Recess Photography
  • Home
  • Moments
    • Random Moments ~ 2016
    • Random Moments ~ 2015
    • Random Moments ~ 2014
    • Random Moments ~ 2013
  • Monthly Moments
  • Galleries
    • American Farm
    • 2013 Tree
    • 2014 Tree
  • Etsy Shop
  • Order

Rainy Day

11/28/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
​"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby."
  ~~Langston Hughes
I'm not quite ready to move from the colors of fall and the harvest.
And it's raining.
So for today, I'm putting off the Christmas decorations and taking the time to enjoy the quiet rain.
​~Nancy ~ 11.28.2016
0 Comments

Hay Rake

11/22/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
​"The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very long ago. Until then, where was all the food? Dear folks, the food was in homes, gardens, local fields, and forests. It was near kitchens, near tables, near bedsides. It was in the pantry, the cellar, the backyard.” 
  ~~Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World
I love digging around in our old barn. 
"Our Barn".
Now that the temperature is dropping, it's more still and the wind blows through the rafters without the sounds of the songbirds.
It contains so many lost and forgotten treasures, and I love to imagine who used this old hay rake.
I promise to keep sharing...
​~Nancy ~ 11.22.2016
0 Comments

Silver Traditions

11/21/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
"Food, in the end, in our own tradition, is something holy. 
It's not about nutrients and calories. 
It's about sharing. It's about honesty. It's about identity."
  ~~Louise Fresco
Only a few more days before Thanksgiving.
This one is easy.
Food, family, and traditions.
This is one of the meals that we break out the silver and linen.
Shannon used to have the job polishing the silver before our dinner.
It was something she could do to help me, and I always looked forward to her company.
Today I unpacked the silver and polished it taking the time to remember past family meals.
My parents gave me sets of this silverware each year at Christmas. Those were the days when girls received gifts that would be part of their new homes when they married. This is German silver, very much like the mid-century set that my mother owned.  Today I appreciated its simplicity as polishing and cleaning it was much easier with its clean lines. It takes me back to dozens and dozens of Thanksgivings shared with family and friends.

I hope your Thanksgiving is one that will join the memories of the very best things in your lives...
​~Nancy ~ 11-21-2016
0 Comments

Simple Joys

11/14/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
"Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it."
​  ~~Kevyn Aucoin
I am finally hanging a few pictures on the wall, but only those that give me joy. These were given to me by my mother and are watercolored etchings of the town in Germany where I was born. With that, I'm working hard to achieve a balance between simplicity and surrounding myself with things that I love and those belongings that make it our home...
  ~~Nancy ~ 11.14.2016
0 Comments

Country Moon

11/13/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
​“Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.”
  ~~Sharon Kay Penman, Time and Chance
This was a preview of the full moon. It's still one day away, but this moon, as it waxed brightly, still lit up the countryside. My heart is filled with joy...
~Nancy ~ 11.13.2016
0 Comments

Wooden Chair

11/11/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
​"A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless."
  ~~May Sarton
The old barn holds lots of memories.
This property was once owned by a teacher, 
and we've found several of these little chairs.
We think they may have, at one time, been in a country school.
They're small made for very young children.
​It's makes me wonder who sat in this little chair and what lessons they learned...
~Nancy ~ 11.11.2016
0 Comments

Countryside Color

11/10/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
"I see the turning of a leaf dancing in an autumn sun,
and brilliant shades of crimson glowing when a day is done..."
​   ~~Hazelmarie Mattie Elliott
It's been awhile since I've posted on this little space.
The year has been filled with so much goodness.
And so much sadness.
But the goodness has prevailed.
Which brings me to this place.
This place in the country.
Our place.

On the first of January I promised that I would
"Let go and let God..."

And this is our reward.
I'm ready to share as I continue to be thankful and to rejoice in the goodness in our lives.
​~Nancy 11.10.2016
0 Comments
    Picture

    Author

    Nancy Brachbill
    Still learning...
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Welcome to my tiny space where I practice "mindfulness" and focus on the best of each day.

    Archives

    December 2016
    November 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016

    Categories

    All
    Art
    Family
    Grandchildren
    Heroes
    Hope
    Kids
    Lake Shelbyville
    Memories
    Mindfulness
    Old Things
    Rural
    School
    SHS
    Simplicity
    Spring
    Sunrises
    Sunsets
    Trees
    United States Of America
    Winter

    RSS Feed


Recess Photography

This is where we play...
Contact Me
Recess Photography ~ Copyright 2020