“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
- Jacques Cousteau

Sea spell, St. Martin 2012
Picture by Joey Cleary

“The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake.”
– Leonardo da Vinci

Aynhoe Park, Oxfordshire 2012
Picture by Joey Cleary

“Frost is the greatest artist in our clime – He paints in nature and describes in rime”
– Thomas Hood

Frosty leaves – Dublin 2011
Picture by Joey Cleary

“One kind word can warm three winter months.”
– Japanese Proverb

Winter park – Dublin 2011
Picture by Joey Cleary

“Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.”
– James Russell Lowell

Snow-dusted gazebo roof – Dublin 2011
Picture by Joey Cleary

“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.”
– Jack Kerouac

Sidewalk Closed – New Orleans 2010
Picture by Joey Cleary

“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”
– Saint Augustine

Ardmore Round Tower – Ireland 2011
Picture by Joey Cleary

“We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own.”
– Ben Sweetland

Tramore promenade – Ireland 2011
Picture by Joey Cleary

“A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.”
Mark Twain

Round building – Barcelona 2011
Picture by Joey Cleary

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
– Buddha

Seagulls – Barcelona 2011
Picture by Joey Cleary