“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.
Dusty, dirty boots
Explore the trail, Heaven!
Clear blue skies await
The soul ponders each moment
Loving the daily journey
“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
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.
She’s eager to go
Time, slipping, skipping, dripping
Reality stings
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!
“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.
“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.
“Old books exert a strange fascination for me — their smell, their feel, their history; wondering who might have owned them, how they lived, what they felt.”
-Lauren Willig
At least a couple of times a year we head up to Hillsdale, NY to pay a visit to our favorite used bookstore, Rodgers Book Barn. Even though we have been heading north to look for books old and new for over two decades, searching for something to read in this unique little bookstore never gets old!
Over the years I have taken many picture of the Book Barn, but I can’t remember presenting them in B & W. Here are some of the Book Barn itself with a few of the surrounding property.
Rodgers Book Barn
The top half of Rodgers Book Barn.
“The sky takes on shades of orange during sunrise and sunset, the colour that gives you hope that the sun will set only to rise again.”
-Ram Charan
The sunset last night in Mahopac, NY.
The Zen Hiker 