SUNRISE

“What breaks in daybreak? Is it the night? Is it the sun, cracked in two by the horizon like an egg, spilling out light?” ― Margaret Atwood

This post is part of the Skywatch Friday meme.

GIFT

And a gift for you!

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.

PERISHABLE PAPER

Paper may perish,
Book may be torn,
Print may fade,
Libraries may burn,
But the ideas therein are for evermore.
                                                             NJV

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme,
and also part of the Photo Sunday meme.

EPHEMERAL

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme,
and also part of the Macro Monday meme.

ROSEMARY

"There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember." - William Shakespeare

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme,
and also part of the My Sunday Photo meme.

LETTER 2

"I'm tired of wasting letters when punctuation will do, period." - Steve Martin

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.

HOPEFUL IN AUTUMN

"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." - Desmond Tutu

This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme.

MEET GENTLE GEORGE

There is no such thing as a bad dog only bad owners who raise them...

This post is part of the Saturday Critters meme,
and also part of the Camera Critters meme.

PEACE

We certainly need it around the world right now...

This post is part of the Mosaic Monday meme,
and also part of the Macro Monday meme,
and also part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

THE YEAR THAT HAS BEEN

Here is my review of the year that has been in photos from 2017, one for each month!

This post is part of the Through my Lens meme,
and also part of the Seasons meme.

THE PRICE OF BETRAYAL

"14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him."

Matthew 26:14-16 KJV

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme,

and also part of the My Sunday Photo meme,

and also part of the Photo Sunday meme.

ROSE

"But he that dares not grasp the thorn, Should never crave the rose." - Anne Bronte

This post is part of the Floral Friday Fotos meme.

JACKS

"Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well." - Robert Louis Stevenson

This post is part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme.

ELLIS ISLAND, NY, USA

Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station for over sixty years from 1892 until 1954. The island was greatly expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the much smaller original island was the site of Fort Gibson and later a naval magazine. The island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965, and has hosted a museum of immigration since 1990.

Countless immigrants into the USA for many decades have first glimpsed the welcoming shores of their new homeland from this island. It is these people and their descendants who have contributed to the development of the United States and their hard work is only one part of their gratitude for being welcomed into this New World.

This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Travel Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.

"The Great Hall at Ellis Island" by Mort Kunstler 1986

RUSTY

“Beneath the rust and grime which dulls the shine of our weathered hearts, joy patiently waits to be rediscovered”― John Mark Green

This post is part of the My Sunday Best meme,
and also part of the My Sunday Photo meme,
and also part of the Photo Sunday meme.