Month: June 2013
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Day 172: Something Beautiful—Cicoria Bluette
Something Beautiful is a self-imposed initiative to find a visual feast for each day of a year. I like what I like. Weed or not. I like color and I like chicory. My family will tell you that from an early age color bewitched me. My penchant for defining a color by its name is legend.…
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Day 171: Something Beautiful—Belleza Classica
Something Beautiful is a self-imposed initiative to find a visual feast for each day of a year. Color is intense. Color is profound. Color is, in itself, magnificent. Alone it can mask and disguise that which it inhabits. So entirely does color distract that designers strip it from layouts and identity marks to see if the design…
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Day 170: Something Beautiful—Medieval Splendor
Something Beautiful is a self-imposed initiative to find a visual feast for each day of a year. Yes. A very late start on today’s beauty. So, to be brief. Medieval beauty from Norway. Susan King sends a photo of Trondenes, an ancient church dating back to 1435. Located in the northern most part of the country.…
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Day 169: Something Beautiful—The Miniver Rose
Something Beautiful is a self-imposed initiative to find a visual feast for each day of a year. Matt George joined the “Something Beautiful” followers this week. As is my practice with new followers, I checked out his site to find out about him. He is a fine photographer who photographs his own roses. And they are…
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Day 168: Something Beautiful: Lofoten Islands, Norway
Something Beautiful is a self-imposed initiative to find a visual feast for each day of a year. Amici da una vita. Lifelong friends. Susan Sewell King is one of them. We were roommates one summer during undergrad. I set her up with my brother and shared great laughs in those years. For years after she moved…
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Day 167: Something Beautiful—Le Mie Nuvole
Something Beautiful is a self-imposed initiative to find a visual feast for each day of a year. Le mie nuvole. My clouds. A stunning day of low humidity, bright blue skies, and enormous clouds. My clouds. I left work at 6:30pm greeted by these spectacular skies. A perfect day —full of energy and promise—in a fleeting…
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Day 166: Something Beautiful—The Wondrous Road Trip
Something Beautiful is a self-imposed initiative to find a visual feast for each day of a year. Tomorrow I head to Bloomington, Indiana to visit my youngest son, his girlfriend, their cat, and her mother. A road trip. A favorite pastime. A chance to fill my head with fresh thoughts and pictures. Scouting beautiful places to…
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Day 165: Something Beautiful—Bronzo Iris
Something Beautiful is a self-imposed initiative to find a visual feast for each day of a year. I traveled not only north to Wisconsin last week — but back in time to relive spring. My favorite season. All the gorgeous perennials that have passed in the near south were just beginning their glory up north. Bronzo…
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Day 164: Something Beautiful—Bella ricordi lago
Something Beautiful is a self-imposed initiative to find a visual feast for each day of a year. Thirteen years ago, I took Philip to Space Academy. He’d saved money for a long time to go to the Huntsville, Alabama camp for bright kids who love rockets. That experience was a peak memory for the entire family.…