Picture a Day- January-June 2009

6-30-09-- tuesday first butterfly of the season! "never does nature say one thing and wisdom another." -- juvenal

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:45:26 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-30-09-- tuesday first butterfly of the season! "never does nature say one thing and wisdom another." -- juvenal

6-29-09-- monday vaudeville comes to carrboro town commons "laughter is an instant vacation." -- milton berle

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:06:20 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-29-09-- monday vaudeville comes to carrboro town commons "laughter is an instant vacation." -- milton berle

6-28-09-- sunday "meet the sunrise with confidence. fill every golden minute with right thinking and worthwhile endeavor. do this and there will be joy for you in each golden sunset." -- ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:22:38 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-28-09-- sunday "meet the sunrise with confidence. fill every golden minute with right thinking and worthwhile endeavor. do this and there will be joy for you in each golden sunset." -- ...

6-27-09-- saturday launching tiny boats with candles on a pond for st johns festival celebration "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we start, as in what direction we ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:36:08 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-27-09-- saturday launching tiny boats with candles on a pond for st johns festival celebration "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we start, as in what direction we ...

6-26-09-- friday "sometimes, in a summer morning... I sat in my sunny doorway from sunrise till noon, rapt in reverie." -- henry david thoreau

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:23:47 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-26-09-- friday "sometimes, in a summer morning... I sat in my sunny doorway from sunrise till noon, rapt in reverie." -- henry david thoreau

6-24-09-- wednesday music at dusk "music is what life sounds like." -- eric olson

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:18:36 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-24-09-- wednesday music at dusk "music is what life sounds like." -- eric olson

6-23-09-- tuesday laughing lilies in memory of ed mcmahon and johnny carson- the passing of a real class act and the marking of the end of an era... thanks for all the laughter! a youtube ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:00:22 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-23-09-- tuesday laughing lilies in memory of ed mcmahon and johnny carson- the passing of a real class act and the marking of the end of an era... thanks for all the laughter! a youtube ...

6-22-09-- monday another from the hoopers' ball. I have created a gallery of these shots that I am calling "hoop dance painting"-- click here "dancing is like dreaming with your feet!" ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:24:18 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-22-09-- monday another from the hoopers' ball. I have created a gallery of these shots that I am calling "hoop dance painting"-- click here "dancing is like dreaming with your feet!" ...

6-21-09-- sunday hula-hooping like you've neveer seen it before! hooping with glow hoops at the hooper's ball.

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:25:38 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-21-09-- sunday hula-hooping like you've neveer seen it before! hooping with glow hoops at the hooper's ball.

6-19-09-- saturday took photos for a friend of his daughter's wedding. wishing much happiness to rebecca and gabe!!

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:51:17 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-19-09-- saturday took photos for a friend of his daughter's wedding. wishing much happiness to rebecca and gabe!!

6-18-09-- friday opening circle at hooping retreat

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:18:50 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-18-09-- friday opening circle at hooping retreat

6-17-09-- thursday hooping at night with glow/led hoops participating in a hooping workshop in carrboro- for more info click here "to turn, turn will be our delight till by turning and ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:40:33 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-17-09-- thursday hooping at night with glow/led hoops participating in a hooping workshop in carrboro- for more info click here "to turn, turn will be our delight till by turning and ...

6-16-09-- wednesday something different

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:39:03 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-16-09-- wednesday something different

6-15-09-- tuesday in the center of things...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:47:46 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-15-09-- tuesday in the center of things...

6-14-09-- monday impromptu music with puppet playing cello!

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:01:28 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-14-09-- monday impromptu music with puppet playing cello!

6-13-09-- sunday double take. new restaurant on franklin street

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:50:51 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-13-09-- sunday double take. new restaurant on franklin street

6-12-09-- saturday long exposure on a flashing sign that alternated the coffee cup and the word "coffee"- got them both simultaneously! "if this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:23:03 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-12-09-- saturday long exposure on a flashing sign that alternated the coffee cup and the word "coffee"- got them both simultaneously! "if this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if ...

6-11-09-- friday Lily Pratt, the Chapel Hill Flower Lady "Not only has she been selling her flowers on Franklin Street for half a century, but her family history includes prominent African- ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:46:58 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-11-09-- friday Lily Pratt, the Chapel Hill Flower Lady "Not only has she been selling her flowers on Franklin Street for half a century, but her family history includes prominent African- ...

6-10-09-- thursday magnolia blossom "begin challenging your own assumptions. your assumptions are your windows on the world. scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come i ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:41:36 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-10-09-- thursday magnolia blossom "begin challenging your own assumptions. your assumptions are your windows on the world. scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come i ...

