Hygge

January 3, 2017 (003/365)

Hygge (pronounced 'hue-gah') is a Danish word meaning "a feeling or mood that comes from taking genuine pleasure in making ordinary, every day moments more meaningful, beautiful, or special... Hygge is about being present enough to recognize and acknowledge an act, moment or feeling when the ordinary feels extraordinary." ~ Alex Beauchamp, Hygge House blog. There is no one English equivalent to the word hygge although it comprises the idea of cosiness, contentedness, and comfort in simplicity. Today, the holiday decorations are put away for another year and we return to work. Our home is clean and quiet and its Scandinavian minimalism makes me calm and content. 

Questions & Answers

January 2, 2017 (002/365)

"A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked... Answers to be discovered..." 

- Sarah Ban Breathnach

Going On...

January 1, 2017 (001/365)

"...Neither an end nor a beginning but a going on with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." - Oprah

2016 in Pictures

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here are my 366,000 words for 2016! Click here for an eight minute recap of all of my 2016 photos of the day. “For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning." - T.S. Eliot, "Four Quartets"

December in Pictures

"I heard a bird sing in the dark of December, a magical thing and sweet to remember: ‘We are nearer to spring than we were in September.’" - Oliver Herford, "Hope"

Cheers!

December 31, 2016 (366/366)

“Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.” - Imogen Cunningham

CHEERS ...to another year of daily inspiration, to 366 days of growing and learning, to 1,461 photos since January 1, 2013, and to 365 more in 2017!