Monday, June 24, 2019 - Thinking Outside the Box - Evanston Lighthouse Reflection # IM2887B

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Evanston Lighthouse Reflection
Photo #IM2887B

Friday, June 14, 2019 - SkyWatch Friday - Evanston Lighthouse #IMG3097B - Quote - John Milton - Awe

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It has been raining a lot here in the Chicagoland area.  One can count on our two hands the few sunny days with blue skies, but here I have posted one day. This moment, I am grateful to be able to pick up one foot, put it down and then pick up the other foot and put it down.  I am grateful that I can breathe the fresh air after spending a long cold winter inside a heated home.  I am grateful for the lighthouse still standing in Evanston, Illinois.

Last year's footprints have been erased by the lake's ebb and flow but here are the new footprints left behind on this sandy beach.  One comes.  One goes.   Do you have a permit?  No.  May I walk the beach take some pictures?  Okay for five minutes.  That is all I have.  Five minutes of solitude now that it is Spring. When the snow covers the sand, and the ice forms on the beach one may forget to count how many moments of solitude that one requires to take on the world of chaos.

I head home after capturing awe one more time.  And so it is.

Evanston Light House
Photo #IMG3097B

Quote:

"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world."
~ John Milton

Monday, June 10, 2019 - Thinking Outside the Box - Motivated by Wonder #IMG3115B - Quote - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Patience

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Motivated by Wonder
Photo #IMG3115B

Quote:

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Saturday, June 8, 2019 - Skywatch Friday - Evanston and Chicago Skylines #IMG-2950B

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Photo #IMG2950B - Evanston and Chicago Skylines

Monday, June 3, 2019 - Thinking Outside the Box - NW Crosses, Doorways and Sky - Quote - Mark Parrett - Open Mind

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I am still studying reflections, geometrics, closing in for details, light, and shadows.

Photo #IMG3114B - NW Crosses, Doorways, and Sky

Quote:

"If you don't go through life with an open mind, you will find a lot of closed doors."
~ Mark Perrett