SkyWatch Friday - Quote - Maya Angelou - Holidays

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Quote: I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights." ~ Maya Angelou

Thinking Outside the Box -Seaweed on the Beach

SkyWatch Friday - Each leaf on a branch - Quote - Laurie Buchanan, Ph.D. - Wind

Image 4597B - Each leaf on a branch makes up a tree. Each tree takes care of another. ©Jm 2023

Quote: “I enjoy many types of music, but to my ears, there’s none more soothing or calming than the music a tree makes as wind passes through its leaves.” ~ Laurie Buchanan, PhD

Thinking Outside the Box - Image 4713B - Unknown - Kamand Kojouri

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Quote: “What you choose also chooses you.” ~ Kamand Kojouri

Thinking Outside the Box - X Marks the Spot on an Egg Shell, 2023 - Quote - Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other - Inner Value

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Quote: “Let us wonder at how X was just a rare letter until algebra came along and made it something special that can be unravelled to reveal inner value.” ~ Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

SkyWatch Friday - Heart in the Sky, 2023. - Quote - Mary Oliver - Reflected

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Quote: "Every day I walk out into the world to be dazzled, then to be reflective." ~ Mary Oliver

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg, Beyond, 2023 - Quote - Maya Angelou - Positive

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Quote: "You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot—it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive." ~ Maya Angelou

Skywatch Friday - Before and After Clocks Changed - Quote - Amy Grant - Gratitude

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Image 4036B Autumn Leaf Floating, 2023.

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Quote: “Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.” ~ Amy Grant

SkyWatch Friday - Driving into a Storm, Stone Lake, WI - Quote - Rose Kennedy - Free

Image 3779Sky2023 - Driving into a Storm, Cranberry Bog, Wm.D.Zawisowsky, Stone Lake, WI, August-October, 2023.

Image 3783BSky2023 Storm, Musky Bay, Lac Court Oreilles, Stone Lake, WI, August-October, 2023.

Quote: "Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?" ~ Rose Kennedy

SkyWatch Friday - Quote: Robert Holden - Wonder

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Quote: “Practice wonder today – be present, begin again, know nothing, and allow everything to surprise you, inspire you, excite you, entertain you, teach you. Be fully open to life, today, and let yourself live wonderfully.” ~ Robert Holden

SkyWatch Friday - Midwest Farmland, Highway 27, Near Hayward, WI, 2023. - Quote - Surprise

Image 3744C Midwest Farmland, Highway 27, Near Hayward, WI, 2023.

Quote: “But why think about that when all the golden land's ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?” ~ Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Thinking Outside the Box - Hear the Beat of the Trees at the Lake -Quote - Rainer Maria Rilke - Rhythm

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Quote: “When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

SkyWatch Friday - Image 3617B - Golden Hour Sunset - Quote - Richie Norton - Opportunity

Image 3617B - Golden Hour Sunset, ©Wm. D. Zawiscowski, Cranberry Bog, October, 2023.

Quote: “Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes.” ~ Richie Norton Want to see more: https://blog.gratefulness.me/new-beginnings-quotes/

Thinking Outside the Box - The Celestial Beauty of a Flower, 2023. - Quote - Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations - Rhythm

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Quote: “When you touch the celestial in your heart, you will realize that the beauty of your soul is so pure, so vast and so devastating that you have no option but to merge with it. You have no option but to feel the rhythm of the universe in the rhythm of your heart.” ~ Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations

SkyWatch Friday - Sunflower(3577B), August - 2023 - Quote - Neena Verma, GRIEF GROWTH GRACE: A SACRED PILGRIMAGE

Image 3577B Sunflower, August-2023. ©Perlick Distillery, Sarona, Wisconsin.

Quote: “We all know that a sunflower instinctively knows its source of life-giving energy, and follows it the whole day. Some of us believe that when it is dark and the Sun is hiding, the sunflowers turn to each other, and energize and strengthen each other. This faith is beautiful.” ~ Neena Verma, GRIEF GROWTH GRACE: A SACRED PILGRIMAGE

Thinking Outside the Box - Plant in Decay, 2023 - Quote - Miracles

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Quote: "Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you." ~Jon Bon Jovi

SkyWatch Friday - Sky, Autumn, 2023 - Quote - Van Morrison - Sea, Soul, Spirit

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Quote: "Smell the sea and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly." ~ Van Morrison

Thinking Outside the Box - Leaf Translucent - Kamand Kojouri - Light and Shadows

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Quote: “You have to be transparent so you no longer cast a shadow but instead let the light pass through you.” ― Kamand Kojouri

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg, Sept. 11, 2023 - Quote - M. K. Lobb, Seven Faceless Saints

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Quote: “Once you have known true grief, you don’t get better. You don’t recover – you only grow stronger. You learn to bear the things that seem unbearable. You find a way to rebuild yourself, even with crucial pieces missing.” ~M.K. Lobb, Seven Faceless Saints

