Stair Stepping

Posted in Boston, Massachusetts, Urban Skylines on July 1, 2008 by tnvolfan

I am all at sea with these buildings
Unless you anchor me
You, my gravitational constant
Telling me up from down
So I may walk through the valleys
Of my home planet
Keeping balance
Between rooted earth, adventuring sky.

Boston Harbor

Boston, Massachusetts

I Do, Do You?

Posted in Boston, Interesting Sites, Massachusetts on June 30, 2008 by tnvolfan

let me be your vacuum cleaner
breathing in your dust
let me be your
ford cortina
i will never rust
if you like your coffee hot
let me be your coffee pot
you call the shots
i wanna be yours

- John Cook

Lobby ~ Hilton Boston Financial District

Boston, Massachusetts

 

Rocket Man

Posted in Huntsville, Interesting Sites, The Stars Fell On Alabama on June 29, 2008 by tnvolfan

Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids
In fact it’s cold as hell
And there’s no one there to raise them if you did
And all this science I don’t understand
It’s just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man

And I think it’s gonna be a long long time…

U.S. Space Center

Huntsville, Tennessee

 

Miracles

Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2008 by tnvolfan

To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle,
Every cubic inch of space is a miracle,
Every square yard of the surface of the earth is spread with the same,
Every foot of the interior swarms with the same;
Every spear of grass—the frames, limbs, organs, of men and women, and all that
concerns
them,
All these to me are unspeakably perfect miracles.

The Family Celebration of the Anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Albert Kidwell

Campbell Coutny, Tennessee

 

Against the Ropes

Posted in Beauty In Nature, Knoxville, Lil T, The Knoxville Zoo on June 27, 2008 by tnvolfan

He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.

 

The Knoxville Zoo

Knoxville, Tennessee

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Posted in Boston, Interesting Sites, Massachusetts on June 26, 2008 by tnvolfan

Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.Wouldn’t you like to get away?Sometimes you want to go

Where everybody knows your name,
and they’re always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your name.

 

 

 

Bull & Finch Pub ~ Beacon Hill

Boston, Massachusetts

Rolling Hill

Posted in Beauty In Nature, Campbell County on June 25, 2008 by tnvolfan

I paint from the top down.  From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and then the people.

- Grandma Moses

Rolling landscape

Campbell County, Tennessee

 

 

Forever & Ever Amen

Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2008 by tnvolfan

The Wedding of Anthony & Diva Kidwell

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Minister: Will you take her as your wife? Will you love her all your life?

Groom: Yes, I take her as my wife, Yes, I’ll love her all my life.

Minister: Will you have, and also hold Just as you have at this time told?

Groom: Yes, I will have, and I will hold, Just as I have at this time told, Yes, I will love her all my life As I now take her as my wife.

Storm at Bull Run

Posted in Nature's Fury, Oak Ridge on June 24, 2008 by tnvolfan

It is not light that we need, but fire: it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.  We need the storm, the whilrwind, and the earthquake.

- Frederick Douglas

 

Thunderstorm over Bull Run

Bull Run Steam Plant, Oak Ridge

Oak Ridge, TN

The Jellyfish

Posted in Beauty In Nature, Boston on June 23, 2008 by tnvolfan

Jellyfish in Boston Harbor

Those who admire the massive, rigid bone structures of the dinosaur should remember that jellyfish still enjoy their very secure ecological niche.

- Beau Sheil