Reflex photos

Brothers & Sons

jorjdotorg photohunt entry Chilly

well beyond chilly... November 23 at Bunker Hill, RI and freezing cold but beautiful

Hiding

The Ring

see it sunday entry

Sentimental

moody monday entry

Missed You

B&W U.S.E.D.

shutterday entry A Photo

Portrait

thursday challenge entry ... Jamie

Thank-you Dad

Denis & Jamie, with Jenna, Matias, & Brett in the background

Karen & Matias

from early Thursday morning on Parris Island... waiting for Company B's early morning run and the chance to see Jamie

Watch your Step

vazaar entry Signs..... shuterday entry Danger

Duo

Two Brothers

' Wild Geese'~Mary Oliver

You do not have to be good,

you do not have to walk on your knees

for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain

are moving across the landscapes,

over the prairies and the deep trees,

the mountains and the rivers.

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air

are heading home again.

Portrait

for Vazaar -Self

Arrival

shutterday entry Arrivals and Departures

Father

photosharks entry Father

These Days~Charles Olson

whatever you have to say, leave the roots on, let them dangle

And the dirt

Just to make clear where they come from

Alone

Guilt means that you use up your present moments being immobilized as a result of past behavior.~Dr. WW Dyer

Peaceful

lensday entry...

my son

We Three

Happy Birthday Janet (far right)....."To the outside world we all grow old, but not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each others hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time.~Clara Ortega

Words

"How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving... 'The World as I See It...' an essay by Albert Einstein

Family

Matt

Liz

Close-up of

the infamous " Captain Morgan Pose"...thursday challenge entry Happy

2006 Christmas

  composite

Life

see it sunday entry Balance

Meeting at Night

The gray sea and the long black land;

And the yellow half-moon large and low;

And the startled little waves that leap

In fiery ringlets from their sleep,

As I gain the cove with pushing prow,

And quench its speed i' the slushy sand.

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;

Three fields to cross till a farm appears;

A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch

And blue spurt of a lighted match,

And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears,

Than the two hearts beating to each other! ~Robert Browning

A Smile

B&W PhotoChallenge

Contemplate

photo friday entry Light

"Death does not come from the outside..."

Death does not come from the outside. Death is within.

Born-grows together with us.

Goes to kindergarten and school.

Learns to read and count.

Goes sledging with us, and to the pictures.

Seeks with us the meaning of life.

Tries to make sense with us of Einstein and Wiener.

Makes with us our first sexual contacts.

Marries, bears children, quarrels, makes up.

Separates, or perhaps not, with us.

Goes to work, goes to the doctor, goes camping, to the convalescent home and the sanatorium. Grows old, sees children married, retired, looks after grandchildren, grows ill, dies with us. Let us not fear, then. Our death will not outlive us. ~Jaan Kaplinski

 

Swing

jorjdotorg photohunt entry Golfclub

Portrait

Her

illustration friday entry Portrait

Adventurous

Eric, my husband of 26 years and this balloon ride was one of the best adventures we've shared this year

      Gain strength from people who love you

moody monday entry Adventurous

My Sons Hands

24 and 19...amazing

Love Like Salt

It lies in our hands in crystals too intricate to decipher

It goes into the skillet without being given a thought

It spills on the floor, so fine we step all over it

We carry a pinch behind each eyeball

It breaks out on our foreheads

We store it inside our bodies in secret wineskins

At supper, we pass it around the table talking of holidays by the sea.  ~Lisel Mueller(b.1924)

Thursday Challenge Hands

Fantasy

your face like summer lightning gets caught in my voice and I draw you up from deep rivers taste your face of a thousand names see you smile a new season hear your voice a wild sea pausing in the wind. 'A Poem for Jesse' Sonia Sanchez

lensday entry Fantasy

Raw Wood, Hands

gentle, talented, creative hands...Erics'

moody monday entry Raw

The DNA of God Yehuda Berg

Consider an empty glass. What happens when you fill it with hot water?  The glass itself heats up.  This is analogous to what took place in the Endless World.  As the light continued to fill the Vessel, attributes of the light were passed on.  We might even say that the Vessel inherited the nature of its Creator.  This inherited nature is the power to create fulfillment, share fulfillment, and play an active and causal role in the ongoing process of Creation.