“The more people I meet, the more I like my labrador.”
-Unknown
“We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. In return, dogs give us their all. It’s the best deal man has ever made.”
– M. Ackklam
“The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.”
– Unknown
“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.”
Cold winter nights, fresh snow softly falling,
Thoughts of warmer days with a pack on my back,
Moving silently through the woods, boots kicking up dirt.
Newly released from winters grasp, each step a promise,
A promise of longer days and peaceful nights that bring
The mesmerizing rush of spring streams and the crack of dead
Winter limbs. As the woods open their arms and embrace each soul
As its own, we long for the simple touch of springs sweet caress.
I seek fellowship
On the white blazes of life.
Quiet steps blurred
By the shadows of hikers
Marching on the open path,
Seeking answers to
Everything, finding inner
Peace on the worn earth,
Each step a reminder of
A fomer life left behind
I have been coming to Trinity Pawling to watch my children play hockey for eight years now. Waiting for my daughters game to start, I had a little extra time today and since it was a sunny 60 degrees (very odd for mid February!), I decided to walk around and take some pictures. I certainly hope that you enjoy them.
A walkway spanning route 22 at the Trinity Pawling school.
The same walkway from the picture above.
An old building in the background at Trinity Pawling with the skeleton of a new one.
Trinity Pawling’s mascot-The Pride (of lions)
Outside of the ice rink.
A close up of a lamp on campus.
Supports outside of the ice rink.
Reflection of field lights on the side of a building.
Lights inside of the ice rink.
An old church in Simsbury, CT. The origins of this church go back to 1697! In my mind I can see it in the middle of nowhere but instead it is surrounded by modern technology. Power lines, traffic lights and of course cars surround this beautiful building.
“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.”
-Winston Churchill
“Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again.”
“We need to be reminded sometimes that a sunrise last but a few minutes. But its beauty can burn in our hearts eternally.”
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.”
“Yet even the brightest of sunrises must come to an end.”
Ossining High School at 6:30 am. My place of employment for the last 18 years. Great kids and great colleagues, truly an awesome place to work.
“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.”
Don’t ask me why, but I love the way that bare trees look against the backdrop of a clear blue sky.
The 7 am view from my office. No quote can do it justice.
The Zen Hiker 