Sunday, May 29, 2011

Saturday, May 28, 2011

turning




































Turning

Going too fast for myself I missed
more than I think I can remember

almost everything it seems sometimes
and yet there are chances that come back

that I did not notice when they stood
where I could have reached out and touched them

this morning the black shepherd dog
still young looking up and saying

Are you ready this time


~W. S. Merwin


turning
Photo: along the Rhine
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
(c) Bruce Behnke, 2011
all rights reserved

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

peacefully coexisting with force



trail along Giessbach Falls
above Brienzersee, Switzerland
photo by Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011 all rights reserved

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Friday, May 20, 2011

intersecting karmas




raindrops on the Rhine 
Schaffhaussen, Switzerland
photo by Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011 all rights reserved

Thursday, May 19, 2011

which world do we see most clearly?





reflections in the Aare River, Interlaken, Switzerland
photo by Bruce Behnke, (c) 2011 all rights reserved

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

karma




every action, every thought, every word spoken, create karma
photo: Brienzersee, Switzerland
(c) Bruce Behnke 2011 all rights reserved

leaves and waterfall



forest leaves against waterfall
Giessbach Falls above the Brienzersee, Switzerland
photo by Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011 all rights reserved

Monday, May 16, 2011

challenge




after a spring storm
above Murren, Switzerland
photo by Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011 all rights reserved

ray of light

Sunday, May 15, 2011

nature in monochrome




Above Murren, Switzerland
Spring Storm
photo by Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011 all rights reserved

the difference of one day


Saturday, May 14, 2011

breathing mountain air



above Gimmelwald, Switzerland
photo by Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011 all rights reserved

Friday, May 13, 2011

nature's outline




In the Swiss Alps above Murren
Photo by Bruce Behnke
(c)2011 all rights reserved

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Sunday, May 8, 2011

a small valley


...as of yet unexplored.

layers


Saturday, May 7, 2011

trees










trees on windward side of O'ahu, Hawai'i
photos by Bruce Behnke
(c)2011 all rights reserved

Friday, May 6, 2011

Thursday, May 5, 2011

the journey, not the destination




(c) Bruce Behnke 2011
all rights reserved

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

the voice of the rain



I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain, 
Eternal I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea, 
Upward to heaven, whence, vaguely form'd, altogether changed.

The Voice of the Rain
~Walt Whitman

Coast on the North Shore of O'ahu, Hawai'i
between Ka'ena Point and Mokule'ia.
Photo by Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011 all rights reserved



Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Monday, May 2, 2011

dreams of the American west



















dreams of the American west
selections from a series of large format photographic prints
 by Bruce Behnke
(c) 2011 all rights reserved

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Once in a lifetime / Ichi-go ichi-e / 一期一会


The forest leaf falls in a gentle rain, caught by another tree's branch of red buds.  Raindrops cling to the buds like translucent crystals.  This scene will never be re-enacted in just this way.  It is a once in a lifetime treat to witness this unique glimpse into nature's beauty.

Are not our lives composed of many of these unique opportunities, all strung together, second by second, minute by minute?  Can we afford to miss any of them?

Life is a gift-- in itself a rare opportunity.  Can we afford to squander a single meeting?  Can we afford to delay a single sentence to someone we love?  Never again will we have just this chance.    

Every second, every minute counts.