Sit awhile with a taphophileTumblr (3.0; @jennypennifer)http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ad9dc7f53f357db0efc9180f2bd19d62/tumblr_mn5mf7j9xY1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/221338e7b59df78a3e47501c3a97a1fa/tumblr_mn5mf7j9xY1r0fggzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bfdf368ea25f659252f8a2e7951575bc/tumblr_mn5mf7j9xY1r0fggzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em><strong>Thou famished grave, I will not fill thee yet,</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Roar though thou dost, I am too happy here;</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Gnaw thine own sides, fast on; I have no fear</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Of thy dark project, but my heart is set</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>On living — I have heroes to beget</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Before I die; I will not come anear</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Thy dismal jaws for many a splendid year;</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Till I be old, I aim not to be eat.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>I cannot starve thee out: I am thy prey</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>And thou shalt have me; but I dare defend</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>That I can stave thee off; and I dare say,</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>What with the life I lead, the force I spend,</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>I’ll be but bones and jewels on that day,</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>And leave thee hungry even in the end.</strong></em></p> <p><strong>~Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)</strong></p> <p><strong>=0=0=0=</strong></p> <p><em><strong>Graves</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery on June 5, 2010</p> <p>Columbia, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50992456852http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50992456852Tue, 21 May 2013 11:16:19 -0400poetrygravestombstonestaphophiliaEdna St. Vincent Millay<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5e812a9bfde013a1da8c4be3bc49d5e0/tumblr_mn45i9fGJ11r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Sammich Cookies</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber on February 20, 2013</p> <p>Columbia, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50928955620http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50928955620Mon, 20 May 2013 16:13:21 -0400treatssandwich cookiescookieshome<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e34c86ce405dd222648ecb95e8fdf95e/tumblr_mmy9wnbyUD1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6bf21dac37b5d13272ecff1f1068ebc2/tumblr_mmy9wnbyUD1r0fggzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/56ebe48154478dc49320910ed8abf641/tumblr_mmy9wnbyUD1r0fggzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em><strong>Kitchen charm</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber on May 16, 2013</p> <p>Columbia, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50657549714http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50657549714Fri, 17 May 2013 12:02:00 -0400LuziannecoffeeglassCoca-ColaphotographyJennifer Weber Photography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e24617c67c42ce374263bca87722a3c3/tumblr_mmwougPX8N1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Not dead, just away</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber at J.J. Lown Family Cemetery on April 5, 2013</p> <p>Lexington, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50593586284http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50593586284Thu, 16 May 2013 15:30:16 -0400taphophiliaepitaphscemeteriesgravestones<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f01b87770967888fbb32f0d72645f843/tumblr_mmusprxrUD1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Birdhouse and purple clematis</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber on May 15, 2013</p> <p>Columbia, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50510919459http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50510919459Wed, 15 May 2013 14:58:39 -0400birdhousepurple clematisnaturephotographyflowers<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/809be829ec366253aa602423bd0bdfdb/tumblr_mmn2q0qUtQ1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Mother and daughter</strong></em></p> <p>Linda and Lori photographed by Jennifer Weber on May 9, 2013</p> <p>Loganville, Georgia</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50168600646http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/50168600646Sat, 11 May 2013 10:54:00 -0400mothersdaughtersMother's DayJennifer Weber Photography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/24a598e5a5d25b66b85d2b5da354083b/tumblr_mmgguwcqQI1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Darling Javier</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber on April 5, 2013</p> <p>Lexington, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49898228316http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49898228316Tue, 07 May 2013 21:16:08 -0400DogsPetsAnimalsChihuahua<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b6915fcc3a0be4896caa79d83be2d69/tumblr_mmeawbRM5W1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Ring the bells that still can ring</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Forget your perfect offering</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>There is a crack in everything</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>That’s how the light gets in</strong></em></p> <p><strong>~Leonard Cohen</strong></p> <p><strong>=0=0=0=</strong></p> <p><em><strong>Sound Track</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber on April 5, 2013</p> <p>Lexington, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49799175856http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49799175856Mon, 06 May 2013 17:12:11 -0400Leonard Cohenpoetrylifechangephotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b35b85659e6802b0cf38c8785700ba58/tumblr_mm7ax7hoee1r0fggzo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8bc4d087910a0b535920038258056ee/tumblr_mm7ax7hoee1r0fggzo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0487bc42594c44cb18dd166a0d4271b3/tumblr_mm7ax7hoee1r0fggzo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em><strong>I spy with my not-so-little eye</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber at Wescott Acres on April 30, 2013</p> <p>Columbia, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49484203845http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49484203845Thu, 02 May 2013 22:29:00 -0400animalshorseseyesnature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d989ac919f04aa96008d6565e40e2cab/tumblr_mm5aku1Dky1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Paint</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber at Wescott Acres on April 30, 2013</p> <p>Columbia, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49399020079http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49399020079Wed, 01 May 2013 20:26:00 -0400Paint HorseHorsesJennifer Weber Photographyanimals<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7da4e7ce7acbf9424020221ac7915883/tumblr_mm30auJMQn1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>I can almost taste it</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber at Wescott Acres on April 30, 2013</p> <p>Columbia, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49272272835http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49272272835Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:49:42 -0400horsesJennifer Weber Photographyanimals<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/660b4c4862c1aed2a75017dfd5af6883/tumblr_mm0ua3z5gi1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Grackle