Category: Toy & Trash cameras

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
~ William Saroyan

One blink of an eye away

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Red chairs

We already have everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves – the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad and hoping that we’re good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kinds – never touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun. But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.

~ Pema Chodron

The Red tree

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Red tree

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
~ Helen Keller

I’m off on a much needed christmas getaway in the BC interior over the holidays, and definitely can use the change of scene. I hope everyone has a wonderful, relaxing Christmas. Remember to be good to those you love, and especially to yourself.

Lost in prayer

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Lost in prayer

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better or happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face , kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.
~ Mother Theresa

Practice wildfire devotion

Fire sky
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Never before in the history of the English language have the words “wildfire” and “devotion” appeared side by side. And yet here they are now, together at last, conspiring to convey a subtly spectacular meaning to you. It’s time, my dear Leo, for you to practice wildfire devotion: to be both earthy and vehement, to blend incendiary style with deeply rooted commitment, to be as flamingly relentless as a wildfire in your staunch devotion to your future’s most potent dream.
(From Free Will Astrology)

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“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
~ Max Planck, Nobel Prize-winning physicist

Three bare trees

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Three bare trees
I’m starting to consider writing on my other blog again. I miss the outlet it provided for expressing myself verbally, and it was a way for me to practice my writing skills on a regular basis. I don’t feel the same about writing on my photography blog. I’m sure I will eventually figure out the best way to get what I need from blogging without having to put intimate details of my private life online.

One of my photos was recently accepted into an online Holga show, and I will post a link when things go live. Last week I submit something to a toy camera magazine I really like, and I hope to hear good things about that submission too.
*Fingers crossed*

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Let the sun shine

Before deciding upon a photo to post on my blog, I did a quick search through my flickr photo stream for anything tagged with snow. I was amazed to discover that I only have ONE photo of snow in my whole archive on Flickr. Apparently, after moving away from Toronto I lost all interest in pictures of the white stuff. I’ll try to remedy this over the next few days while Vancouver is blanketed in an endless sea of white/brown/black snow.

This morning I left my house and walked out into a magical wintery landscape covered in clean white snow. There was hardly a soul around, unusual even for the ungodly hour I make my way to work, and it made for a surprisingly quiet walk to catch the bus. The air was cold and crisp, and every snow covered inch of my street glowed and sparkled under the mixed light of street lamps and the slow breaking light of dawn.