Archive for life
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
Posted in Photography 2 with tags beauty, blog, blogging, joy, life, Merry Christmas, nature, nature photography, peace, photography, soul on December 25, 2014 by allisonlabineUnder a Cerulean Sky
Posted in Inspiration with tags beautiful, beauty, blog, blogging, life, mountain, mountains, nature, nature photography, photography, photos, river, rivers, sacred, sun, sunburst, sunrise, tree on October 12, 2014 by allisonlabineBraided gold
Flows through liquid hands
Summoning the world to
Rise.
Rumbling,
Nourishing,
Whispering…
Rivers carve
Mountains
Under a
Cerulean sky.
Crisp air,
Deep,
Deeper
Breaths.
Absorb. Inhale…
This
Sacred
Space.
Sweeping
Sentinels
Through the
Ages
Stretch, giving
Birth
To Nature’s
Luminous faces.
-Allison LaBine
Image: © Mac Stone
Carina Nebula
Posted in Inspiration with tags death, family, friend, life, love, loved ones, memories, memory, nebula, stars, universe on March 17, 2014 by allisonlabineSeeing a dear family friend in the hospital yesterday – emaciated with four broken ribs and a punctured lung – reminded me of all my loved ones who have passed away and the times when they were still alive. I miss and love you all. I see you in the evening stars and in the morning sunlight as it suffuses the earth and the trees with golden light. I hear you in the call of the wind. May your spirits be woven back into the fabric of the universe and live on for eternity.
Image of the Carina Nebula: ©NASA
For innocence lost…
Posted in Thoughts with tags blog, blogging, children, grief, hope, innocence, life, loss, love, memory, photography, poetry on December 14, 2012 by allisonlabine…all over the world.
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.
– Mary Elizabeth Frye
Today
Posted in Thoughts with tags activist, animal, art, blog, blogging, free, gratitude, hope, life, loss, mother earth, namibian seals, nature, painting, right, seal on July 1, 2012 by allisonlabineBe happy for every moment you are alive, for every moment you are well, for every moment you are free. For in every corner of the world, there is suffering.
Today marks the start of the Namibian seal slaughter – 85,000 pups killed over the next 3 months for their fur. Maybe next year things will change. Thank you to those who tried, who always try to do what is right, especially against great odds.
Beauty of your dreams
Posted in Shared Inspiration with tags art, beauty, blog, blogging, dream, hope, inspiration, life, nature, ocean, painting, peace, quote, rainbow, sea on June 27, 2012 by allisonlabine
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Artwork by Ashton Howard. http://www.ashtonhoward.com