Exploring, Sunrises & Sunsets, Vineyard

Capturing One Way or Another

Photographs just don't do justice to all the beauty around us. I attempt to capture the beauty with my camera but sometimes the best I can do is to capture it with my heart. Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.~Ansel Adams

Sunrises & Sunsets, Vineyard

Autumnal Sunlight

Oh, there is something magical about sunlight in Autumn. Each year we seem to be surprised how quickly the light changes from the bright sunlight of Summer. Autumn sunlight is golden and seems to reach out to the landscape with a gentle touch. ...I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by… Continue reading Autumnal Sunlight

Home and Garden

Extracting Happiness From Common Things

"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."Henry Ward Beecher Random things that make me stop and appreciate them...things of nature. Last week our power downstairs kept going out and when we traced it we found that the pump in our outdoor fountain was bad. We got out… Continue reading Extracting Happiness From Common Things

Sunrises & Sunsets, Vineyard

Whispers of Nature

There are no sounds that can stir the sublime emotions of men's souls like the sighs and whispers of nature.  ~James Lendall Basford Some people worry that artificial intelligence will make us feel inferior, but then, anybody in his right mind should have an inferiority complex every time he looks at a flower. ~Alan C.… Continue reading Whispers of Nature