Spring Photo Journal – Warm Days Return

Quote of the day: “Once you start to see through the myth of status, possessions, and unlimited consumption as a path to happiness, you’ll find that you have all kinds of freedom and time. It’s like a deal you can make with the universe: I’ll give up greed for freedom. Than you can start putting your time to good use.” — David Edwards, “Nothing to Lose But Our Illusions” As warm days return to Minnesota. I smile as I listened to the kids in the neighborhood playing running games in the neighbor’s backyard in the evenings. Longer days mean more time outside for Read more…

Spring Photo Journal – Unusual Weather We’re Having

Quote of the day: “Use this day to do something daring, extraordinary and unlike yourself. Take a chance and shape a different pattern in your personal cloud of probability!” ― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration The weather this spring continues to amaze and surprise people all over the United States. I heard today that Arkansas received its first snow ever—today, May 3! Yesterday parts of Minnesota got record snowfalls of 12 inches or more. Fortunately the storm was east of the Twin Cities so we have no snow on the ground in the western suburbs of Minneapolis. Our cat Gracie, is very confused. Read more…

Photo-Heart Connection: April – Flow

Quote of the day: “May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke Flow… Create… Keep it simple… Stay in Play… Stop pushing and trying… Listen to your heart These are the secrets my heart whispered to me during April.  I planned to keep a spring photo journal in my blog, but spring just didn’t want to arrive. I tired of making photos of remnants of snow, tracks in new snow, melting snow, freezing ice, etc. While I waited for spring to arrive—and waited…and waited—snowstorm Read more…

Spring Photo Journal – Gratitude for Ordinary Miracles

Quote of the day:  There are only two ways to live your life. One, as though nothing is a miracle. The other is, as though everything is a miracle. — Albert Einstein I’m sharing a few ordinary miracles from my own back yard today.  Noticing such ordinary miracles and feeling gratitude for them, makes me happy. Just a few days ago a late spring snowstorm covered everything in sight with snow. Yesterday the first crocus bloomed. Tomorrow the snowdrops will burst open their buds. That’s an “ordinary miracle” in my opinion. Yesterday was ice out day on the pond behind the Read more…