“When I only begin to read, I forget I’m on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts.” ~Anzia Yezierska
I’ve been reading so much this winter. Lately, it seems I can go through a book in less than a week. I really love it! And it might sound nerdy (hey, I am a total nerd) but I love going to the library and finding that next book. A new book is incredibly exciting… it holds so much possibility. A good book can transport a person back in time, or into the future… it can scare us, make us laugh or make us cry. We can fall in love with a character or a place. It can make us question what we would do if we were in the same situation. I can’t imagine my days without a book… yes, an actual paper hardcover book.
Some books that I’ve recently read are “The Lost Wife”, “The Mountain Story”, “The Lotus Eaters” and “The Art of Racing in the Rain”. I would recommended all of them. What are you reading? ~Michele
“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.” ~Isabel Allende
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My Bucket List….
I know people always talk about having a bucket list and what those lists consist of.. myself I have a bucket list of flowers…yup a bucket list of flowers.
When I was much more involved with Flickr and met most of you from my Flickr days, I was inspired by your floral images as well as others, I would see amazing shots and think to myself some day I’d love to take shots of something that incredible and beautiful.
Some of the flowers on my list are Coneflowers, Black Eyed Susan’s, Cosmos, Orchids, Poppies, Lilac’s, Dogwood and Tulip Magnolias… of course there is always room to add more and some of these I have taken photos of, but this week I had the opportunity to take photos of Poppies…. beautiful lovely poppies.
Funny thing is, a lot of the flowers that are in my area show up in Feb when it’s rainy and very windy, so I struggle to get great shots of these flowers due to weather factors, but I still go out and shoot lots of shots and usually delete the majority of them, like today I found some poppies, we’ve had great rain storms today with crazy wind (sounds like a freight train as I write this) but I still attempted to get these before they were destroyed by the weather.
They’re definitely not perfection but I love them still and hope you’ll enjoy them as well…. ~Shirina
