LANDSCAPE

Summertime

Posted on December 15, 2021 at 5:40 pm by Lisa Azarmi / AWAKENING, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, LANDSCAPE, LOVE

“They are embossed on every song that was a hit that summer, in every novel I read during and after his stay, on anything from the smell of rosemary on hot days to the frantic rattle of the cicadas in the afternoon…smells and sounds I’d grown up with and known…

Personal Growth

Posted on October 2, 2021 at 12:25 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, ADVENTURE, AUTUMN, BEAUTY, BEGINNINGS, CONFIDENCE, COURAGE, FEELINGS, FREEDOM, INNER STRENGTH, INSPIRATIONAL, LANDSCAPE, LIFE PATH, MOTIVATIONAL, PERSONAL GROWTH, TREES, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

“We should not judge people by their peak of excellence, but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.” Henry Ward Beecher Felix Vallotton – Bridge Over the Bèal, 1922.

Longing

Posted on August 24, 2021 at 4:50 pm by Lisa Azarmi / ACCEPTANCE, BEAUTY, BECOMING, BEGINNINGS, CLASSIC LITERATURE, CREATIVITY, ENDURANCE, LANDSCAPE, LOMGING

“It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.” George Eliot – The Mill on the Floss, 1860. Dora Carrington – The Mill at Tidmarsh, 1920.

When one door

Posted on April 15, 2021 at 7:07 pm by Lisa Azarmi / FLOWERS, GARDEN, HOPE, LANDSCAPE, NATURE

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” Helen Keller Henri Le Sidaner – The Garden Door, The Console, 1924.

I can live alone

Posted on April 15, 2021 at 6:48 pm by Lisa Azarmi / HOPE, INSPIRATIONAL, LANDSCAPE, LONELINESS, NATURE, SPIRITUALITY, WATER

“I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld or offered only at a price I cannot…

If you truly love nature

Posted on April 13, 2021 at 6:59 pm by Lisa Azarmi / BEAUTY, LANDSCAPE, MOONLIGHT, NATURE

“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” Vincent Van Gogh Vincent Van Gogh – Road with Cypress and Star, 1890.