocking chair.

*tho i love my family. i also love.

alone time.

*one thing that truly moves me.

and allows my spirit to soar.

music.

*one place where one can get lost in their thoughts.

as the tide takes those thoughts away.

beaches.

*the smell and newness of life that this brings.

rain showers.

*the familiar song that leaves for a while-

but always comes back.

a robin birds song.

*the happiness that this brings to my heart-

in watching it grow.

sunflowers.

*my mantra-

just BE.

robin.

ps. after reading everyone's amazing truths...i decided on one more.

i have a very strong dislike for the new word verification. it is stealing the joy of reading and commenting.

...textured tuesday-white...

all about the color WHITE

by Kate Smith

• "White...is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black...God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white." -- G. K. Chesterton

• "The first of all single colors is white ... We shall set down white for the representative of light, without which no color can be seen; yellow for the earth; green for water; blue for air; red for fire; and black for total darkness." -- Leonardo Da Vinci

• "ELOQUENCE, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white." -- Ambrose Bierce

• “Black and white are absolute...expressing the most delicate vibration, the most profound tranquility, and unlimited profundity.” -- Shiko Munakata

• “Never use pure white; it doesn't exist in nature.” -- Aldro T. Hibbard

• “The great black and white draftsman, the sculptor, and the blind man know that form and color are separate. The form itself is what the blind man knows...Color is surface skin that fits over the form.” -- John Sloan

• “White covers a multitude of sins.” -- Jonathan Milne

i do not have a lot of 

white in my house.
(tho there was plenty.
of snow outside.
for the backdrop.)

so i chose to do

several pictures

depicting white.

the soap has the if only texture.

the rest have the plastered texture.

for more textured white.

textured tuesday.

have an awesome tuesday.

it's wednesday eve!!!

whatever you do today...

try hard to...

just BE.

robin.

...2.26.12...

Our life is frittered away by detail . . . simplify, simplify.                                                          

  - Henry David Thoreau 

Nothing is worth more than this day.                                               

    - Goethe 

peacefulness is an inner sense of calm - it comes from becoming still - in
order to reflect and meditate on our inner wisdom and receive answers. a
peaceful heart is one that is free from worry and trouble. it's becoming quiet
so we can look at things quietly so we can more clearly understand them and
thus come up with creative solutions. 

it is learning to live in the present.

as i stepped.

outside.

this morning.

to take my first 

sip of coffee.

what came to me.

was an overwhelming.

sense of peace.

the sun was piercing the trees.

the birds, tho cold.

were singing.

there was a calm in the air.

if that is not a reason.

to be grateful.

i don't know what is.

learning to live in the present.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.