262. june 30

look-ee look-ee 👀 

exceptional pre-owned car 🚘 

happy birthday!!

—looking at the numbers:  people born june 30 are artists at heart….they are lively, quick-witted, inspiring, and charismatic….they possess the gift of gab and make fine cooks or wonderful salespeople!!

 

261. the way

along life’s path 

light & shadows, flowers & stones

showing the way

260. the fly and the fox

the fly:  psssst!

we’re having a heat wave….

the fox:  no kidding

 —the heat is on….ohh noo, triple digits!

259. the way home

bawk-back-bawk….bawk 

following the yellow brick road

peck-by-peck

—in “The Wizard of Oz,” following the yellow brick road was the path home.

 

258. high on life

in the meadow

a pair of honeybees 

having a ball

 —oh the joy of simply seeing life enjoying life

257. the path ahead

high and wide

holding a vision of life

as big as the sky

—holding on to a promising vision of life as you move forward on your path to create the days down the road.

 

256. the impersonator

look me up, look

me down—what’s up

with this picture?

—can you see what’s wrong with this picture? 

255. at rest

no longer fluttering 

beneath this bed of stone

baby blue bird

—honoring all the baby birds who never learned to flutter and fly….who never experienced the sky….who never felt the wind in their wings….never tasted a worm….never mated and gave birth to a new life.  (on the trail one day, we found a baby blue jay, still soft and tender, and we dug a grave and covered it with this stone.)

 

254. treasure seekers

digging for treasure

in the roots of an ancient tree—

young forest ramblers

 —summer fun:  don’t let the heat get you down….head for the forest and make friends with the trees.  discovery is the fountain of youth, never stop learning!

253. concrete jungle?

stopping to think—

what kind of world would there be

without grasses?

—in the middle of the concrete pavement, a patch of green is breaking thru….nothing is concrete, not even concrete.

252. king for a day

that’s him

the cook, caretaker, and king

happy father’s day 

—there’s nobody like dan….he’s the greatest!!!♥️

 

251. beware!!

hey, look….is that a

crocodile or alligator??

who cares—rrunnn!!!

—you never know what you might run into out there in them woods….make sure you’re always wearing good running shoes!! 😆

 

250. sunshine and shadows

somewhere

between the past and future 

just this moment 

 —sunny days and chilly nights recall my summers growing up when every day seemed just great.  the weather here has been like that and this picture brings back those feelings. 

249. trading favorites

seagulls and sandals 

sunny skies and ferris wheels🎡 

just kids again

—dan and randi musing over seaside memories with their families at the shore while looking over a wall mural of favorite haunts in ocean city. in our best moments we experience that we belong, and we are at home wherever we are.  

248. a day in the sun

a day in the sun—  

light-hearted parasols

dancing

—“Dance of the Light-Hearted Parasols” 

(origami quilt, hand-folded paper and threads, 22x22)

 

247. cheek to cheek

cheek to cheek

passing the time of day

together

 —so in the moment, these two horses sharing a moment of togetherness.  

traveling around close to home, i am fortunate to always see packs of animals—cows, sheep, horses, goats, deer, geese—always together grazing or simply resting. this is for me somehow comforting.   they remind me of the beauty of belonging, mutual belonging….they seem so at peace and free.  i sometimes wonder if this is why god put them on earth for us.

245. as above so below….

particles of life

a moment in time…..

transforming

—the foundation of the universe is held together by the magnetic forces of life—expansion and contraction, repulsion and attraction.   everything is connected, held together by emptiness, yet nothing is solid or certain.  there is only the ongoing display of the endless transformation of life from spirit to matter in its myriad forms.  (above is my photo of sand on the beach. below is a picture of one galaxy, one of the many billions of galaxies in the universe….as above, so below.)

244. the two musketeers

the two musketeers 

getting away from the sun

….and a fox

 

—tommy and dan heading to the bench for a treat….where’d that fox come from??!

243. peak experience

the old gull

and the sea….

standing in time

— rush….rush….rush….we are always chasing after time.   what is time anyway….is time really real….why does time stress us so?   what if we could learn to be still and just be in the moment, moment to moment?

 

242. to the light house

one more year gone by

a vision of more to come

on the horizon

—it’s my birthday and i’m celebrating!

 

241. in the lineup

suspected of 

reading books & pushing chocolate:

guilty as charged!

—our local library, now open post-Covid, is welcoming patrons back with a poster campaign—GET CAUGHT READING—featuring a lineup of people caught with the goods.  

240. plan b

squeezed tight

between a rock and a hard place—

what to do??

*

do not panic

do not fear….just turn around and

go the other way

—ode to a chipmunk:  with no room to spare in this split rock, the chipmunk was pressing its way down- down-down.  at the sight of my face, it right away froze….geezooey!!  then in a split second, the chipmunk made a 180 degree turn and scurried up-up-up-up and out the top.  Bravo!

(tap on this picture)

239. bird at dawn

unfettered

by the old ball and chain

free as a bird

 —every morning the birds begin their day by singing….can we do the same?  do-be-do-be-do….sing and be happy.

238. the heat is on….

taking shelter

in a shade of green leaves

laying low

 —when things get hot—in the weather or in the moment— sometimes the best action is simply to hunker down, lay low, and wait it out….like a strawberry!🍓 

237. not much to say

not much to say

morning heat on the rise—

laying low

 

236. down by the river

running, cycling, driving

wherever i go there i am

i’m in it!

—ever since i was a kid, road trips made me happy.  there was always so much to see....and imagine.  i especially like being in the driver’s seat;  riding gunshot can be fun, too, especially armed with a camera!

 

235. time out

by herself

a little bit raggedy—

taking a “me” day

 

—it’s good to remember to take time out to relax, refresh, and recharge. 

234. flashback

flashback:

middle of the moment moment

….capturing time 

 —scrolling back in my photos, this one taken seven years ago, thinking about what we were doing then and what we’re doing now. Back then it was his love of urban photography that rekindled my own earlier interest in using the camera to create and have fun.  Today we’re still taking pictures, still creating and still having fun. 

233. equilibrium

standing tall

between heaven and earth 

savoring it all

—some days are easy, some days are tough....riding  the ups and downs, the yin and yang of life, doing my best to appreciate what comes my way.

 

232. thoughts are creative

thoughts are things

where do they come from

where do they go

—thoughts create our reality and when thoughts remain, they become more and more complex, more and more rich, creating richness....or rubbish.  whose thoughts are you thinking, are they really yours?