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“Many of us who aren’t farmers or gardeners still have some element of farm nostalgia in our family past, real or imagined: a secret longing for some connection to a life where a rooster crows in the yard.” Barbara Kingsolver
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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead
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It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all. Gerard Way
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“The 4th of July is USA’s day of independence and it is also mine because on that glorious day in the year 1963 my mother and my sister arrived in Miami from Cuba via Mexico. We moved into this small … Continue reading
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“Miami Dominoes” aims to enhance the urban environment, like the concrete pylons that support Miami-Dade’s Metrorail… by using the method of “tromp l’ceil’ to transform them into a playful and thought-provoking installation of dominoes game pieces. https://www.bodroga.com/
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps – we must step up the stairs. Vance Havner The 2019 Trevor Carpenter PhotoChallenge Week 22: Architecture Stairs
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The Betsy Orb is presented as a work of public art installed to connect two architecturally significant buildings: The Betsy Ross, designed by L. Murray Dixon, and The Carlton, designed by Henry Hohauser. Installed December 15, 2016 Dogwood 52 Photography … Continue reading
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“Oh my sweet Saturday, I have been waiting for you for six long days” ― Charmaine J Forde
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“Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.” ~~ John Lennon On January 28, 1986, the NASA shuttle orbiter mission STS-51-L and the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into … Continue reading
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“The Winter Solstice is the time of ending and beginning, a powerful time — a time to contemplate your immortality. A time to forgive, to be forgiven, and to make a fresh start. A time to awaken.” ~~ Frederick Lenz
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Legend says that following the “Big Freezes” of 1894 & 1895, the Mother of Miami – Julia Tuttle – sent a bouquet of orange blossoms to Henry Flagler as evidence that there had been no freeze in Miami. As a … Continue reading
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“Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.” ~~Paul Tillich Dogwood week 35: Creative