OUGHT TO BE

 

“Should; shouldn’t; ought; oughtn’t—the enemies of contentment.”

 

~ Frank Delaney ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in September 1982.

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DANCE AWAY THEIR DAYS

 

“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”

 

~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in June 2017.

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RAMEAUX

 

“I hear the wind among the trees playing the celestial symphonies;

I see the branches downward bent, like keys of some great instrument.”

 

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in February 2020.

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SILENT NIGHT

 

“Night, when words fade and things come alive.”

 

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in January 2020.

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SAME OL’ MOON

 

“Lend me thy pen to write a word in the moonlight…”

 

~ from a French folk song ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in January 2017.

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MOON OMENS

 

“The visions are fragmented and a dark cloud spreads

like spilt ink across the pages of possible futures.”

 

~ Garth Nix ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in January 2017.

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SWARMING

 

“Winter is much like unrequited love; cold and merciless.”

 

~ Kellie Elmore ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in September 2019.

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PÉPIER

 

“God loved the birds and invented trees.

Man loved the birds and invented cages.”

 

~ Jacques Deval ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo of street art taken in Paris in May 2018.

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WINTER’S WEB

 

“Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope;

winter alone reminds us of the human condition.”

 

~ Mignon McLaughlin ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in December 2016.

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TREE FEATHERED SLOPES

 

“Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets.

To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel.”

 

~ Aldo Leopold ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in March 2017.

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