Taking Time Off From Blogging till 2022.

First our modem stopped working. We purchased a new one. Our grandchild, Alex, was quite capable of hooking the new modem up for us. It was his first time. We were out of internet for at least a week or two maybe more. Now, I am unable to download images from my Iphone to the desktop. I think I will wait till 2022 to continue posting on Light and Voices. Keep your fingers crossed that I will be able to figure this one out. I think it is the cord but????? From our house to your house, we wish you Happy Holidays! Be safe.

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg Shell, Untethered From the Egg - Quote - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Seeing

Image 1054B Egg Shell, Untethered From the Egg, 2021.

Quote: “The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

SkyWatch Friday - Quote - Barbara Klide, Along Came Ryan, the Little (Gosling) King, Volume I - Grateful

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Image 2822 - Canada Geese Two

Quote: “Each time you see that indelible V-formation, be grateful for the perfect moment to be alive. And should you hear the geese calling, drink it in, knowing you have been touched with the indescribable magnificence of the Canada Geese.” ~ Barbara Klide, Along Came Ryan, the Little (Gosling) King, Volume I

Thinking Outside the Box - How many layers are in an egg shell? - Quote - Christian Cota - Layers

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Quote: "For me, it's very interesting to take one object and really dissect it to as many layers as possible." ~ Christian Cota

SkyWatch Friday - Quote - Allen Lacy - Seeing

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Quote: "A powerful hand lens [Eschenback Leutchlupe] with a focused beam of light opens up an entire world below the threshold of the ordinary experience of seeing." ~ Allen Lacy

Thinking Outside the Box - Do It Your Self Car Wash - Quote - Gold Meir - Trust

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Quote: "Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life." ~ Golda Meir

SkyWatch Friday - Sky One and Sky Two - Quote - Chris Maser - Reflection

Image 2739B Sky One, Wisconsin, 2021

Image 2742B Sky Two, Wisconsin, 2021

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Image 8052009079B - Lac Court Oreilles Peninsular Forest, Wisconsin

Quote: “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.” ~ Chris Maser, Forest Primeval: The Natural History of an Ancient Forest

Thinking Outside the Box - Stepping Outside the Frame - Quote - Junichiro Tanizaki - Shadows

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Quote: "Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides." ~ Junichiro Tanizaki

SkyWatch Friday - Happy Halloween

Image 2462B - On The Way Home From Siren, WI, 2021

Image 2940B - Framed Ghost, 2021

Image 2943B - Ghost NOT In The Graveyard, 2021

Image 2911B - Side Mirror Ghost At The Car Wash, 2021

Image WP20151023005C - Skeleton in Tuxedo, 2015

Thinking Outside the Box - Ghostly Tree Trunks, October, 2021- Joan Maloof - Imagination

Image 2533B - Ghostly Tree Trunks, October, 2021. Took a forest image and turned it into an infrared photo.

Quote: "To really feel a forest canopy one must use different senses, and often the most useful one is the sense of imagination." ~ Joan Maloof

SkyWatch Friday - Clouds, Autumn, 2021 - Quote - Paul Boese - Past/Future

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Quote: “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” ~ Paul Boese

Thinking Outside the Box - 2021 Halloween - Apparitions - Quote - Thomas Carlyle

Image 1842B, Basement, Apparition #1

Image 2911B, Rear View Mirror, Apparition #2

Quote: “The illimitable, silent, never-resting thing called Time, rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing ocean-tide, on which we and all the Universe swim like exhalations, like apparitions which are, and then are not: this is forever very literally a miracle; a thing to strike us dumb—for we have no word to speak about it.” ~ Thomas Carlyle

SkyWatch Friday - Finding My Inner Calm - Quote - Brenda Schoepp - Farmer

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Image 2499B - Touring Backroads Between Spooner and Siren Number 1

Image 2472B - Touring Backroads Between Spooner and Siren Number 2

Quote: "My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, and a preacher. But every day, three times a day, you need a farmer." ~ Brenda Schoepp

Thinking Outside the Box - Halloween 2021, Spider Web on Egg - Quote - Pablo Picasso - "Receptacle for Emotions"

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Quote: "The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web." ~ Pablo Picasso

SkyWatch Friday - The Landing - Quote - Theresa Lewis - Seasons

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Quote: “Every new season of your life will be an opportunity for you to learn and grow. Don't celebrate the good without celebrating the bad because they both work together to prepare you for the next season of your life.” ~ Theresa Lewis

Thinking Outside the Box - Laundry - Quote - E. B. White - Joy

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Quote: "We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry." ~ E. B. White

SkyWatch Friday - Rainbow - Quote - Lord Byron - "Storms of life"

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Image 2l96 - Storm Developing, September 2021

Image 2548 - Rainbow over Cattle, September 2021

Quote: "Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray." ~ Lord Byron

Thinking Outside the Box - Eggs - Quote - Marc Chagall - Create

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Quote: "If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing." ~ Marc Chagall

SkyWatch Friday - Spiral in the Sky - Quote - Jodi Picoult - Capable

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Quote: “Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.” ~ Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

Thinking Outside the Box - Beginning or Ending - Quote - W. Clement Stone - Goals

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Quote: "Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star." ~ W. Clement Stone

SkyWatch Friday - Quote - Joyce Tenneson - Enjoyment

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Quote: "The most important thing is to try and enjoy life because you never know when it will be gone. If you wake up in the morning and have a choice between doing the laundry and taking a walk in the park, go for the walk. You’d hate to die and realize you had spent your last day doing the laundry.” ~ Joyce Tenneson

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg Whispering - Quote - Duane Michals - Trust

Image 2321S: Egg Whispering, September 2021

Quote: “Trust that little voice in your head that says ‘Wouldn’t it be interesting if…’; And then do it.” ~ Duane Michals

SkyWatch Friday - Reflection of Daylight in Home - Quote - Mike Murdock - Routine

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Quote: "The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine." ~ Mike Murdock

Thinking Outside the Box - Lemons - Quote - Aristotle - Leisure

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Quote: "The end of labor is to gain leisure." ~ Aristotle

SkyWatch Friday - Reflection - Quote - Claude Monet - To See

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Quote: "To see we must forget the name of the thing we are looking at."  ~ Claude Monet

Thinking Outside the Box - One Single Leaf - Quote - Anais Nin - Joy

Image 1713B - One Single Leaf, Light and Darkness, Circles, 2021.

Quote: "A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked." ~ Anais Nin

SkyWatch Friday

Image 2197B - Sky touching Earth, 2021.

Image 2336B - Feather on the Moon, 2021.

Image 1336B - Dreaming of Sandia Mountains, 2021.