6-9-09-- wednesday at the farmers' market "do vegetarians eat animal crackers?" -- author unknown

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:22:55 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-9-09-- wednesday at the farmers' market "do vegetarians eat animal crackers?" -- author unknown

6-8-09-- tuesday "what do you suppose? a bee sat on my nose. then what do you think? he gave me a wink and said, 'I beg your pardon, I thought you were the garden.'" -- english rhyme

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:14:00 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-8-09-- tuesday "what do you suppose? a bee sat on my nose. then what do you think? he gave me a wink and said, 'I beg your pardon, I thought you were the garden.'" -- english rhyme

6-7-09-- monday catching fireflies at dusk “what is life? it is the flash of a firefly in the night. it is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. it is the little shadow which runs ac ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:11:33 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-7-09-- monday catching fireflies at dusk “what is life? it is the flash of a firefly in the night. it is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. it is the little shadow which runs ac ...

6-7-09-- sunday lovely evening in the campus quad “be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -- dr. seuss

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:15:16 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-7-09-- sunday lovely evening in the campus quad “be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -- dr. seuss

6-6-09-- saturday date night “today you are you, that is truer than true. there is no one alive who is youer than you.” -- dr. seuss

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:25:02 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-6-09-- saturday date night “today you are you, that is truer than true. there is no one alive who is youer than you.” -- dr. seuss

6-5-09-- friday purple and green "I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one." -- edna st. vincent millay

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:28:54 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-5-09-- friday purple and green "I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one." -- edna st. vincent millay

6-4-09-- thursday magnolia blossoms after the rain

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:50:55 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-4-09-- thursday magnolia blossoms after the rain

6-3-09-- wednesday bringing in the hay

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:08:09 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-3-09-- wednesday bringing in the hay

6-2-09-- tuesday front yard bunny

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:31:28 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-2-09-- tuesday front yard bunny

6-1-09-- monday one more from the ncaa rowing races

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:51:57 -0700

Laura Shmania
6-1-09-- monday one more from the ncaa rowing races

5-31-09-- sunday still catching up- another from the ncaa races with my daughter's crew team

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:24 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-31-09-- sunday still catching up- another from the ncaa races with my daughter's crew team

5-30-09-- saturday my daughter's crew team - smith college- made it to the ncaa rowing championships on the delaware river! more photos to come...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:34:17 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-30-09-- saturday my daughter's crew team - smith college- made it to the ncaa rowing championships on the delaware river! more photos to come...

5-29-09-- friday my daughter's crew team made it to the ncaa rowing championships on the delaware river! more photos to come...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:29:22 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-29-09-- friday my daughter's crew team made it to the ncaa rowing championships on the delaware river! more photos to come...

5-28-09 thursday baby and bubbles time I will be off-line for a few days- and catch up soon

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:10:43 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-28-09 thursday baby and bubbles time I will be off-line for a few days- and catch up soon

5-27-09-- wednesday at the coffee shop

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:10:20 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-27-09-- wednesday at the coffee shop

5-26-09-- tuesday

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:49:11 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-26-09-- tuesday

5-25-09-- monday at the beach-- click here to see more beach shots.

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:33:40 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-25-09-- monday at the beach-- click here to see more beach shots.

5-24-09-- sunday at the beach

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:25:24 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-24-09-- sunday at the beach

5-23-09-- saturday at the beach

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:42:07 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-23-09-- saturday at the beach

5-22-09-- friday

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:18:54 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-22-09-- friday

5-21-09-- thursday "the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. it is the source of all true art and all science. he to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:15:02 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-21-09-- thursday "the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. it is the source of all true art and all science. he to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer ...

5-20-09-- wednesday "the temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers." -- basho

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:46:53 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-20-09-- wednesday "the temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers." -- basho

5-19-09-- tuesday "you can hear the footsteps of god when silence reigns in the mind." -- sri sathya sai baba

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:22:37 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-19-09-- tuesday "you can hear the footsteps of god when silence reigns in the mind." -- sri sathya sai baba

5-18-09-- monday "the thing I lack is a cadillac." -- lyrics by cave catt sammy

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:35:09 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-18-09-- monday "the thing I lack is a cadillac." -- lyrics by cave catt sammy

5-17-09-- sunday rainy day "look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. " -- betty smith, a tree grows in brooklyn

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:39:42 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-17-09-- sunday rainy day "look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. " -- betty smith, a tree grows in brooklyn

5-16-09-- saturday at the farmers' market "do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -- theodore roosevelt

