seashore

Wide sea, that one continuous murmur...
~John Keats

camera: pentax k1000

winter tones

One kind word can warm three winter months.
~Japanese Proverb

It's been a rough week at work, but I didn't want to neglect posting for too long.  I find coming here always lifts my mood and brings a wonderful, positive feeling.  Thank you dear readers for visiting as often as you do.

Also, I wanted to share a beautiful one minute film that I came across yesterday titled Silence by Pierre Prospero.  I hope you enjoy it too.

Song of the Day = Let Her Dance by Two Sheds

camera: pentax k1000

snow

The Eskimo has 52 names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love.
~Margaret Atwood

These photographs were taken early this morning to share with you a little of Seattle's snow. My land camera's focus is going wonky, but I still enjoy a good blur here and there.

camera: polaroid land camera 340

roadside views

Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are.
~Gretel Ehrlich

Tops lately:
~Polaroids by Jennifer A. Korff
~Seattle Snow Day by Kyle Johnson
~Letters from Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Steiglitz, Ernest Hemingway, and More by Maria Popova

camera: pentax k1000

the woods

We walked always in beauty, it seemed to me.  We walked and looked about, or stood and looked.  Sometimes, less often, we would sit down.  We did not often speak.  The place spoke for us and was a kind  of speech.  We spoke to each other in the things we saw.
~Wendell Berry

It was quite the rainy day when these were taken.  I have a thing for ferns and was pretty excited to see so many sprawled across the forest floor.

Song Project of the Day = The Last Names: 52 Covers

camera: pentax k1000

pacific ocean

"Doesn't it seem to you," asked Madame Bovary, "that the mind moves more freely in the presence of that boundless expanse, that the sight of it elevates the soul and gives rise to thoughts of the infinite and the ideal?" ~Gustave Flaubert

Earlier this week, I took a train to Oregon for a few days.  Seeing the coast was a bonus.  The ocean in windy, rainy weather is still just as beautiful as ever.  On the train ride home, I read an article in the New York Times titled The Joy of Quiet by Pico Iyer.  It was wonderful as well as thought provoking.  Cheers to January.

Song of the Day = Star Dust by Hoagy Carmichael

camera: polaroid mio

happy new year

For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
~T.S. Eliot

The new year inevitably always makes me think of trying new things as well as renewing ambitions.  With a 2012 list started last week, I have felt encouraged and motivated already.  A couple of items that stand out are:  1. taking photographs outside of my comfort zone (ex: indoor photographs!) and 2. give more love. Wishing each of you a joyful start to January.  Happy, Happy New Year.

Song of the Day = Peaking Lights by Hey Sparrow

camera: polaroid mio

peace on earth

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.
~Edith Sitwell

However you celebrate whether it be Hanukkah, Christmas, or time with loved ones, I hope you have a wonderful weekend.  Happy Holidays!

Songs of the Day = The Trawlerman's Song (Vashti Bunyan cover) by Daniel Martin Moore & Mixmas 2011

camera: polaroid mio