The Common Vein

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THE BATTLE FOR SPACE AND TIME
Observations of a dOG wALKER
Green vs Brown vs White.
Green has had her time and is a mere beautiful memory ? and she knows it as she fades into the background
Brown has not yet given up, and rises above White.
White rests in quiet confidence She knows that time and space for the near future is on her side
November 21 2016
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Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.   

Franklin D. Roosevelt

ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
As I emerged into 20F (-7C) for a Benjy walk -?reality and dream? on the car window
January 14 2017
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In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

 

WAVES OF THE WINTER
Time passes
January 17 2017
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If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?

Percy Bysshe Shelley

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU A COLD SHOULDER
When life gives you a cold shoulder
Look at the bright side
Where you will find that the grass is greener
And it will also be a little softer and warmer
January 26 2017
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.      

Marcus Aurelius (121-180)

THE BLUE SKY MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WINTER

20°F = -6°C after the storm but blue skies make all the difference
IT IS ALL ABOUT CONTEXT
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And they were canopied by the blue sky,
So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,
That God alone was to be seen in Heaven.
Lord Byron

SAME TIME DIFFERENT DAY

Dead and Dying in the Winter with  A GRAY SKY
? Consequences of Winter Time However Nature has her way to recycle and bring back the dead to life Some call it the after-life
Dedicated to Danielle Davidoff who loves and wants to preserve the environment and committed to the idea of recycling
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The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Said the evergreen to the iceball
?I will have my way with you in the spring when you will wither away, and rather than embracing me with your hard and cold heart, you will enrich me from the bottom of my roots to the inner sanctum of my soul!?
Each has a glorious moment in time, as the cycles of nature go around and around with ups and downs.
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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

Ovid

How Sad?
Feeling a little let down
Kinda blue
Fenced in
Downright cold and bleak
With nobody to play with
Thankfully support systems are strong

December 18, 2017  366

?What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.?

 John Steinbeck,

Travels with Charley: In Search of America

RAIN and FREEZE ? YET THE GRASS LIVES ON
From the Series ?Art of Cold Water?
January 24
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Survival instincts are one of those things that never die.