Monday, April 29, 2019 - Thinking Outside the Box - and then it was dark - Quote - Paul Gaugin - Dream amid nature

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and then it was dark.

This photograph was taken at Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL #4072019115B © Jm 2019.

Quote:

"A bit of advice, don't copy nature too closely.  Art is an abstraction; as you dream amid nature, extrapolate art from it, and concentrate on what you will create as a result."
~ Paul Gauguin

Friday, March 26, 2019 - SkyWatch Friday - Antioch Fish Boil - Quote - Osvald Siren - Spirit

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John, my husband, and I went to a Friday night fish boil with longtime friends.  When we came out of the church, this is what I saw while the three of them were getting into the car for a long ride home.  What a miracle!

Quote:
"the movement of spirit through the rhythm of things"
~Osvald Siren (April 6, 1879 - June 26, 1966 Finnish-born Swedish art historian

Monday, April 22, 2019 - Thinking Outside the Box - Facing Opposite Ways - Quote - Zig Ziglar - It's not what happens to you

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This photograph was taken at NorthShore University Health System, 9650 Gross Point Road, Skokie, Illinois, 60076 - Facing Opposite Ways - ©Jm2019 #4072019203B

Quote:

"It's not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life; it is how you handle what happens to you."
~ Zig Ziglar

Friday, April 19, 2019 - Skywatch Friday - Icy Window

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"Happy people do not demand a lot from the world because their happiness proceeds from a place deeper than the world can touch."
~ Alan Cohen

Recently, I saw this through the attic window.  These trees did not escape the mystery winter creates with snow, ice, and sunsets.  I used Picasa for cropping.   And so it is.

Icy Window #2162019347B

Monday, April 15, 2019 - Thinking Outside the Box - Quote - Viktor E. Frankl - Response

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"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.  In that space is our power to choose our response.  In our response lies our growth and freedom."
~ Viktor E. Frankl

This photo was taken at Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL, ©Jm 2019 #472019187B.

SkyWatch Friday, April 12, 2019 - Bahai House of Worship

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Bahai House of Worship, 100 Linden Ave., Wilmette, IL #2162019151B©Jm 2019.

John, my husband and I took a scenic drive near Lake Michigan and stopped here one day.  One of my favorite time to take pictures is in winter.  Look how Bahai and Lake Michigan sparkle under a wintry sky.

Monday, April 8, 2019 - Thinking Outside the Box - Fantasy World 4072019112C

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Fantasy World or is this the real world.
This photo was taken at Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL.©Jm 2019.

Skywatch Friday, April 5, 2019 - Sun Hiding Behind Clouds

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I was eating alone in a restaurant.  It was between noon and 2:00 P.M. I looked out the window tilted my eyes upward and saw the sun hiding behind clouds.  By moving to another chair, I was able to shoot the sun through curtains to obtain this image.  In my lifetime, I have never seen the sun look like a moon in broad daylight before.  This photograph is one of many miracles.

Photo:  Sun Behind Clouds, #2162019038, WN, IL, ©Jm2019.

April 1, 2019 - Thinking Outside the Box - So Long Winter

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My husband, John, has been in and out of the hospital since December 16, 2017.  He has had 10 stints put in, told he has diabetes, had two vascular surgeries, a stint put into his left leg and the fourth toe on his left foot removed. In February and March of this year, John was in and out of the hospital with bronchitis. Then two more stints were put into his body.  Now he has a 12 pack.   I have been his caregiver.   I do not find as much time to take photographs as I used too; but I do squeeze photo sessions in between doctor appointments, coumadin checks, and hospital visits.

Photo taken at Evanston Hospital, #2162019037 ©Jm 2019.