Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

Revolution?

 

 

...It''s about my journey going from a liberal civil  rights lawyer

who was tinkering with the machine,

and believed that we could somehow get the to the Promised Land

if we just filed the next best lawsuit,

or met the the governor,

or organize the right number of people for the next protest,

to someone who now believes that much more revolutionary change is required,

and it's not simply a political revolution.

 

A moral and spiritual revolution is also required of us now.

 

                                                                                          *Michelle Alexander

 

This is what is required of us to begin to treat each person decently,

with respect and love

and by extension,

the earth and all aboard her.

 

 

 

 

*(Author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness",

talking about her new book.)

 

 

Photo of Tropical Day Flower and Dragonfly, ©2013 Laine Quinn

Taken at Longwood Gardens, in Delaware.

 

Water Lilies

 

 

As beautiful as the night.

 

"Which night?"

You might ask.

 

The night of shooting stars or lightening bugs,

or the first time you held the hand of someone you really loved.

 

One of those beautiful nights that you can't forget.

 

 

 

 

 

Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania, Water Garden with tropical water lilies.

From Laine's Blog, August 2013, edited  and used with permission! 

 

Catch Laine at the Wednesday Farmers and Craft market and this Saturday at the Nocatee Farmers' Market!

 

 

You Pick...

 

 

 

As beautiful as the night.

 

"Which night?"

You might ask.

 

The night of shooting stars or lightening bugs,

or the first time you held the hand of someone you really loved?

 

You pick!

 

 

 

Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania, Water Garden with tropical water lilies.

Reprinted from Laine's Blog, August, 2013 and with Laine's permission ;>)

 

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The Water Lily and the Moon

Internet Interuptus

 

 

 

 

 

Trouble getting onto the internet,

working it out,

but there may be some interuptions in the coming days.

GROWL!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Exchange

 

 

Two Cardinals calling back and forth to one another in the woods today.

 

It's Springtime again.

 

A friend's Mom goes into Hospice.

 

A nephew's brand new baby girl arrives safely -

plump and happy!

 

As you get older, you see it more clearly.

 

(Breathe out.

Breathe in.)

 

The exchange of life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

What's your favorite green?

 

 

Happy Saint Patty's Day!

 

 

 

Time For Some Cheer!

 

 

Cheers!

 

 

 

 

 

Orchids at Longwood Gardens, last summer.

 

 

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Orchids & Poetry

Green Giant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detail of an "Elephant Ear," Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania.

Everything Changes

 

 

Clouds reflected on the water until the sun shifts.

 

 

Everything changes.

 

 

 

 

At the edge of the water gardens at Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania.

500

 

Ok, so this is going to take longer than I thought, after all, that's a lot of posts...500!!

So, this is just the begining and it might go on for the next week or so...we will see.

ENJOY!!!

 

 

 

 

Thanks to all of my subscribers and fans!

Meet me Friday, Barley's, 6 P.M. - for a toast!

St. Augustine!

 

 

Italy or France?

 

 

Italy?

France?

Pennsylvania?

 

 

 

 

 

Under Sunny Skies

 

 

Bees are busy in the sunflower,

while others nap

under the warm, rejuvenating sun

on the sand.

 

 

 

 

Sweet Little Grin...

 

 

Catfish got whiskers and a

sweet little grin,

but you never can tell

where a catfish has been.

 

 

 

 

                                                   From a song by Danny O'Keefe.

 

 

 

Catfish found in pond at Longwood Gardens, PA.

Album Title is "Breezy Stories".