There are days that seem ordinary. Days that might begin with me, dogs and a camera, walking in a pasture.
It is one of those crisp, clear days as I take pictures of the views. Surprisingly I also captured a stunning blue and white sky in the water of a rusted old trough.
Somehow magic happens. Everyday.
“No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.”
The Dalai Lama
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams… Thoreau
Today I’m sharing my giant orb weaver spider captures. They are as big as my palm and amazingly resourceful spiders!
Vineyards in Late Fall
“Still, what I want in my life
is to be willing to be dazzled~
to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little
above this difficult world.”
The painting “Thanksgiving” by Doris Lee, an award-winning American painter, 1935, perfectly illustrates my great~grandmother’s old house in Cloverdale, California. It was many years ago. This is a retelling from my long-ago memories of childhood.