Kaleidoscope #526

by Denise M. SessousJanuary 28, 2019January 13, 2019

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
― Coco Chanel

Below is the original photo used to create this image. A lovely winter sky, taken from my own driveway one bright morning. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Kaleidoscope #518

by Denise M. SessousJanuary 20, 2019January 13, 2019

The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.
― Kalu Ndukwe Kalu

Below is the original photo used to create this image. A lovely winter sky, taken from my own driveway one bright morning. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Kaleidoscope #512

by Denise M. SessousJanuary 14, 2019January 13, 2019

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they’re capable of.
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

Below is the original photo used to create this image. A lovely winter sky, taken from my own driveway one bright morning. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Kaleidoscope #505

by Denise M. SessousJanuary 7, 2019January 6, 2019

Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.
― Margaret Mitchell

Below is the original photo used to create this image. A lovely winter sky, taken from my own driveway one bright morning. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Kaleidoscope #499

by Denise M. SessousJanuary 1, 2019January 1, 2019

And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.
–Rainer Maria Rilke

Below is the original photo used to create this image. A lovely winter sky, taken from my own driveway one bright morning. No special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

Kaleidoscope #164

by Denise M. SessousJanuary 31, 2018January 28, 2018

Perhaps that is where our choice lies — in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.
–Elana K. Arnold, Burning

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This one came out of the archive. It’s a stormy Atlantic Ocean from a trip to Nags Head, North Carolina in the late 90’s. I had one of those awesome film cameras that took panoramic shots. Film negative saved to CD.

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Kaleidoscope #163

by Denise M. SessousJanuary 30, 2018January 28, 2018

Only in the moments of being alone in the darkness on the raft, will you have the space to speak, listen, and to act from the heart. Only in the moments of pain, do we begin to empathize with humankind. Only when you are lost, you will find new meaning. Float on.
–Forrest Curran, Purple Buddha Project: Purple Book of Self-Love

Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is an image from Pixabay.

Kaleidoscope #162

by Denise M. SessousJanuary 29, 2018January 28, 2018

Every morning is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new. Today is a new day. Today is my world made new. I have lived all my life up to this moment, to come to this day. This moment – this day – is as good as any moment in all eternity. I shall make of this day – each moment of this day – a heaven on earth. This is my day of opportunity.
–Dan Custer

Below is the original photo used to create this image. All I can say, is sometimes you have to look down to see a rainbow.. I caught this oil-slick rainbow at dusk after a rain just outside my office building with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.

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Kaleidoscope #161

by Denise M. SessousJanuary 28, 2018January 21, 2018

Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
–Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid

Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a gorgeous sunset taken outside of Mesa, Arizona in November, 2008 at my grandparents’ 50th anniversary party. If you look closely, you can make out saguaro cacti. A simple snap from my Kodak Share camera.