Wednesday, December 29, 2010

The End

“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death! What's that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you're too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You do drugs, alcohol, you party, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating...and you finish off as an orgasm.”
George Carlin 1937-2008

These Scottish lassies were very cheerful about the coming apocalypse. Judging from their spelling, they were not all that concerned.

Monday, December 27, 2010

Over

"It ain't over till it's over."
Yogi Berra 1925-

Is it over yet? I guess it depends what it is.
I hope your holidays were..are...will be wonderful.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Happy

“A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!”
Charles Dickens 1812-1870

Peace on earth.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

All Grown Up

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

Here’s to the child in every one.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Triplets

“A happy family is but an earlier heaven.”
George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

This is the Christmas card photo of our family that we sent out for this year’s December holidays. We really have only one grandson but we can’t get enough of him.

Season's greetings everyone!


This week’s Corner View theme is “the December holidays”. To see more December holiday posts visit the blogs below. Thanks to Theresa for hosting.

jane, theresa, ian, joyce, francesca, isabelle, kari, jgy, lise, otli, dorte, sophie, daan, skywriting, annakenza, rosamaría, victoria, tikjewit, mlle paradis, wander chow, kelleyn, sammi, tzivia

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Just Looking

“The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.”
Brooks Atkinson 1894-1984

There’s always something to find. This is a bit of grass in front of a garage door but to me it seemed like fireworks. I like the contrast between the formal one after the other black lines on the garage door and the explosion of light lines in the grass.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Enjoy

“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.”
Dale Carnegie 1888-1955

Or maybe the ones that were blooming last summer.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Tradition

“Tradition is the illusion of permanence.”
Woody Allen 1935-

Women of the Padaung (a subgroup of the Karen tribe of northern Thailand) have worn ornamental brass rings for centuries. The original reasons for this tradition are not known the most common explanation is that an extra-long neck is considered a sign of great beauty and wealth. The effect is striking but hard to comprehend.

This week’s Corner View theme is “tradition”. To see more traditional posts visit the blogs below. Thanks to Theresa for hosting.

jane, theresa, ian, joyce, francesca, isabelle, kari, jgy, lise, otli, dorte, sophie, daan, skywriting, annakenza, rosamaría, victoria, tikjewit, mlle paradis, wander chow, kelleyn, sammi, tzivia,

Monday, December 13, 2010

Beauty

"Beauty is the promise of happiness."
Stendhal 1783–1842

This is a view from a ferry floating on a Norwegian fjord.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Seven Stages of Parking

"Stage 1: You're a kid. All you have to park is your butt.
Stage 2: You're a teenager and are out parking with a girl who has a good chance of being your future wife.
Stage 3: You're married with kids and are now parking at a McDonald's with a play area.
Stage 4: The kids have grown and are working, coincidentally, at McDonald's. Meanwhile, you've bought yourself a sports car and are caught parking with a girl who has no chance of being your future wife.
Stage 5: Now you're parking in the garage, where you're also living.
Stage 6: You're old; no license, no car, no parking spot.
Stage 7: You're parked. Permanently. You have your own parking spot. It even has your name over it."
Red Green (from the Red Green Show)

I’m trying to avoid stages four through seven.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Deep Thought

“Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much
deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen.”
Stephen Wright 1955-

Something to think about as you gaze out to sea.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Improvising

Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.
George Gershwin 1898-1937

This is a portrait I did last year of bluegrass musicians Laurie Lewis and Tom Rozum. They really do know how to improvise. Here they’re coplaying (I think I improvised that word) each other’s instruments.

This week’s Corner View theme is “improvising”. To see more improvised posts visit the blogs below. Thanks to Theresa for hosting.

jane, theresa, ian, joyce, francesca, isabelle, kari, jgy, lise, otli, dorte, sophie, daan, skywriting, annakenza, rosamaría, victoria, tikjewit, mlle paradis, wander chow, kelleyn, sammi, tzivia,

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Brilliant Tranquility

“Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.”
Ann Landers 1918-2002

Might as well aim for both.

To see more Sunday sunsets check out Scott's blog at Finding Another View.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Rain

"Can you hear me, that when it rains and shines
It's just a state of mind
Can you hear me, can you hear me?"
Rain- Lennon/McCartney 1966

This cloud, floating over the Berkeley hills, lit up for about thirty seconds before returning to a dark, rainy sky.



This week’s Corner View theme is “rain”. To see more "rain" posts visit the blogs below. Thanks to Theresa for hosting.

jane, theresa, ian, joyce, trinsch, francesca, isabelle, kari, jgy, lise, otli, dorte, sophie, mcgillicutty, daan, lucylaine, skywriting, eliane, the wanderer´s daughterannakenza, conny, l´atelier, elis, anne, rosamaría, victoria, the yellow door paperie, tikjewit, juniper, merel, soisses, mlle paradis, cacahuete, wander chow, barbara, pienduzz, kelleyn, sammi, liza, myrtille, tzivia,