Monthly Archives: September 2008

Today’s Flowers #5 & Odd Shots Monday

Posted on 8 September 2008 by

“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” – Claude Monet – My entry for Today’s Flowers and Odd Shots Monday is a macro. With a little imagination it looks like a face…

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Green Apples

Posted on 6 September 2008 by

One mustn’t ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. – Gustave Flaubert –

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Skywatch Friday #8

Posted on 5 September 2008 by

To understand that the sky is everywhere blue, we need not go round the world. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – Not a cloud in the sky, so, I improvised with a white crape myrtle tree.

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Tunnel Vision

Posted on 3 September 2008 by

The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. – Winston Churchill – Bunker Hill Covered Bridge, near Claremont, North Carolina, is one of two remaining covered bridges in the state. The bridge was originally … Continue reading →

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Songbird

Posted on 2 September 2008 by

In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence. – Robert Lynd – The white-breasted nuthatch is a familiar sight in Hickory. They forage along tree trunks and branches, often hanging upside down, in search … Continue reading →

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Today’s Flowers #4

Posted on 1 September 2008 by

“If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom” – Audra Foveo – Today’s Flowers are courtesy of my neighbor’s beautiful pink dogwood … Continue reading →

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