Watching The Fall Blow In

Watching The Fall Blow In, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"Time that withers you will wither me. We will fall like ripe fruit and roll down the grass together. Dear friend, let me lie beside you watching the clouds until the earth covers us and we are gone."
— Jeanette Winterson (Written on the Body)

After several days of unseasonably warm weather, 27C/80F. I sat here watching the cold front of Autumn/Fall roll in, bringing with it a cold wind and a plunge in the temperature to 10C/50F ... brrrrr :-)

Rays Above The Valleys

Rays Above The Valleys, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"I don't think it had ever occurred to me that man's supremacy is not primarily due to his brain, as most of the books would have one think. It is due to the brain's capacity to make use of the information conveyed to it by a narrow band of visible light rays. His civilization, all that he had achieved or might achieve, hung upon his ability to perceive that range of vibrations from red to violet. Without that, he was lost."
— John Wyndham (The Day of the Triffids)

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Sunflower Serendipity

Sunflower Serendipity, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

Ah Sun-flower! weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the Sun:
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done;
Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow
Arise from their graves and aspire
Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.

Ah! Sunflower By William Blake

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Late Summer Blooms Series #2

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Fuchsia Discretion

Fuchsia Discretion, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

A spear of zinc light wounds stone and water,
stripping the scarlet fuchsia bells and yellow buttercups

of any discretion, so they confess their end in this
luminous declaration that they are no more than

shortlived absolutes in living colour, bright eyes
open against the dark.

From Summer Evening by Eamon Grennan

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Late Summer Blooms Series #1

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Flowers and Clouds

Flowers and Clouds, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars."
— Martin Luther

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Embracing The Ocean

Embracing The Ocean, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life."
— John Lennon

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Dusk of Delight

Dusk of Delight, a photo by TomRaven on Flickr.

"There is only one day left, always starting over: It is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk."
— Jean-Paul Sartre

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