Peregrination
Posted: March 30, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, beginnings, Blog Business, Critters, Digital Art, Earth, Fire, home, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Spring, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: ducks, Henry David Thoreau, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, reflections, spring, trees, water, weather, woods 35 Comments
I took a walk around the pond this morning. The weather was beautiful at the time. The early clouds had been blown away by the gentle breeze and the sunlight made it feel relatively warm for a 40 degree morning. Clouds have since regathered and rain is expected this evening. Rain is good. The earth in this area needs it.
The kindness of flowers
Posted: March 29, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Air, Earth, garden, home, life, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, Spring, Walking, weather | Tags: Cleveland, Cleveland Botanical Garden, flowers, garden, George Washington Carver, Kindness, Lake View Cemetery, Mother Teresa, nature, Orchid Mania, orchids, Outdoors, Photography, spring 30 Comments
The flower of kindness will grow. Maybe not now, but it will some day. And in kind that kindness will flow, for kindness grows in this way.
~ Robert Alan
Salmagundi
Posted: March 28, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Art, Digital Art, Earth, Fire, goals, home, Local Tourists, Photography, Spirit, Spring, Walking, weather | Tags: Cleveland, Fountain of Eternal Life, Key Tower, Marshall Fredericks, nature, Outdoors, Photography, spring, The Mall (Cleveland) 25 Comments
Peace Arising from the Flames of War. Also known as the Fountain of Eternal Life and the War Memorial Fountain. Cleveland, Ohio.
Today I have a medley of scenes from Cleveland, starting with the War Memorial Fountain designed by Cleveland Institute of Art graduate Marshall Fredericks. It is located on Memorial Plaza which is part of the Cleveland Mall, and was originally dedicated in 1964. Surrounding the fountain are bronze plates engraved with the names of Clevelanders who died in World World II and the Korean War.
Daffodil Hill
Posted: March 27, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, beginnings, Blog awards, Digital Art, Earth, Fire, garden, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, Spirit, Spring, Walking, wandering, weather | Tags: Cleveland, daffodils, flowers, garden, Lake View Cemetery, nature, Outdoors, Photography, poetry, spring, William Wordsworth 77 Comments
I found my thrill... (I know it was on Blueberry Hill, but that song keeps running through my head whenever I think "Daffodil Hill")
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host, of golden daffodils.~ William Wordsworth
Joanne commented that she couldn’t wait to see the daffodils. I am not sure they are worth the excitement of a cliffhanger so I decided not to make Joanne or you all wait. Photographing Daffodil Hill is easy. Getting good images is not.
Current events
Posted: March 26, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Earth, Fire, home, life, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Spring, Walking, water | Tags: Cleveland, Cleveland Botanical Garden, clouds, flowers, garden, nature, orchids, Outdoors, Photography, pond, signs of spring, spring, water 31 Comments
Sunshine takes over after the morning clouds move out
I know some of my visitors like to see what’s currently going on around the pond so before we go back to Cleveland, let’s see what’s happening outdoors and close to home. Spring here in the Bogs is slightly behind spring up in Cleveland. And today doesn’t feel like spring at all. It’s chilly (33 degrees when I went out for my walk this morning) and very breezy. There is a Freeze Warning in effect for tonight, with a low of 26 expected.
Where to start…
Posted: March 25, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Air, Art, Earth, festivals, Fire, goals, home, life, Local Tourists, movies, nature, Photography, Spirit, Spring, Walking, wandering, water | Tags: art, Cleveland, Cleveland International Film Festival, Gateway District, nature, Outdoors, Photography, spring, Tower City Center 43 Comments
Walking from the hotel to Tower City (where the CIFF is held).
What an amazing weekend it has been. There are so many things to tell you about that I think it will take at least a week. I feel so saturated with life and art and the city of Cleveland that I don’t know where to begin.
Spider webs
Posted: March 24, 2012 Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Air, Earth, festivals, goals, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, Spirit, Spring, Walking, wandering, water | Tags: Cleveland International Film Festival, garden, nature, Outdoors, Photography, spider webs, water 41 Comments
Oh no! Another scheduled post? What’s up with that?
Life in the Bogs 