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:24:38 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-16-09-- saturday at the farmers' market "do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -- theodore roosevelt

5-15-09-- friday "kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music." -- william stafford

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:06:10 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-15-09-- friday "kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music." -- william stafford

5-14-09-- thursday

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:34:02 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-14-09-- thursday

5-13-09-- wednesday back-lit leaf "we have what we seek. it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us," -- thomas merton

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:11:47 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-13-09-- wednesday back-lit leaf "we have what we seek. it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us," -- thomas merton

5-12-09-- tuesday congrats to my youngest daughter's rowing team at smith college: they will be competing in the ncaa rowing championship races! good luck to you!! click here for more in ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:22:50 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-12-09-- tuesday congrats to my youngest daughter's rowing team at smith college: they will be competing in the ncaa rowing championship races! good luck to you!! click here for more in ...

5-12-09-- monday after the rain

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:37:47 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-12-09-- monday after the rain

5-11-09-- sunday my daughter graduates from the univeristy of north carolina at chapel hill congratulations! way to go ! -- the world needs dreamers and the world needs doers; above all, ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:22:26 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-11-09-- sunday my daughter graduates from the univeristy of north carolina at chapel hill congratulations! way to go ! -- the world needs dreamers and the world needs doers; above all, ...

5-10-09-- saturday

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:02:21 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-10-09-- saturday

5-9-09-- friday public service scholar award tassel- my daughter graduates sunday from unc-ch! she was among 170 students in her graduating class honored for their public service work while ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:15:47 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-9-09-- friday public service scholar award tassel- my daughter graduates sunday from unc-ch! she was among 170 students in her graduating class honored for their public service work while ...

5-8-09-- thursday bad hair day for baileyboy ! "a person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, ab ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Fri, 08 May 2009 03:52:41 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-8-09-- thursday bad hair day for baileyboy ! "a person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, ab ...

5-7-09-- wednesday

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:06:21 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-7-09-- wednesday

5-6-09-- tuesday one of many gorgeous trees on campus before the thunderstorm

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:58:04 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-6-09-- tuesday one of many gorgeous trees on campus before the thunderstorm

5-5-09-- monday "everything flows, nothing stays still." -- heraclitus

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:45:36 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-5-09-- monday "everything flows, nothing stays still." -- heraclitus

5-4-09-- sunday hand-made belts at the MomArt show "a rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral." -- antoine d ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:04:28 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-4-09-- sunday hand-made belts at the MomArt show "a rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral." -- antoine d ...

5-3-09-- saturday "to do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life. -- t.s. elliot

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:50:36 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-3-09-- saturday "to do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life. -- t.s. elliot

5-2-09-- friday musician on franklin street "music is the poetry of the air." -- richter

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:43:47 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-2-09-- friday musician on franklin street "music is the poetry of the air." -- richter

5-1-09-- thursday in memory of kristy- a vivacious, compassionate, articulate, young mother and my dear friend who fought a brave battle with cancer and passed into the spiritual realms wed ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:42:31 -0700

Laura Shmania
5-1-09-- thursday in memory of kristy- a vivacious, compassionate, articulate, young mother and my dear friend who fought a brave battle with cancer and passed into the spiritual realms wed ...

4-30-09-- wednesday magnolia flower "everything should be made as simple as possible... but not simpler." -- einstein

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:53:27 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-30-09-- wednesday magnolia flower "everything should be made as simple as possible... but not simpler." -- einstein

4-29-09-- wednesday students gather by the old well on the last day of classes "the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -- eleanor roosevelt

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:46:44 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-29-09-- wednesday students gather by the old well on the last day of classes "the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -- eleanor roosevelt

4-28-09-- tuesday happy birthday to me! "live mindful of how brief your life is." -- horace

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:07:45 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-28-09-- tuesday happy birthday to me! "live mindful of how brief your life is." -- horace

4-27-09-- sunday pink dogwood on campus "for, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth." -- song of solomon, 2:11-12

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:38:14 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-27-09-- sunday pink dogwood on campus "for, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth." -- song of solomon, 2:11-12

4-26-09-- saturday went on the greenhomes tour. this is a "high efficiency, zoned-bypass air conditioning system" the house also has radiant heat concrete floors with solar water heater, r ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:37:16 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-26-09-- saturday went on the greenhomes tour. this is a "high efficiency, zoned-bypass air conditioning system" the house also has radiant heat concrete floors with solar water heater, r ...

