Merry Christmas French Style

Existence

.....everything on the earth has a purpose,
every disease an herb to cure it,
and every person a mission.
This is the Indian theory of existence.
~~ Mourning Dove Salish 1888-1936

Leaves

My photographs are not planned or composed in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on his mind, something has been accomplished.
Robert Frank

City Lights

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. ~Vincent Van Gogh

Love

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.
~Henry Drummond

Nature's Breath

Ever felt an angel's breath in the gentle breeze? A teardrop in the falling rain? Hear a whisper amongst the rustle of leaves? Or been kissed by a lone snowflake? Nature is an angel's favorite hiding place. ~Carrie Latet

One Breath...

“I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.”
~ Nicholas Cage...City of Angels

Butterfly

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty
. ~Maya Angelou

City Lights

View of Boston Harbor from Piers Park in East Boston

We will always remember the men and woman who lost their lives on September 11, 2001

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we will pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of Liberty."
~ President John F. Kennedy

The Game

Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick.
~P.J. O'Rourke

Companion

"There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse."
~Robert Smith Surtees

September Night in Newburyport

Yes....Newburyport is one of my favorite cities to photography at night. It has lots of pretty lights and brick walk ways....not to mention the great waterfront board walk.
Definitely a place to visit if you have never been here.

Boat Bokeh

Rockport MA

Crystal Bokeh

To me, photography is an art of observation. it's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place....I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.
~Elliott Erwitt

Uniqueness

“No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.”
~Barbara De Angelis

A Yellow Rose for a Friend

“Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.”
~John Lubbock

Sharing Secrets

Boston

The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, part of The Big Dig Project in Boston, is the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world. The Bridge serves as the northern entrance to and exit from Boston. The Bridge is named after civil rights activist Lenny Zakim and the American colonists who fought the British in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The Softness of Casey

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
~Jules Verne

Casey the Cat

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.
~Jules Reynard

The Kiss

Fenced in Roses

“The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart.”
~unknown

(this photo is not photoshopped. I used my macro lens and shot the roses which were on the inside of this white picket fense. Because of the macro focused on the roses, and shallow depth of field, the white fence got blurred out. I was surprised at how this came out. And I Love it)

HBW

Shower the people you love with love
Show them the way you feel
Things are gonna be much better if you only will
~James Tyalor

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjKnHAKtYFA

Happy Sunday

“A Sunday well-spent brings a week of content.”
~Unknown

Weekend in New England

Time in New England
Took me away
To long rocky beaches
--and you, by the bay....
~Barry Manilow

Best Friends

Friends are kisses blown to us by angels. ~Author Unknown

Kisses 4 U

“The soul that can speak through the eyes, can also kiss with a gaze”
Gustav Adolfo Becquer

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”
~Buddha

Unlock my Soul

“A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.” ~~ Richard Bach

Rainbow Sherbet Tulip

Bouquet

Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness.
~~Lois Kaufman

Balance

Difficulties are opportunities to better things; they are stepping-stones to greater experience… When one door closes, another one always opens; as a natural law it has to, to balance.
~ Brian Adams

Make a Wish

Twin Souls

"There are no dependencies in a twin soul relationship because the "sense of self" has been developed quite well within each of the partners. To reach that point, a certain degree of internal balance and happiness must first be nurtured and achieved. Then, during reunion, the essence of one simply flows into the essence of the other to create the completeness. There is no effort involved."

Happy Bokeh Wednesday

Frog Kissin

So if you've never been frog kissing
Then you don't know what you've been missin',
There's a wealth of opportunity under each and every log.
And if you've never been charm-breakin',
Then you've never been handsome prince makin'.
You've got to slow down, turn around, bend down,
Kiss you a frog!

Pony Tails

"The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit and freedom."
Sharon Ralls Lemon

It's a long trip alone over sand and stone
That lie along the road that we all must travel down
So maybe you could walk with me a while
And maybe I could rest beneath your smile
Everybody stumbles sometimes and needs a hand to hold
'Cause it's a long trip alone

~Dierks Bentley. Long Trip Alone

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yNXsWm-vKs&feature=PlayList&...

Annisquam Light

“We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.”
~Dwight L.Moody

Friendship

"Don't walk in front of me - I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me - I may not lead.
Walk beside me and just be my friend."
-- Camus

Sunset Cruise

Under my Umbrella

When the sun shines
We'll shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath
I'mma stick it out 'till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we still have each other
You can stand under my Umbrella
~~ Rihana - Umbrella

Watching

“When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?”

Quiet Understanding

"Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.”

Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth.
Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself.
Hold on to what you must do even if it is a long way from here.
Hold on to life even when it is easier letting go.
Hold on to my hand even when I have gone away from you.

- Pueblo Blessing

Abandon

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln:

Portsmouth Steeple

“When I admire the wonder of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in worship of the Creator”

~~Mahatma Gandhi

Walk with Me

Take my hand and walk with me. Be my friend. We can talk and laugh and be kids again. ~amyloupics