Ailsa has given us a great challenge this week. We are to bring out our SILVER travel photos for you!
OOO SHINY SHINY!
My silver objects are below but you can find out what Ailsa’s other contributors came up with by going to
Fruitlands, Ayer MA
Amsterdam
Lisse, The Netherlands
Ailsa has given us the travel theme ILLUMINATED. Please check out Ailsa’s photos and those of her commentators this week at http://wheresmybackpack.com/2014/01/10/travel-theme-illuminated/
Here is what I came up with:
Old Orchard Beach ME “Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”
― Anne Frank
Boston Art Museum
“We are like the moon. The moon shines anyway, but it does not produce its own light. It reflects the light illuminated onto its surface by the Sun and is never proud to say “I am the source of light”. God shines through us, hence He deserves the glory; not us.”
― Israelmore Ayivor
This week’s travel theme from Ailsa is “MULTI_COLORED” . Check out all the “multi-colored” posts at http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/09/13/travel-theme-multicoloured/
Here are my weekly travel pics:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
Keukenhof Gardens
Jaffrey NH
This week our photographic word from sue is the word SQUARE!
You really need to hop on over and see her squares from the city of Seville. http://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/a-word-a-week-challenge-square-week-45/.
Here are my squares
Sqaures above the glass nut tree. Boston MA
Sqaure graves in the floor of St. Bavos
Delft square from the rooftop of the Nieuwe Kerk
Giant chessboard Keukenhof
Here are some other “square” posts. Hey! “It’s hip to be square!”- Hewey Lewis
http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/a-word-a-week-photo-challenge-square/
http://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/a-word-a-week-challenge-square/
http://smallbluegreenfotos.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/a-word-a-week-challenge-square/
Well last week I was at a distance from my computer and could not take part in the weekly travel theme. This week I have once again drawn close to the comforting click of the keyboard and so I can participate in this week’s theme from Ailsa which is: DISTANCE. If you would like to read more posts from a distance go to http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/08/30/travel-theme-distance/
Here is my photographic take on the matter:
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
Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.
Charles Lindbergh
I took these photos while visiting the Fruitlands Museum in Ayer MA with our artist’s group.
We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people.
Dwight L. Moody
This photograph was taken in the Oude Kerk in Delft, The Netherlands.
L to R: Amanda Lillie, Sara Glidden, Charlotte Dorais, Lisa Johnson, Tamie Charbonneau. Yours truly of course is behind the camera.
C.cada’s monthly gathering for June was at the Fruitlands museum in Ayer, MA. We had a smaller group this month but our artists brought cameras and got lots of good shots for future paintings and sketches.
Portrait Gallery: Fruitland Museum Ayer MA
Fruitlands is a national historical site. The property, originally held in trust by Ralph Waldo Emerson, was a “back to nature commune” run by transcendentalists in the early to mid 1800’s. Bronson Alcott (father of Louisa May) was one of the founding members. The property was bought in the early 1900’s by one of the Sears family and turned into an historical art museum consisting of three display buildings and the Alcott/ Palmer house at the bottom of the hill.
The portrait gallery houses the second largest portrait collection int the U.S.
Our docent in the portrait gallery explained the symbolism of primitive portraiture. Note the child in the middle is not wearing shoes. If you look very closely over the child’s head you can also see the outline of a dead branch. These two facts were tell-tale signs that the child had passed away and this was a memorial portrait. In the portrait below you can see a small bird sitting just outside the window. This most likely indicated this woman died in childbirth.
Native American Longhouse
The second gallery is a display of Native American artwork. Our teen-age guide was just learning the ropes but I bet some of the older docents can spin some great yarns from Native American lore.
Charlotte at the Shaker house
Mrs. Sears, the benefactor of the museum, had a Shaker home brought in from the Harvard community board by board and reconstructed on the property.
The Alcott House
In the footstep of Louisa May
Fruitlands also boasts miles of walking trails once frequented by Louisa May Alcott and the other children of Fruitlands. This is a day trip worth taking if ever you are heading down Rte 2 in Massachusetts. The views of Wachusett Valley are beautiful the museum buildings have extremely friendly and informative docents and even the coffee in the cafe is delish!
This journey does not begin on a plane. It begins in an art gallery. 
My friend Clayton was playing at the Greater Gardner Area Art Show on Friday night the 12th. I felt I should go. I suppose it was work. I suppose it was relaxation. In my world the two things have a tendency to become blurred. Is work a got to or a get to ( If you are wondering about that read my post https://josephelonlillie.com/2013/04/06/got-to-or-get-to/) ? What about vacation? Is it a got to or a get to?
When you enjoy your work, so much of it is an adventure. When you understand you are called to your position, a day in the office can be the same as a plane trip to a foreign country.
You just never know what’s around the next corner: Pleasant surprise or terrifying trouble. When the Shepherd of your soul has sent you into a thing…when you know He is with you either thing becomes just a tool in His hand to bring blessing.
This is a good starting point.
Lillie-Put 