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"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand—and melting like a snowflake."
~ Francis Bacon
Rays of Light in the Forest
🎨 Igor Sakharov
~ Francis Bacon
Rays of Light in the Forest
🎨 Igor Sakharov
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand—and melting like a snowflake."
~ Francis Bacon
Rays of Light in the Forest
🎨 Igor Sakharov
~ Francis Bacon
Rays of Light in the Forest
🎨 Igor Sakharov
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i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
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“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
~ Charles Dickens
~ Charles Dickens
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
~ Charles Dickens
~ Charles Dickens
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October 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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In times of struggle. 💙🫂🌟
The Boxer.
The Boxer.
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (Audio)
YouTube video by SimonGarfunkelVEVO
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
In times of struggle. 💙🫂🌟
The Boxer.
The Boxer.
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This was extraordinary. The kind of prose novelist I aspire to be. Low bar, right??? 😆
September 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This was extraordinary. The kind of prose novelist I aspire to be. Low bar, right??? 😆
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The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.
Crank it! 😀 🎸
Crank it! 😀 🎸
August 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.
Crank it! 😀 🎸
Crank it! 😀 🎸
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August 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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"Oft hope is born when all is forlorn."
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Moonlight in the Wild (1914)
🎨 Tom Thomson
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Moonlight in the Wild (1914)
🎨 Tom Thomson
August 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"Oft hope is born when all is forlorn."
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Moonlight in the Wild (1914)
🎨 Tom Thomson
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
Moonlight in the Wild (1914)
🎨 Tom Thomson
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"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."
~ George Eliot
An August Afternoon near Veneux
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1881)
~ George Eliot
An August Afternoon near Veneux
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1881)
August 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."
~ George Eliot
An August Afternoon near Veneux
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1881)
~ George Eliot
An August Afternoon near Veneux
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1881)
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Sometimes Ukrainians have only 5 minutes after an air alert is announced to reach a safe place.
That’s exactly how long it takes for a ballistic missile to reach its target.
Help protect Ukrainians from russian attacks: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
That’s exactly how long it takes for a ballistic missile to reach its target.
Help protect Ukrainians from russian attacks: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
August 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sometimes Ukrainians have only 5 minutes after an air alert is announced to reach a safe place.
That’s exactly how long it takes for a ballistic missile to reach its target.
Help protect Ukrainians from russian attacks: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
That’s exactly how long it takes for a ballistic missile to reach its target.
Help protect Ukrainians from russian attacks: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...
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"Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence."
~ George Eliot
Irené (1862) • Sir John Everett Millais
~ George Eliot
Irené (1862) • Sir John Everett Millais
July 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
"Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence."
~ George Eliot
Irené (1862) • Sir John Everett Millais
~ George Eliot
Irené (1862) • Sir John Everett Millais
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Sometimes - most of the time - it's the commonplace that brings beauty. Today, a black-capped chickadee.
#Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #Chickadees #PhotographersOfBluesky
#Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #Chickadees #PhotographersOfBluesky
June 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Sometimes - most of the time - it's the commonplace that brings beauty. Today, a black-capped chickadee.
#Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #Chickadees #PhotographersOfBluesky
#Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #Chickadees #PhotographersOfBluesky
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"Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end."
~ David Niven
~ David Niven
June 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end."
~ David Niven
~ David Niven
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Fred Herzog, Canadian photographer known for his use of exceptional colour and intensity unusual in the 1950s and 60s.
Crossing Powell, Vancouver 1984
#FredHerzog #Photography
Crossing Powell, Vancouver 1984
#FredHerzog #Photography
June 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Fred Herzog, Canadian photographer known for his use of exceptional colour and intensity unusual in the 1950s and 60s.
Crossing Powell, Vancouver 1984
#FredHerzog #Photography
Crossing Powell, Vancouver 1984
#FredHerzog #Photography
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"For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in the way again."
~ Meister Eckhart
Wild Ducks • Evening (1901)
🎨 Bruno Liljefors
~ Meister Eckhart
Wild Ducks • Evening (1901)
🎨 Bruno Liljefors
May 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in the way again."
~ Meister Eckhart
Wild Ducks • Evening (1901)
🎨 Bruno Liljefors
~ Meister Eckhart
Wild Ducks • Evening (1901)
🎨 Bruno Liljefors
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"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."
~ Marcus Aurelius, 'Meditations'
Sunset in Yosemite
🎨 Julian Walbridge Rix
~ Marcus Aurelius, 'Meditations'
Sunset in Yosemite
🎨 Julian Walbridge Rix
May 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart."
~ Marcus Aurelius, 'Meditations'
Sunset in Yosemite
🎨 Julian Walbridge Rix
~ Marcus Aurelius, 'Meditations'
Sunset in Yosemite
🎨 Julian Walbridge Rix
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Twillingate, Newfoundland Canada. Icebergs and Aurora #Photography #newfoundland #Canada #Aurora #Icebergs
May 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Twillingate, Newfoundland Canada. Icebergs and Aurora #Photography #newfoundland #Canada #Aurora #Icebergs
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And now for something completely different..
Carl Bloch (Danish painter) 1834 - 1890
Two chess players, 1889
oil on copper plate
50 x 39 cm.
private collection
Carl Bloch (Danish painter) 1834 - 1890
Two chess players, 1889
oil on copper plate
50 x 39 cm.
private collection
May 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
And now for something completely different..
Carl Bloch (Danish painter) 1834 - 1890
Two chess players, 1889
oil on copper plate
50 x 39 cm.
private collection
Carl Bloch (Danish painter) 1834 - 1890
Two chess players, 1889
oil on copper plate
50 x 39 cm.
private collection
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May 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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And now for something completely different..
Sophus Jacobsen (Norwegian, 1833-1912)
Moonlit bay (1880?)
Oil on canvas. 76x127
Sophus Jacobsen (Norwegian, 1833-1912)
Moonlit bay (1880?)
Oil on canvas. 76x127
May 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
And now for something completely different..
Sophus Jacobsen (Norwegian, 1833-1912)
Moonlit bay (1880?)
Oil on canvas. 76x127
Sophus Jacobsen (Norwegian, 1833-1912)
Moonlit bay (1880?)
Oil on canvas. 76x127
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Another sun goes down on an Irish Atlantic rainforest
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April 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Another sun goes down on an Irish Atlantic rainforest
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