Monthly Archives: April 2018

Out Of This World

Every moment, a voice, out of this world, calls on our soul, to wake up and rise.

— Rumi

Every time I look at this photograph, I get the same feeling I did when I first hiked the trail. The instructions for this challenge say to, “share a picture that takes us on a journey into the unknown.”  Although I have done a great deal of my hiking in this area, this one was a new for me. As I headed up the road, I couldn’t see anything much farther than where I was walking. As the minutes passed, I began to get a strange sense that something could be lurking just around the next corner or off the side just off of the trail.

Of course I knew that their was (almost) no chance that anything could actually be lurking in the woods, but this picture invites you into the unknown and out of this world.

 

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Out of This World

My Favorite Place

“When you leave a beautiful place, you carry it with you wherever you go.”

-Alexandra Stoddard

Looking across the Hudson River and directly above the bridge is Anthony’s Nose, a favorite hiking destination for many folks in the Hudson Valley and beyond! The Nose is accessible from several starting points, all which offer varying degrees of difficulty.

Why is this my favorite place? For over 20 years, in good times and bad, the Nose has been a place where I could go for peace, quiet and when available, solitude.

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Favorite Place

Radiant

“We are beyond words.”

-Rumi

Taken after several days of rain, I was out hiking and when I stopped for water I looked up and saw the most beautiful blue sky with puffy white clouds mixed in. Since all I had seen for days were grey skies, the sense of relief I got when I looked up was remarkable. 

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Explore The Trail

Dusty, dirty boots

Explore the trail, Heaven!

Clear blue skies await

The soul ponders each moment

Loving the daily journey

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Sunrise (2)-WPC

“Sunrise looks spectacular in the nature; sunrise looks spectacular in the photos; sunrise looks spectacular in our dreams; sunrise looks spectacular in the paintings, because it really is spectacular!”
―Mehmet
 Murat Ildan

This sunrise photo is from November 5, 2017

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Rise/Set

Hippity Hop

I slowly woke up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes,

Had the bunny been here with a sweet chocolate surprise?

Hippity hoppping the entire night through,

The bunny had stopped here, oh what should I do?

My eyes they did shift, to see what was there,

Parents and siblings you better beware!

 At a speed much too fast for running inside,

I wanted that damn chocolate, I have nothing to hide.

So I dodged and I weaved and knocked my dear dad down,

And my mother and siblings were not to be found.

It’s all mine I did say, I can take every bar,

So I tried to escape, but didn’t get far.

Because now standing in front of me, a kind look on his face,

The Bunny had returned to our own favorite place.

Put that bag down he said, you can’t take it all,

By knocking your dad down in the main entry hall.

So I looked in his eyes, and I knew I was done,

Today chocolate Nirvana could not be won.

 

  

 

 

 

 

A Nod To The Easter Bunny

Basket of beans, chocolate galore

As you’re hopping away, please give me some more.

The candy is fine, I’d eat it all if I could,

Chewing and chomping it tastes so damn good.

So as I sit and I eat and stuff more in my face,

I hope that next year the bunny stays out of my place!

A Sunrise This Time…WPC

“The biggest cliche in photography is sunrise and sunset.” 

-Catherine Opie 

This is a sunrise I caught several months ago as my daughter and I made our way into our local Home Depot.

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Rise/Set

Some More Of Rodgers Book Barn

“The world is a strange and wonderful place.”

-Laurie Anderson

When you look at pictures of Rodgers Book Barn you can see why most of the attraction is to the building itself. Scattered around the building, however, are statues, trinkets and other oddities that reinforce the eccentricity that makes the Book Barn what it is.

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