4-25-09-- friday ready to be planted soon "we should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes." -- john f. kennedy

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:09:04 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-25-09-- friday ready to be planted soon "we should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes." -- john f. kennedy

4-24-09-- thursday came upon this bride-to-be waiting for her photographer and she willingly posed for my shot-on-the-fly "the passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sen ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:24:26 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-24-09-- thursday came upon this bride-to-be waiting for her photographer and she willingly posed for my shot-on-the-fly "the passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sen ...

4-23-09-- wednesday "if winter comes, can spring be far behind?" -- percy bysshe shelley

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:18:03 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-23-09-- wednesday "if winter comes, can spring be far behind?" -- percy bysshe shelley

4-22-09- tuesday redbuds under cloudy skies "to those who shall sit here rejoicing, and to those who shall sit here lamenting, greetings and sympathy. so have we done in our time." -- ben ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:37:04 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-22-09- tuesday redbuds under cloudy skies "to those who shall sit here rejoicing, and to those who shall sit here lamenting, greetings and sympathy. so have we done in our time." -- ben ...

4-20-09-- monday spring green! "love the moment and the energy of the mmoment will spread beyond all boundaries." -- corita kent

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:13:36 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-20-09-- monday spring green! "love the moment and the energy of the mmoment will spread beyond all boundaries." -- corita kent

4-19-09-- sunday another great day at the beach! "life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments." -- rose kennedy

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:48:41 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-19-09-- sunday another great day at the beach! "life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments." -- rose kennedy

4-18-09-- saturday a quick trip to my mom's to celebrate my brother's birthday. also made it to the beach where it was truly a glorious day! "the cure for anything is salt water - sweat ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:56:30 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-18-09-- saturday a quick trip to my mom's to celebrate my brother's birthday. also made it to the beach where it was truly a glorious day! "the cure for anything is salt water - sweat ...

4-17-09-- friday long-time friends reconnecting after many years apart "it takes a long time to grow an old friend." -- john leonard the fellow on the right is jim lauderdale, a well-resp ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:18:45 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-17-09-- friday long-time friends reconnecting after many years apart "it takes a long time to grow an old friend." -- john leonard the fellow on the right is jim lauderdale, a well-resp ...

4-16-09-- thursday "gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul". -- henry ward beecher

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:53:30 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-16-09-- thursday "gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul". -- henry ward beecher

4-15-09-- wednesday dogwood and azaleas- unc arboretum "we should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." -- albert schweitzer

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:58:00 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-15-09-- wednesday dogwood and azaleas- unc arboretum "we should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." -- albert schweitzer

4-14-09-- tuesday mild spring rain most of the day "yesterday the twig was brown and bare; to-day the glint of green is there; tomorrow will be leaflets spare; I know no thing so wondrous f ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:38:13 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-14-09-- tuesday mild spring rain most of the day "yesterday the twig was brown and bare; to-day the glint of green is there; tomorrow will be leaflets spare; I know no thing so wondrous f ...

4-13-09-- monday cherry blossoms "flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity." -- john ruskin

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:42:16 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-13-09-- monday cherry blossoms "flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity." -- john ruskin

4-12-09-- sunday easter sunrise on the beach- in memory of my sister linda "... thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven..." -- the lord's prayer

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:49:48 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-12-09-- sunday easter sunrise on the beach- in memory of my sister linda "... thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven..." -- the lord's prayer

4-11-09-- saturday made a quick trip to the beach and found wonderfully warm weather! "gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others." -- cicero

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:23:48 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-11-09-- saturday made a quick trip to the beach and found wonderfully warm weather! "gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others." -- cicero

4-10-09-- friday art after dark at the ackland art museum-- live music and screening of the documentary film "mountain top removal" -- for more info on the evening click here "music washes ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:43:44 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-10-09-- friday art after dark at the ackland art museum-- live music and screening of the documentary film "mountain top removal" -- for more info on the evening click here "music washes ...

4-9-09-- thursday furr-o-cious feline

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:21:15 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-9-09-- thursday furr-o-cious feline

4-8-09-- wednesday the tulips are up! "life is sacred. life is art. life is sacred art." -- gabrielle roth

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:57:51 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-8-09-- wednesday the tulips are up! "life is sacred. life is art. life is sacred art." -- gabrielle roth

4-7-09-- tuesday dogwoods adorn the neighborhoods abundantly! "'tis my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breathes!" -- william wordsworth

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:40:34 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-7-09-- tuesday dogwoods adorn the neighborhoods abundantly! "'tis my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breathes!" -- william wordsworth

4-6-09-- monday and the tar heels won the ncaa national championship!! I watched on my little b&w tv- seen here after the win is tyler hansbrough and ty lawson- an amazingly powrful duo a ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:34:47 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-6-09-- monday and the tar heels won the ncaa national championship!! I watched on my little b&w tv- seen here after the win is tyler hansbrough and ty lawson- an amazingly powrful duo a ...

