Showing posts with label photographs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photographs. Show all posts

Friday, December 8, 2017

Sneaux


“One winter morning Peter woke up and looked out the window. 
Snow had fallen during the night. 
It covered everything as far as he could see.” 
― Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day




“Snow
While falling it hides your passage
When finished it documents your path” 
― Richard L. Ratliff






“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, 
that it kisses them so gently? 
And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; 
and perhaps it says, 
‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.’ ” 
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass





“There's one good thing about snow, 
it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor’s.”   
― Clyde Moore




“There is something joyful about storms, that interrupt routine. 
Snow or freezing rain suddenly releases you from expectations, performance demands, 
and the tyranny of appointments and schedules.” 
― William Paul Young






“Anne came dancing home in the 
purple winter twilight across the snowy places.” 
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables





~ End Quote



Thursday, October 9, 2014

Night Burn










Fire is the best of servants; but what a master!  
~Thomas Carlyle 



 

The hero is commonly the simplest 
and obscurest of men. 
~Henry David Thoreau




 
I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.  
~Kurt Vonnegut




 

Out of this nettle, danger, 
we pluck this flower, safety. 
~William Shakespeare



Man is the only creature that dares to light a fire and live with it.  The reason?  Because he alone has learned to put it out.  
~Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr.

~End Quote


Saturday, August 2, 2014

Good Time, Too



"We can do it," a wise man of the council said, "if we all push at the same time. We will need all the people and all the animals and all the birds when we push. . . "

"When the time comes for us to push, when we have everything ready, let someone shout 'Ya-hoh.' That means 'Lift together!' in all our languages."

They kept on shouting "Ya-hoh" and pushing until the sky was in the place where it is now.

A Snohomish Legend

Living Mountain




Now we've got an eruption down here. 
Now we've got a big slide coming off. 
The slide is coming off the west slope. 

Now we've got a whole great big eruption out of the crater. 
And we got another opened up on the west side. 
The whole west side -- northwest side is sliding down. 

OK boys, we got it boys, the northwest section 
and north section is blowing up. 
Coming over the ridge towards me. 
I'm gonna back outta here. 

Gentlemen, the, us, camper and car 
sitting over to the south of me is covered. 
It's gonna get me too. 
We can't get out of here. 

~Gerry Martin (as heard on amateur radio by my friend, Chuck) 




~ End Quote

Sunny PNW . . . Believe It



The cure for anything is salt water:
sweat, tears, or the sea.
Isak Dinesen


*click* for "P" in PNW full-screen slideshow


~ End Quote (that will always be THE quote by the sea)

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

One Century Ago...Happy Birthday, Anma!



She was only five feet tall, but she packed some spunk and sass in that little body.

Strength, vigor, intelligence, perseverance . . . and lipstick!

I love her still.

"Grandmothers are just antique little girls."
~author unknown


~ End Quote

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Abridged Log . . . Cuatro


A Thousand Words

~ No Quote

Friday, June 29, 2012

Abridged Log . . . Tres


Expanse of Painted Desert

Look closely . . . see her singing? ;-)

More Painted Desert

Sing, sing, sing . . .

Petroglyphs . . . we have our own interpretations. *smile*

The Painted Desert again . . . such variety!

Tired little cactus. ;-(

Grand Canyon -- First Glimpse!!!!

Sunset sliver slipping away...
~End Quote

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Abridged Log . . . Dos


Longest river name ever?

Living in so many zones now...

Through a window . . . drive, drive, drive!

It's Mole's blog!



~End Quote

Monday, June 18, 2012

When It Rains



I always like walking in the rain,
so no one can see me crying.
~ Charles Chaplin


Praying about the pouring rain . . . with love.

~End Quote


Monday, May 14, 2012

Exposure - Week 67




A picture 
of spring








Paspalum notatum a.k.a. Bahia Grass


(Peace sign!)

"The terminal dual racemes are each attached to the top of a slender stem or with one slightly below the other. Infrequently, there may be a third present below the terminal ones. The spikelets closely overlap in two rows. They are broad, rounded, smooth and shiny. Inside each spikelet is a tiny flower. The tiny, black, featherlike stigmas and black stamens can be seen dangling at the tips of these flowers." ~ Wiki, the know-it-all


Oh, and by the  way . . .

If someone offers to take your picture with a bahia straw between your teeth, like this:


Decline ;-)




~ End Quote

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Happy Birthday, Louisiana!


Louisiana 
was admitted to the Union 
as the 18th state 
on
April 30, 1812.

Two centuries later, we say, 


"Happy birthday, Louisiana!"


"You Are My Sunshine" • Eastern Brown Pelican • Bald Cypress • Catahoula Leopard Dog • Magnolia • "Union, Justice, Confidence" • Blue, White, and Gold • Baton Rouge • Louisiana Iris • Approximately 4,468,976 People • Parishes Not Counties • Honey Bee • "Give Me Louisiana" • Alligator • Black Bear • Diatonic Accordion • White Perch • Petrified Palmwood • Milk • Agate • "You Are My Sunshine" • and more . . .


One of these days, 
the people of Louisiana
are going to get good government,
and they aren't going to like it.
~ Long 


~ End Quote

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Bare Bones of Spring Cleaning


1/3 pinky
x 32
 
= my hand



The colon is a widely misused but very useful 
piece of punctuation.
~easypeasy.com

Haha! You never know what you're going to get 
when you search for quotes! ;-)



If people would take care of their body and cleanse their colon and intestines, their problems would be pretty much eliminated.
~ Dr. George C. Crile

ALL of my problems, Dr. Crile? Really?






~End . . . Quote