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Winter

Winter

Come hither, come hither, come hither
Here shall he see
No enemy,
But winter and rough weather.

William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”


Photographer on a Beach

Photographer on a Beach

“As soon as photography became cheap and easy to use and making photographs came into the hands of thousands of visually and artistically untrained individuals, the possibilities of the medium exploded.”

“A History of Photography” from The George Eastman House Collection


Shoreline

Shoreline

"A huge slice of people want to protect the environment because it is important to them spiritually, …Selling environmental protection based on science or policy that most people do not understand or care about is ineffective."

From "Environmentalists Kill the Purple Cow: Endangered Campaigns Need Seth Godin", July 22, 2005 in Advocacy Strategy, Communication Technology Weblog


Shadow

Shadow

“He had caught both substance and shadow – both fortune and affection, and was just the happy man he ought to be.”

"Emma" by Jane Austen, Chapter 22


Castle

Castle

“Do you not hope your children shall be kings …?”

Hamlet spoke in "Hamlet" by Shakespeare


Sailboat

Sailboat

“That is to say, the wind blew from the worst possible direction for landing at the Lighthouse. …it was odious of him to rub this in…”

“To the Lighthouse” by Virginia Woolf


Going Fast

Going Fast

“Bridlington is a wonderful example of what a determined club can achieve and the Carnaby facility consists of, a club house and toilets, sufficient space to house the nationals and of course a 70 metre by 80 metre lake!! The whole thing was purpose built by the club."

UK Fast Electric Model Boat Racing National Championships 2005 on website astecmodels.co.uk


Sky

Sky

“The word water, meaning

what leaps on your hands
under the pump

what crawls down your back
from the washcloth

what runs down your cheek
and tastes salty

what has one home in the sky,
another in the earth”

Part of the poem, “Talking to Helen”, Helen Keller, 1880-1968, by Lisel Mueller


Leaves

Leaves

“Every autumn we revel in the beauty of the fall colors. The mixture of red, purple, orange and yellow is the result of chemical processes that take place in the tree as the seasons change from summer to winter.”

From the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, “The Splendor of Autumn”


Keeping Company

Keeping Company

“And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays…”

Bottom speaks in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare


Mountain

Mountain

“At evening from the top of Fesole,
Or in Valamo, to descry new lands,
Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.”

"Paradise Lost" by John Milton


Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan

“Besides, to tell everything exactly as it had been would have meant the exercise of considerable self-control to confine himself to the facts.”

“War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy