Nikki’s Photography

…Heaven’s in our hearts…

Having spent the last couple of weeks in Mexico,  these photos and more will soon be added to the True Colors website, a photographic tribute to Mexico that I created during 2007. Each B/W photo is digitally superimposed with a central, colored version of the same.

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Excerpt from “Heaven’s Here On Earth” by Tracy Chapman from her CD, “New Beginnings”:
Heaven’s here on earth
in our faith in humankind
in our respect for what is earthly
in our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding.
I’ve seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people leading ordinary lives,
filled with love compassion forgiveness and sacrifice.
Heaven’s in our hearts.

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Yellow Poplar seed pod silhouettes, Aloha, Oregon

Austrian Pine cones developing.. Madison, Wisconsin 1) like tiny cobs of corn 2) like shooting stars

Neighborhood Cypress, a favorite subject and series of photos taken at various times of day, seasons, and weather conditions since 2004. Lewisville, Texas

Dogwood blossoms, Lewisville, Texas

Scarlet Oak flowering and fresh new leaves, Lewisville, TX

Avocado Leaf, caterpillar-munched heart-shape.

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i carry your heart with me by ee cummings

i carry your heart with me
(i carry it in my heart)
i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is you doing, my darling
i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s whatever you are a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you.

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of a sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart.
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

During winter the Avocado leaves become very crisp, and when crumbled in the hands the scent is kind of like licorice.

Avocado leaf, heart-shaped caterpillar munch, the most recent addition to the Heart Shapes in Nature series.

i carry your heart with me    by ee cummings

i carry your heart with me
(i carry it in my heart)
i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is you doing, my darling
i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it’s whatever you are a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you.

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of a sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart.
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)