Helena's Blog
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Wonderful animal photography and a look at life in Great Britain. Also showcased are the happenings at the Maxwell Zoo.
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Nassau/ City Life/ Christopher Morley/ Marcus Terentius/ William Moody
, originally uploaded by Davidlind.
There are natures that go to the streams of life in great cities as the hart goes to the water brooks. ~Philip G. Hamerton
All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. ~Christopher Morley
Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities. ~Marcus Terentius Varro
The roaring street is hung for miles With fierce electric fire.
~William Vaughan Moody, In New York
Conserving Energy/ Robert Redford/ Paul MacCready, Jr.
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Don’t blow it – good planets are hard to find. ~Quoted in Time
I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend? ~Robert Redford, Yosemite National Park dedication, 1985
Your grandchildren will likely find it incredible – or even sinful – that you burned up a gallon of gasoline to fetch a pack of cigarettes! ~Paul MacCready, Jr.
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William Faulkner/ Georgia O'Keeffe/ Twyla Tharp/ Art Is The Only Way To Run Away Without Leaving Home
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Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~Twyla Tharp
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. ~William Faulkner
As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life. ~John Lubbock
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for. ~Georgia O’Keeffe
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Antique Cars/ Father's Day 2008/ Richmond, Virginia
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. ~Albert Einstein
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. ~Author Unknown




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