...7.8.12...

do you notice anything about this photo? 

the crack of the crock seems to go down into the post...

i love this SOOC shot. looks like a painting. 

 Real Reason -

 There are things you do because they feel right

 & they make no sense

 & they may make no money

 & it may be the real reason we are here:

 to love each other & 

to eat each other's cooking & 

say it was good.

~storypeople

exactly.

if you find.

that.

thing.

that just feels right.

try it on.

go with it.

if it makes you smile.

smile.

if it makes you dance.

dance.

if it makes your soul leap.

resonate in it.

and say.

it.

was.

good.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...chicago...

I have an affection for a great city.

 I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, 

and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Eventually, 

I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.
Frank Lloyd Wright

last week.

saturday.

i was in chicago.

hunting for shadows.

i guess i tend to take.

off shot photos.

not so much of structure.

as things.

ordinary.

things.

anyway.

had a blast!!

light + objects = shadows

 the crazy humidity.

is finally gone today.

it is 80 already.

but it has a coolness to it.

if that makes sense.

life.

is.

good.

just BE.

robin.

...let freedom ring...

reposted from 7.4.10

if one nation UNDER GOD

offends you...please don't

listen to this.

today.

is.

freedom.

God bless America.

thank you to those

past,

present,

and those to come.

who have fought for this beautiful word.

freedom.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...7.1.12...

chicago skyline.

faces of chicago animated...if you click on it the pics will be larger.

the view out of our condo

chicago will give you a chance.

 the sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

Lincoln Steffens

oh...

what fun i had.

this weekend.

with my two besties.

jamie and ashley.

we spent the weekend.

in chicago.

we jammed site seeing into a day.

and man.

was it hot.

a lot of walking.

navy pier.

millennium park.

an art festival.

topped off by a river tour of the 

city.

and fireworks.

but most of all.

much laughter.

which we all needed.

bottom line.

life.

is.

good.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday evening.

just BE.

robin.

...6.24.12...

this is the dandelion...i guess you would call it.

on steroids.

maybe it's a wild dandelion.

the spent weed.

is pretty huge...like 3 inches in diameter.

very cool!!!! 

 

i walk

without flinching

through the burning cathedral 

of the summer.

my bank of wild grass

is majestic and full of music.

it is a fire

that solitude 

presses against my lips.

~violet leduc

i once.

had a friend.

tell me.

my gardens were chaotic.

to which i replied.

that is the way i like it.

there is no rhyme or reason.

it just is.

the annuals.

are potted.

but the yucca.

the milkweed.

the wild daisy.

the queen anne's lace.

the black-eyed susans.

the tiger lilies.

they come up.

 and happily just are.

which goes a loooonggg way.

to helping me.

just be.

i mean.

look at my back deck photos.

if that doesn't.

make you stop.

and want to give thanks.

for all that is.

i don't know what to tell ya.

as the rain.

now begins to.

gently fall.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...peace with you...

be at peace

 with yourself and your own soul

 then heaven and earth

 will be at peace with you.

 ~Saint Jerome

the evening shadows.

last night.

brought peace.

to mind.

as i sat and watched.

the sun go down.

light + objects= shadows

breathe in.

 the clean air of possibilities today.

breathe in.

the moments.

life.

is.

beautiful.

and.

so.

are.

you.

just BE.

robin.

...ordinary...

but i do.

love the ordinary.

just BE.

robin.