“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott
“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” — Colette
“Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.” — Douglas William Jerrold
“I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.” — Warren Buffett
This picture quote, in part, explains why I enjoy reading, collecting and sharing quotes. What are your reasons for reading and collecting quotes?
“Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. When it comes to life’s most important lessons, we can all use gentle reminders.” – Chriswell Freeman
A single guy decided life would be much more fun if he got himself a pet.
So he went to the pet store and told the owner that he wanted to buy an unusual pet.
After some discussion, he finally bought a ‘talking centipede‘ (a 100-legged bug), which came in a little white box to use as a house.
He took the box back home, found a good spot for the box, and decided he would start off by taking his new pet to church with him.
So he asked the centipede in the box, “Would you like to go to church with me today? We will have a good time.”
But there was no answer from his new pet.
This bothered him a bit, but he waited a few minutes and then asked again, “How about going to church with me today to receive blessings?”
But again, there was no answer from his new friend and pet. So he waited a few minutes more, thinking about the situation.
The guy decided to invite the centipede one last time.
This time he put his face up against the centipede’s house and shouted, “Hey, in there! Would you like to go to church with me and learn about God?”
This time, a little voice came out of the box, “I heard you the first time! I’m putting my shoes on!”
“Money is the cause of a lot of drama in people’s lives. Whether you have more or less, it ignites fires so treat it with caution.” — Wendy Williams
“[Life] is a dance, and when you are dancing, you are not intent on getting somewhere. The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance.” — Oliver Burkeman
“There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method.” — Herman Melville
“I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.” — Mae West
I think anyone who is interested in Photography or Videography will enjoy and appreciate this short video. It is catchy, fast-paced and delightful.” For more information and to understand how it was made, see the original website posting at PetaPixel
I have always been fascinated by Kaleidoscopes and, as mentioned below, this video employs similar techniques!
“Photographer and film director Naren Wilks created this mind-bending music video by arranging DSLRs around a circular green screen room. When the perspectives of the cameras are combined and synchronized, a ‘rotationally symmetric, kaleidoscopic world‘ is created… Only 5 people were involved in the production of the music video.”
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” — Margaret Thatcher
“The words you speak become the house you live in.” — Hafiz
“I never learned from a man who agreed with me.” — Robert A. Heinlein
“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” — Mexican Proverb
It is easy to overlook the finish of the stroke, but making a “complete” shot helps to improve the pace and angle of the stroke.
“By examining your finish position you can improve your pickleball strokes and game. For more on the correct finish position for your backhand…”
“All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.” — Samuel Butler, British writer
“It’s not where you take things from – It’s where you take them to.” — Jean-Luc Godard
“The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.” — Christian Nestell Bovee
“A pitfall of throwing tantrums is that sometimes, people throw them back.” — Seth Godin
“The thing about quotes on the internet is you can not confirm their validity” – Abraham Lincoln Via
As readers of JBRish know, my wife and I enjoy hiking and one of the things we appreciate is the beauty of trees. Trees have always fascinated me. To think that there are trees alive today that have been on earth during some of the most historic periods such as the American Revolution, The Renaissance, etc. is awe inspiriing.
Beth Moon has created a wonderful book detailing a good number of these stoic trees in her book, Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time.
(Above)“Avenue of the Baobabs. Elegant in shape and form, these strange and magnificent baobabs seem to rise effortlessly to heights of 98 feet, found only on the island of Madagascar. Beth Moon”
(Above)“Kapok Tree. Palm Beach, Florida, 2004. Kapoks of this size usually inhabitant the rain forest, but Moon found this one in Florida on a private estate, with roots that rise 12 feet above the ground. Beth Moon”
More modest appreciation, however, comes from the beauty and majesty we have witnessed on our walks and hikes. We often wonder how a few of the trees we saw managed to survive in some of the most unusual ways and perhaps in less than ideal conditions.
Even in death, trees have a majesty about them. The picture below was taken at Monument Valley, UT.
While hiking Point Reyes National Seashore, CA last summer, we came across this Bay Tree with a cluster of branches and roots at the base. I was interested in the unusual girth.
Another tree we found of special interest this past year was at the Grand Teton National Park. Trees will often gain a foothold and because of their “ill-chosen” location, the earth around their roots is washed away. These are sometimes called “walking trees” because it does appear as though the trees have legs.
This tree, as you can see, lost its foothold and will probably not survive too much longer although it is hanging in there.
Read More about the book and Beth Moon at the Huffington Post: The Most Ancient and Magnificent Trees From Around the World. More of Beth Moon’s pictures can be found at the above link.