Janet Fogg's Blog, page 9

The gaze is a singular act

“In a world myriad as ours, the gaze is a singular act; to look at something is to fill your whole life with it, if only briefly.” ~ Ocean VuongPhoto by Richard Fogg

When light floats

“There is a moment in every dawn when light floats, there is the possibility of magic. Creation holds its breath.” ~ Douglas AdamsPhoto by Richard Fogg

The best time to plant a tree

“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.” ~ Chinese proverbPhoto by Richard Fogg

To buried treasure

“We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and X never, ever marks the spot.” ~ Indiana JonesPhoto by Richard Fogg

The bee is praised

“It’s not so much how busy you are but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted.” ~ Mary O’ConnorPhoto by Richard Fogg

To have wings

“The reason birds can fly, and we can’t, is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have perfect faith is to have wings.” ~ J. M. Barrie

Photo by Richard Fogg

My sunset sky

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ~ Rabindranath TagorePhoto by Richard Fogg

I went into the garden

I would rather have birds

“If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.” ~ Charles LindberghPhoto by Richard Fogg

Not trying to impress

“Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see a bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.” ~ Dale Carnegie

Photo by Richard Fogg