and pigeon</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber on January 17, 2010</p> <p>Folly Beach, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49179787603http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49179787603Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:44:27 -0400gracklebirdsoceanbeachFolly Beachpigeon<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/236b74989bf3bd7f4de7b6d109e5e37a/tumblr_mlze1xq01N1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/386afd8ea758b60a8d048a2f74f82a79/tumblr_mlze1xq01N1r0fggzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b9f3814865fa041b11f9095d38fc3bac/tumblr_mlze1xq01N1r0fggzo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6346ec5bbb7c07661c766a3149b02173/tumblr_mlze1xq01N1r0fggzo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/82204f90ce55bc1b9f564e066cb77101/tumblr_mlze1xq01N1r0fggzo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em><strong>If purple were black</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>These would be wet raven wings</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>But purple’s not black</strong></em></p> <p><strong>=0=0=0=</strong></p> <p><em><strong>P u r p l i n g</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber on April 28, 2013</p> <p>Columbia, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49116926851http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/49116926851Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:56:21 -0400purplebearded irisravensflowershaikupoetryJennifer Weber Photography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b392da53e2e81f9830c6a6f1d28266e/tumblr_mlvgfk8k3N1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>The curve of the earth</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>I see it just as I see</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Your heart in your eyes</strong></em></p> <p><strong>=0=0=0=</strong></p> <p><em><strong>B u r n</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber on August 13, 2010</p> <p>Lake Murray, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48937315279http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48937315279Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:57:20 -0400sunsetscloudswaternaturephotographypoetryhaiku<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/91008d3b6e7cc5b91304e82f2283e633/tumblr_mltj9lLMlV1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>A heart in a cloud</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Had better have strong white wings</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>To crush pain and rise</strong></em></p> <p><strong>=0=0=0=</strong></p> <p><em><strong>Fly</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber on August 9, 2010</p> <p>Camden, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48858478905http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48858478905Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:03:21 -0400cloudsskynaturephotographyhaikupoetry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6a85265b4d6d33573044961ba47e75ed/tumblr_mlrnqqeBgi1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Philosophy will clip an angel’s wings.</strong></em></p> <p><strong>~John Keats</strong></p> <p><strong>=0=0=0=</strong></p> <p><em><strong>May I clip no angel’s wing today</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber at Lown Family Cemetery on April 5, 2013</p> <p>Lexington, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48778422683http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48778422683Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:44:50 -0400John KeatsharpsangelscemeteriestaphophiliaJennifer Weber Photographygrave markers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b7b7bd451034ce19745bd644bbb82259/tumblr_mlppyrjHyE1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>God and country</strong></em></p> <p>Summerall Chapel photographed by Jennifer Weber at The Citadel on January 6, 2012</p> <p>Charleston, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48694555408http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48694555408Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:37:39 -0400The CitadelCharleston SCSummerall ChapelJennifer Weber Photographypatriotismfaith<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d389aa2accaafce05f71a5c3dfc7bf83/tumblr_mlo2boV5VV1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>Born in Bethlehem. Pennsylvania, that is.</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber at the railroad track on Route 6 ~ April 5, 2013</p> <p>Lexington, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48621250710http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48621250710Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:09:24 -0400Bethlehem SteelBethlehem PArailroadsrailroad tracksphotographyJennifer Weber Photography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aec9ea0c1cce07df6595f3bd264b681f/tumblr_mlkb7dxkdM1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/80589b6896f15a99d0583fa1a2947dd6/tumblr_mlkb7dxkdM1r0fggzo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em><strong>How innocent of me and my dark pain</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>In the clear east, unclouded save for one</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Flamingo-coloured feather, combed and spun</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Into fine spirals, with ephemeral stain</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>To dye the morning rose after the rain,</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Rises the simple and majestic sun,</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>His azure course, well-known and often-run</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>With patient brightness to pursue again.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>The gods are patient; they are slaves of Time</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>No less than we, and longer, at whose call</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Must Phoebus rise and mount his dewy car,</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>And lift the reins and start the ancient climb;</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Could we learn patience, though day-creatures all,</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Our day should see us godlier than we are.</strong></em></p> <p><strong>~Edna St. Vincent Millay</strong></p> <p><strong>=0=0=0=</strong></p> <p><em><strong>Patient brightness</strong></em></p> <p>Snowball bush (viburnum opulus) photographed by Jennifer Weber on April 19, 2013</p> <p>Columbia, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48446906250http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48446906250Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:30:49 -0400snowball bushhorticulturebotanyflowersnaturepoetryviburnum opulusEdna St. Vincent MillayJennifer Weber Photography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/50ee741754eb19d6c252fe85b60b7540/tumblr_mlifbaIhDa1r0fggzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><strong>I’d rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>I’d rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>For a might-have-been has never been,</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>But a has-been was once an are.</strong></em></p> <p><strong>~Milton Berle</strong></p> <p><strong>=0=0=0=</strong></p> <p><em><strong>Reaching</strong></em></p> <p>Photographed by Jennifer Weber on April 16, 2012</p> <p>Columbia, South Carolina</p>http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48361792682http://jennypennifer.tumblr.com/post/48361792682Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:04:22 -0400bearded irisyellow irisnatureflowersspringMilton BerleJennifer Weber Photography