debintenn - photoblog

What Sunflowers Do

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-06-12T00:00:00Z

]]> "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do." ~ Helen Keller Lomo effect used in Lightroom... Just enough to brighten things up around here until I get the urge to post again.

Awakening

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-06-11T00:00:00Z

]]> "We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, French-based Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist and author

Happy

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-06-04T00:00:00Z

]]> "Flowers are happy things." ~ Sir P. G. Wodehouse Gerbera daisies

What God Can Do

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-05-31T00:00:00Z

]]> "Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world." ~Virgil A. Kraft

A Flower Opens

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-05-25T00:00:00Z

]]> "The flowers that sleep by night, opened their gentle eyes and turned them to the day. The light, creation's mind, was everywhere, and all things owned its power." ~ The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens Portulaca - "Moss Rose"

Blue Delight

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-05-19T00:00:00Z

]]> "Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the Deity to be a source of delight." ~ John Ruskin Polemonium - "Jacobs Ladder"

Perplexity

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-05-17T00:00:00Z

]]> "If the rose puzzled its mind over the question how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is." J. B. Yeats I'm currently enjoying a profusion of roses in my yard. I do believe that May is my favorite month of the year :=)

Dark Moments

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-05-14T00:00:00Z

]]> "Flowers grow out of dark moments." ~ Corita Kent

Pass It On

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-05-10T00:00:00Z

]]> The world is a rose, smell it and pass it to your friends. ~ Persian Proverb Joseph's Coat of Many Colors

Point Well Taken

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

]]> "My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias." ~ William Allen White

Charmed

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

]]> To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy, than to attempt to fully understand. ~ Henry T. Tuckerman 'Profusion Cherry" Zinnias...planted May 3rd, 2008

What Will You Take For a Pansy?

Deb in Tennessee — 2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

]]> O what will you take for a tippany flower, And what will you take for a pansy? I'll take a smile for the tippany flower, And a kiss for the pretty pansy. from "The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes" I could never decided on a white or black background for this photo, so chose whichever you prefer by clicking in the upper lefthand corner of the page. I planted these pansies about a month ago and they are flourishing :)