The kitchen, without doubt, was the center of creation, all things revolved about it; it was the pediment that sustained the temple.
~ Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Dinner and football.
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“You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
― Ansel Adams
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We wake to frost and empty bird feeders!
“That’s the gift of winter: it’s irresistible. Change will happen in its wake, whether we like it or not. We can come out of it wearing a different coat.”
― Katherine May, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Another frosty morning, outlining every detail. I slip outside, bundled up against the cold, thankful for a few moments alone to relish in the deep silence.
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“In a world that seems so uncertain, in lives that seem sometimes to ricochet from challenge to upheaval and back again, a dog can be counted on in a way that’s true of little else.”
― Anna Quindlen, Good Dog. Stay.
Beagles are a bit moody. They pout, they make you suffer if you change up their routines, they love to eat, and they shed. All and all they are the perfect dog!
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morning frost
“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.”
― John Burroughs
The sun is out, the air is crisp, and the frost is calling.
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