The wind is careless—
uncertain—
I like the wind—
it seems more like me than anything else—
I like the way it blows things around—roughly—even meanly—
then the next minute seems to love everything—some days is amazingly quiet.
— Georgia O’Keeffe, in a letter to Alfred Stieglitz on October 1, 1917 in: ”My Faraway One. Selected Letters of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz. Volume 1, 1915–1933”
Notes:
- Photo: DK, Daybreak. December 30, 2020. 6:50 am. 25° F. Cove Island Park, Stamford CT. Yesterday was one of those “amazingly quiet (and spectacularly beautiful) mornings” where “the wind seemed to love everything.” Check out more pictures here from 6:30 to 7:00 pm and here from 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
- Georgia OKeeffe quote via finita–la–commedia)
- Post Title & Inspiration: Aldous Huxley: “It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them.”
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Beautiful, David.
Happy New Year to you.
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Thank you Jean. Happy Holidays to you and your family. All the best to you in 2021!
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Many thanks, David. Look forward to your 2021 postings.
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If anything has been arbitrarily unkind – as O’Keefe describes the wind – it has been this year. I hope that 2021 is gentler and quieter for all. Much love to the Kanigan clan and best wishes for this coming year.
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So agree with that Mimi. Happy Holidays to you and your family. All the best to you in 2021!
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Great David! Happy ( if possible) New Year!!
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Thank you Stef! You too!
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an excellent metaphor
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Hoping the wind carries this annum horribilis far, far away, and blows in a fresh start for us all. A very happy new year to the Kanigan family. Your daily presence in my world has been one of the bright spots in this year, pal, and I look forward to many more exchanges in 2021. ☺️
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Yes! Thank you Lori. Appreciate you and our friendship. Here’s to a much better 2021 (and that shouldn’t be such a push! :))
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Daybreak … “Yesterday was one of those “amazingly quiet (and spectacularly beautiful) mornings” where “the wind seemed to love everything.”
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Thank you, DK (and your commenters) for gently helping to get us through this nightmare year intact. Here’s hoping ’21 will be all we dare hope for!
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Yes. For sure Carol! Thank you Carol and Happy New Year!
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I love the colours on this one!! What a serene setting to see the year out.
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Colors, yesterday, before GRAY rolled in today, were amazing!
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Photographer’s heaven!
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😂
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Love Georgia O’Keefe’s thoughts on the wind. So appropriate! And of course, lovely photo to accompany.
Happy New Year to you and yours, David. May 2021 shine a bright and lovely light!
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Thank you Dale. Happy Holidays to you and your family. All the best to you in 2021!
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Thank you, David
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Dang. Georgia says it all! ❤
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And… wishing you and your family a calm and gentle slip into the New Year filled with your heart’s delight. _ One of my favourite New year’s wishes is from Germany where they say, “Ein Gutes Rutsch in Neues Yahr”. – which translates to – a good slip/slide into the New Year. For some reason, the image of that phrase pleases my heart.
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Thank you Louise. Me too. Happy Holidays to you and your family. All the best to you in 2021!
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She does.
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wind is my least favorite type of weather…
Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year Jim!
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