“The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.” ~Tahir Shah

 

“Come with me into the woods 

where spring is
advancing,

as it does, no matter 

what,
not being singular 

or particular,

 but one of the forever gifts, 

and certainly 

visible.” 

 ~Mary Oliver

A beautiful Easter day hike.

April, 2015.

Nickerson State Park, Brewster.

“In yourself right now is all the place you've got.” ~Flannery O'Connor

“All Heaven and Earth
Flowered white 

obliterate...
Snow...

unceasing 

snow” 

~Hashin

A late winter snow.
Stage Harbor, Chatham.
Joanna Vaughan Photography.

“Life is a dance of nature.” ~Toba Beta

“I can be by myself because I'm never 

 lonely; 

I'm simply alone, 

 living in my heavily populated 

solitude, 

a harum-scarum of infinity 

and 

 eternity, 

and Infinity and Eternity seem to take a liking

 to the 

likes

 of me.”

 ~Bohumil Hrabal

Chatham, Cape Cod in snow.

February 2015.

Joanna Vaughan Photography

“We do not know what is on the other side of the storm.” ~Brian Francis Slattery

 “Quiet 

is a blessed gift. 

In this frantic world 

how we must cherish

 every moment 

of it, 

and carve it out for ourselves 

every chance 

we get.” 

 ~Anne Ortlund

Orleans in the snow.
Rock Harbor, Boat Meadow Beach, and the Cove.
Joanna Vaughan Photography

“I feel the need to endanger myself every so often.” ~Tim Daly

 

"Snow was 

falling,
so much like stars
filling the dark 

trees
that one could easily imagine
its reason for 

being 

was nothing more
than 

prettiness.” 

~Mary Oliver

A ski trip to the mountains with my boys.

Lincoln, New Hampshire.

February 2015