"There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday." ~Robert Nathan

 


















"I come into the
peace
of wild things
who do not
tax
their lives
with forethought
of grief....
For a time
I rest
in the grace
of the
world,
and am
free."

~Wendell Berry

Images taken on a windy and foggy April morning.
Chatham and Orleans, Cape Cod.
2011

"The past can't see you, but the future is listening." ~Destin Figuier

Soft light,
diffused and filtered,
From unseen source.
Sounds,
scents,
magnified
With mystic force.

Hanging low
in morning calm,
The fog’s
soft cloak.
Drifting out
from perch unseen,
A raven’s croak.

Breathless,
over water’s surface,
Our wake’s soft voice.
Magic silence,
guarded safely,
The paddlers’ choice.

Heading in to crescent shoreline,
Now close at hand.
Softly in the fragile quiet,
Canoe on sand.

Unveiled at last,
the portage trail
Through mist
appears.
Leads to timeless ways of knowing
The spirit
hears.

~poem by Howard Myers

"Each moment is a place you've never been." ~Mark Strand

"Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you."
~Author Unknown

Images taken at Rock Harbor, Orleans.

"Nothing encourages creativity like the chance to fall flat on one's face."~James D. Finley

I
love
Sunday.

"Children make you want to start life over."
~Muhammad Ali

"Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week."~Joseph Addison

"Look at the
trees,
look at the
birds,
look at the
clouds,
look at the
stars...
and if you have eyes
you will be able to see
that the whole existence
is joyful."

~Osho

Images taken at Boat Meadow Beach, Eastham
and Rock Harbor, Orleans.

August 2008

"Anything simple always interests me." ~David Hockney

With summer winding down...finally, I've been noticing those subtle changes in the light that seem to be happening more and more every day. It's taking on that wonderful clarity that it just doesn't have in the summer. It paints itself onto everything bringing out those intricate little details that would normally go unnoticed. It holds onto the tree tops and branches a little bit longer and casts all sorts of interesting shapes and shadows underneath them. I wonder if everybody gets as excited about the light as I do?

Images taken at Town Cove, Orleans.
Cape Cod.
August 2008

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."~Buddha

 To look backward 

for a while 

is to refresh the eye, 

to restore it, 

and to render it 

the more fit 

for its prime function 

of looking

forward.  

~Margaret Fairless Barber

Images taken at Snow Shore.

Orleans, Cape Cod.

August 2008

"How dear to my soul is the mild twilight hour!"~Thomas Moore

"How lovely
are the portals of the night,
When stars come out
to watch
the daylight die."

~Thomas Cole

Images taken at Boat Meadow Beach, 

Eastham, Cape Cod
August 2008

"The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends."~Max Beerbohm

These are just a few of the images I took from the Fourth of July parade in Orleans. This was my first time at this parade. Even though I've lived in Brewster for almost three years now, I've always stayed pretty loyal to my home town parade in Chatham, and to be honest, I don't think any other parade will ever compare.

There's just something about that small town feel in Chatham that you can't get anywhere else; knowing most of the people on the floats or bumping into old classmates and friends that you haven't seen in years. I didn't know anyone at the Orleans parade and definitely didn't recognize anyone on any of the floats either. But I don't think any town on the Cape is or will ever be as close knit as Chatham was while I was growing up. To not know the people around you by name would have been unthinkable back then. It was comforting in a way too. It was home.

"O years, gone down into the past, What pleasant memories come to me. Of your untroubled days of peace, And hours almost of ecstasy. "
~Phoebe Cary

"The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!"~Philip James Bailey

Photos taken at Rock Harbor, Orleans.

June 25th, 2008.

It wasn't the most dramatic sunset I had ever seen but everything about the atmosphere around these shots just screamed summer. There were crowds of people everywhere. . . A reggae band in the background which only added to the excitement. . . the smell of charcoal smoke clung to salty humid air. . . and then the finale; a sunset which, even though it sort of fizzled in the end is still something I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to witness whenever I get the chance.

"The setting sun, 
and music at the close, 
As the last taste of sweets, 
is sweetest last, 
Writ in remembrance 
more than things 
long past."

~William Shakespeare

Rock Harbor sunset
Cape Cod