SkyWatch Friday - On the Shore Dreaming , September, 2023 - Quote - Eleanor Roosevelt - Thoughts

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Quote: "With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Thinking Outside the Box - Yellow Daffodil

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SkyWatch Friday - Sky - Quote - Theodore Roosevelt - Hidden Spirit

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Quote: "There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm." ~ Theodore Roosevelt

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg 0087B - Quote - Nathaniel Branden - Acceptance

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Quotes: "The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance." ~ Nathaniel Branden

SkyWatch Friday - Clouds in Backyard - Leona Lewis www.youtube.com/FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND

Image 2061 Clouds, August 24, 2023

My husband, John Meyer, passed July 25, 2023. It was my honor to be his caretaker and wife and mother to our two sons, Johnny and Norm. Google Supplied this Information Footprints In The Sand is not a bible verse; the strongest Biblical reference is found in Deuteronomy 1:31 where Moses encourages his followers to continue the wilderness journey. Stating that “the Lord your God carried you.”

Life interrupted again. I will return shortly.

SkyWatch Friday - Crossing Over the Borderline into Wisconsin - Quote - Grigoris Deoudis - Moments

Image 0215B Crossing Over the Borderline into Wisconsin, 2023.

Quote: “Every moment is a crossroad in time. Consider that, as above so below and as inside so outside and live accordingly.” ~ Grigoris Deoudis

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg - Quote - Kurt Vonnegut

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Quote: "I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center." ~ Kurt Vonnegut

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg Shell and Hydrangea - Quote - Jacqueline Carey, "Kushiel's Chosen" - Variation

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Quote: “There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme” ~ Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen

SkyWatch Friday - Piece of a Mind's Eye of the Sky, 2023. - Quote - Germany Kent - Grateful

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Quote: “Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going well.” ~ Germany Kent

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg 07032023 - Quote - Topher Kearby - Life

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Quote: “It’s not about being happy all the time, or being sure of all your choices. It’s about knowing that life is precious, even when it’s tough.” ~ Topher Kearby

Thinking Outside the Box - Quote - Dee Hock - Creativity

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Quote: "Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it." ~ Dee Hock

Thinking Outside the Box - Hydrangea #2

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SkyWatch Friday - Farmland, Wisconsin - 2023 - Quote - Josef Albers - Marvels of the World

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Quote: “Learn to see and to feel life; that is, cultivate imagination, because there are still marvels in the world, because life is a mystery and always will be. But be aware of it.” ~ Josef Albers

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg Portrait

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SkyWatch Friday - A Field Just Over the Illinois, Wisconsin Border - Quote - Wendell Berry, Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition - Miracle

Image 0184B - A Field Just Over the Illinois/Wisconsin Border, 2023.

Quote: “I see that the life of this place is always emerging beyond expectation or prediction or typicality, that it is unique, given to the world minute by minute, only once, never to be repeated. And this is when I see that this life is a miracle, absolutely worth having, absolutely worth saving. We are alive within mystery, by miracle.” ― Wendell Berry, Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition

Thinking Outside the Box - Eggs in Queue, June 5, 2023. Quote - Helen Keller

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Quote: "We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world." ~ Helen Keller

SkyWatch Friday - Panels of Blue Sky - Elliot Erwitt - Observation

Image 0164 Panels of Blue Sky, Lutheran General Hospital, 1775 Dempster Street, Park Ridge, IL

Quote: "photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” ~ Elliot Erwitt

Thinking Outside the Box - Hydrangea and Egg, 2023 - Quote - Rumi - Wonder

Image 8340B Hydrangea and Egg, 2023.

Quote: "Trade in all your cleverness and acquire a sense of wonderment." ~ Rumi

Sunset at Lovelace Park

Image 9095B Sunset at Lovelace Park 52123, Evanston, IL - 2023.

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SkyWatch Friday - Reflection - Quote - Julia Margaret Cameron - Attention

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Quote: “The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.” ~ Julia Margaret Cameron

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg, One Shard Plus 3 Moon Shapes - Quote - Joy

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“I believe that joy is at the core of my being. I know the joy I seek is already within me. I commit to it with a lightness and ease that evaporates all barriers. I will create joyful moments with every heartbeat.” ~ Adrienne Enns, Intentional Days: Creating Your Life on Purpose

SkyWatch Friday - Lovelace Park and Wal-Mart Pick-up Area - Greg Anderson - Joy

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Image 9081B - Wal-Mart Pick-Up Area, Raining, Niles, Illinois - 2023.

Quote: "Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it." ~ Greg Anderson

Thinking Outside the Box - Egg - Geometric Shapes - Quote - Albert Schweitzer - Light/Gratitude

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Quote: "At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." ~ Albert Schweitzer

SkyWatch Friday - Lovelace Park - Quote - Henry Miller - Attention

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Quote: “The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” ~ Henry Miller

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Thinking Outside the Box - Leaf 03262023 - Quote -Kevyn Aucoin - Embrace

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Quote: "Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it." ~ Kevyn Aucoin