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

Thursday, May 30, 2019 - SkyWatch Friday - Billboard - Quote - Alan Watts - Change

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Photo #20180609002B - Image was taken through a billboard with open field and skies, Hayward, WI.

Quote:

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."
~ Alan Watts

Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - Thinking Outside the Box - Water Tank #21620191749B - Quote - Meister Eckhart - New Beginnings

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At sunset, I walked down a path and looked up at this water tower and so how could I resist?  I took several images.  I cropped and I played with this photo until the miracle happened. This image had a lot of faint lines while other lines looked strong.  I saw the sunset on the very edge of a circle? The metal structures held the water tower so far above me that I was in awe.  I learned that day to always be aware of the details.

Looking at the images that were posted in 2019 on Light and Voices, something new is going on with the photographs.  I am going to keep on shooting and posting and experience the magic of the "NEW BEGINNINGS" and see where it goes.  If you like, come along with me for the journey.

Photo Image #21620191749B  Water Tower, Hayward, WI

Quote:
"And suddenly you know it's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings."
~ Meister Eckhart