4-6-09-- monday hours before the game starts, unc fans crowd onto franklin street -waiting for a spot in restaurants to cheer for the tarheels in the ncaa championship game. GO HEELS!

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:55:57 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-6-09-- monday hours before the game starts, unc fans crowd onto franklin street -waiting for a spot in restaurants to cheer for the tarheels in the ncaa championship game. GO HEELS!

4-5-09-- sunday resting in the tall grass

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:22:22 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-5-09-- sunday resting in the tall grass

4-4-09-- saturday town all ablaze in carolina blue with the tar heels playing in tonight's final four of the ncaa national championships. go heels!

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:36:37 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-4-09-- saturday town all ablaze in carolina blue with the tar heels playing in tonight's final four of the ncaa national championships. go heels!

4-3-09-- friday musicians on franklin street "I wish you music to help with the burdens of life." -- beethoven, in a letter to a friend

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:39:31 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-3-09-- friday musicians on franklin street "I wish you music to help with the burdens of life." -- beethoven, in a letter to a friend

4-2-09-- thursday overcast and rainy day "the one universal ever-operating law throughout has been the law of change. nature never stands still and never duplicates herself. life is alway ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:22:17 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-2-09-- thursday overcast and rainy day "the one universal ever-operating law throughout has been the law of change. nature never stands still and never duplicates herself. life is alway ...

4-1-09-- wednesday purple carpet "we had the sky, up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made, or only just ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:06:00 -0700

Laura Shmania
4-1-09-- wednesday purple carpet "we had the sky, up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made, or only just ...

3-31-09-- tuesday "the same stream of life that runs through the world runs through my veins night and day and dances in rhythmic measure. it is the same life that shoots in joy through th ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:21:19 -0700

Laura Shmania
3-31-09-- tuesday "the same stream of life that runs through the world runs through my veins night and day and dances in rhythmic measure. it is the same life that shoots in joy through th ...

3-30-09-- monday actually another photo from yesterday's trip to the beach- the waves were tumulteous! "we are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are." -- tobias wolff

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:53:13 -0700

Laura Shmania
3-30-09-- monday actually another photo from yesterday's trip to the beach- the waves were tumulteous! "we are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are." -- tobias wolff

3-29-09-- sunday a morning at the beach - fog and rough surf didn't deter these girls- and a ray of sun finds them as they play. "a sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:02:54 -0700

Laura Shmania
3-29-09-- sunday a morning at the beach - fog and rough surf didn't deter these girls- and a ray of sun finds them as they play. "a sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a ...

3-28-09-- saturday go carolina tar heels!! this was taken last night - technically after midnight, so I am posting it for today. watched on my little black and white tv set-- and how sweet ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:26:54 -0700

Laura Shmania
3-28-09-- saturday go carolina tar heels!! this was taken last night - technically after midnight, so I am posting it for today. watched on my little black and white tv set-- and how sweet ...

3-27-09-- Friday At an auction to raise funds to restore the Chapel Hill murals- Ernest Dollar, Director of Preservation Society of Chapel Hill - www.chapelhillpreservation.com- and Michael ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:57:51 -0700

Laura Shmania
3-27-09-- Friday At an auction to raise funds to restore the Chapel Hill murals- Ernest Dollar, Director of Preservation Society of Chapel Hill - www.chapelhillpreservation.com- and Michael ...

3-26-09-- thursday at the doctor's office- wide angle lens and cool convex ceiling fixture... "reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:13:52 -0700

Laura Shmania
3-26-09-- thursday at the doctor's office- wide angle lens and cool convex ceiling fixture... "reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, ...

3-25-09-- wednesday ... more rain! "do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -- theodore roosevelt

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:56:50 -0700

Laura Shmania
3-25-09-- wednesday ... more rain! "do what you can, with what you have, where you are." -- theodore roosevelt

3-24-09-- tuesday "the best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up." -- mark twain

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:50:35 -0700

Laura Shmania
3-24-09-- tuesday "the best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up." -- mark twain

3-23-09-- monday musicians on franklin street "music is the poetry of the air." -- richter

nobody@smugmug.com (Laura Shmania) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:18:32 -0700

Laura Shmania
3-23-09-- monday musicians on franklin street "music is the poetry of the air." -- richter