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Friday Gratitude and Bliss – Cool Nights, Open Windows, Simple Pleasures

Quote of the day:  “Many days, I try to humble myself and hold a 2-minute gratitude session. I simply sit or kneel, with no distractions, close my eyes, and think about what I’m grateful for and who I’m grateful for.” — Leo Babauta Oh, what a lovely week! My gratitude list this week is full of appreciation for joys of all sizes and shapes. I cannot believe how quickly time flies by. Last Friday we were in Kansas City visiting our grandkids. What fun! Our son-in-law had a minor surgery so we got to babysit while our daughter was at the Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Woodland Wonder

Quote of the day: “The power in a photograph is its uncanny ability to speak from soul to soul. Its language is spiritual. Its mission is joy, beauty, communion. When I share a photograph with you, I am revealing something that is deeper than words…” — Jan Phillips, author of God is at Eye Level: Photograph as a Healing Art I love being in the woods. Any time of year is good, but in the summertime, there is so much growth and beauty you can almost breathe it in with each breath you take. I like nothing better than to grab my camera Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Fly Away On the Wind

Quote of the day:  “Of all the forces of nature, I should think the wind contains the largest amount of motive power—that is, power to move things. … As yet, the wind is an untamed, and unharnessed force; and quite possibly one of the greatest discoveries hereafter to be made, will be the taming, and harnessing of it.” — Abraham Lincoln On the way home from a trip to Kansas City last week, I pulled out my point-and-shoot camera every so often and looked out the window of the car for likely photographic subjects. These windmills caught my eye. With a Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

The Art of Seeing – Week 10

Quote of the week: “A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value of the familiar.” — Freeman Patterson I’m still working with Doug Beasley‘s wonderful Vision Quest Cards: Photo Assignments For Personal & Spiritual Growth in my photography self-study assignments. This week I drew the card that says, “Photograph an object that is very important to you as if it were  a sacred relic. Pay attention to lighting. Hmmm… my first problem with this assignment was choosing an object that is very important to me. I’m not very attached to things so finding some Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Stark Beauty

Quote of the day: “Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” — Albert Einstein While driving down to Kansas City this week the sky was overcast and threatening.  We took a detour off the interstate to follow a country highway in Missouri for a while so that I could say, “Stop here! I want to make a photo of this,” to my ever-patient husband Jon. Jon would stop the car, I would jump out of the car with my camera and make many Read more…

By Marilyn, ago