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| Back to the News All Postcards Page Index Art Postcards with Quotes Photos by Bruce McMillan copyright 2005 taken in Shapleigh, Maine. These were sent to friends a daily emails and are now here for you to enjoy. Down to the Postcards |
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Sent March 10, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The sky is the daily bread of the eyes." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson The bathroom skylight window iced after the storm taken on March 9, 2005 at Bruce McMillan's in Shapleigh, Maine A Dolphin in the Sky |
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Sent March 18, 2005 An optical illusion. Is the window at the end of a tunnel or on a rise? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You will have truly mastered the Icelandic language when you can sip 'kaffi' (coffee) from a saucer through a 'molasykur' (sugar cube) between your teeth while saying: Það er gott að sjá þig. It is nice to see you." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Asgeirsson Hallway skylight taken on March 9, 2005 at Bruce's, Shapleigh, Maine |
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Sent March 20, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John LeCarre 1931- Taken on March 18, 2005 at Bruce's in Shapleigh, Maine Mud Season |
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Sent April 19, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edgar Degas 1834-1917 Photo of pond surface reflection turned upside down, taken on April 17, 2005 on the walk behind Bruce's. Birch Trees in a Blue Sky |
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Sent April 23, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alfred North Whitehead English mathematician & philosopher 1861-1947 Taken on April 9, 2005 during a behind-the-house wood's walk in Shapleigh, Maine. Birch Tree to the Sky in a Green Woods The only photo effect was to turn the photo of the water reflections in the pond upside down. |
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Sent May 4, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "We live in a rainbow of chaos." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul Cezanne 1839-1906 Taken at sunrise on May 3, 2005 in Bruce's yard with a new Nikon D2X camera. Apple Sumac Forsythia Spruce Sunrise |
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Sent May 6, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Great art picks up where nature ends." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marc Chagall born Moishe Zakharovich Shagalov (Moishe Segal) 1887-1985 Gray Squirrel tail photographed on May 5, 2005 from Bruce's kitchen window with a Nikon D2X and 300mm lens. Art and Nature |
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Sent May 9, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Marc Chagall born Moishe Zakharovich Shagalov (Moishe Segal) 1887-1985 An overcast day on May 5, 2005 in Shapleigh, ME. Cloudy Country Colors |
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Sent May 14, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Nature does nothing uselessly." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aristotle 384 B.C. - 322 B.C. Taken during a back yard walk in Shapleigh, ME on May 13, 2005. Horsetails (Equisetum) by the Pond Horsetails were a far larger and more diverse group in the distant past, before the evolution of seed plants. In the Carboniferous period, about 280-340 million years ago, they included large trees reaching heights of 99 feet / 30 meters. |
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Sent May 17, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grandma Moses (born Anna Mary Robertson) 1860-1961 Taken during a back yard walk in Shapleigh, ME, May 13, 2005. Beech Woods Greens |
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Sent May 19, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Claude Monet, born Oscar-Claude Monet 1840-1926 Taken during a back yard walk in Shapleigh, ME, May 13, 2005. Reflecting |
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