And hope, if it had a scent, would smell like spring, like rain, like something new and alive.-Jennifer Rush ♥︎

May I a small house
and large garden have;
And a few friends,
And many books, both true.
-Abraham Cowley ♥︎

Winter things…♥︎

Double exposure…♥︎

@luannisextended.bsky.social got me thinking about a collab we did last year. Here is one of them. Anna’s photo on left, mine on right. I highly recommend collaborating. It’s so inspiring and we’re better together folks!♥︎

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.-Virginia Woolf ♥︎

Every summer, like the roses, childhood returns.-Marty Rubin ♥︎

“In the heart of winter, the warmth of memories keeps us alive.” I suppose that’s why it’s such a cozy, nostalgic season…♥︎

It’s going to be warm here today. Planning to enjoy every moment before it gets cold again. These occasional breaks in late January - February get me through until spring.♥︎

Farewell January ♥︎

Late January…the days are getting longer…Spring is getting closer…♥︎

There are many ways to perish, or to flourish.

How old pain, for example, can stall us at the threshold of function….

And consider, always, every day, the determination of the grass to grow despite the unending obstacles. - Mary Oliver ♥︎

Give me the splendid, silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling.-Whitman ♥︎ Cyanotype digital negative

Just trying a new platform. Welcome to my gallery!