In case you missed dawn this morning, this is what it looked like from my frontyard. Not knowing when dawn will come, I open every door. –Emily Dickinson
Tag: photography
Shifting Shadows
Look round and round upon this bare bleak plain, and see even here, upon a winter’s day, how beautiful the shadows are! Alas! it is the nature of their kind to be so. The loveliest things in life are but shadows; and they come and go, and change and fade away, as rapidly as these!…
Slather the Color…
Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on. –Oscar Wilde I snapped this picture from the Sunset Cafe in Paphos two weeks ago while…
The Power of Photography
David Graham has written a fascinating essay titled, “Why Emily Dickinson Would Not Smile for the Camera.” Dickinson felt the camera lied. Those familiar with the poet’s unconvential opinions and sometimes odd behavior know that she had a strong conviction against being photographed, therefore there are only a couple pictures of her in existence. But wait, this essay explores much more than Dickinson’s…
Brazilian Cuisine!
Filet mignon and fresh vegetables prepared over an open flame. Our hosts picked us up at noon and took us to a local restaurant near to our hotel. This is not the Chuhascarria, with the meat on the long skewers. We will go there tomorrow. This food is cooked over an open fire and served…
haiku: alone tonight
********************* Daughter off to work, and Daddy upstairs asleep, just Mama and tree. *********************
Sweet Memories Linger…
Family and friends gathered around 1:30 PM. We ate about an hour later. I can’t take credit for the incredible meal. Everyone brought two or three dishes. It delivered. One unique thing I served this year was both smoked and herbed turkey, old fashioned cornbread dressing and smoked oyster dressing. These were a nice twist…
haiku: white on white
Art of white on white: my Cypriot poodle warms the cold leather couch.
haiku: black & white on black & white
A study in black and white: My favorite cat, my favorite chair.
Bonnie Saul Wilks 