Sunrise

Saturday and wintry at last. Snowy morning fields always evoke this lovely poem for me, by Czeslaw Milosz:

Encounter 
We were riding through frozen fields in a wagon at dawn.
A red wing rose in the darkness. 

And suddenly a hare ran across the road. 

One of us pointed to it with his hand. 

That was long ago. Today neither of them is alive, 

Not the hare, nor the man who made the gesture. 

O my love, where are they, where are they going 

The flash of a hand, streak of movement, rustle of pebbles. 

I ask not out of sorrow, but in wonder. 

--Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania), 1936 

Czeslaw Milosz, from "The Collected Poems 1931-1987" (The Ecco Press, 1988)

C for Confused Cherry Blossoms

Until last week, we were having an unbelievably mild winter. I've even seen people in shorts and, here, confused trees bursting into cherry blossoms - unheard of in mid-winter! Linking to ABC Wednesday.
{P.S. I'm back from travels and look forward to visiting your blogs soon!}

Australia National Theme Day

{Nassau Hall, Princeton University}

I was convinced I'd have nothing to show for my efforts to take an Australian-themed photo. As I was about to give up, I stumbled on this Instagram shot in my archives. The international diversity of Princeton University's student body is on display in this festive "P" for Princeton. Anchoring the lower right, I spied Australia, whose student contingent is represented by about 30 brilliant Ivy League Princeton-Australian students, or Tigers (school mascot, as you see!).

See more photos here, celebrating Australia Day!

{P.S. I will be traveling and away from the internet a few days, but will see you soon!}

Miller Chapel

Hardworking staff member in the morning hours at Princeton Seminary. Have a wonderful weekend!

Antiques browsing

The latest in old technology! A peek inside The Tomato Factory, an antique haven in tiny Hopewell, just a 20 minute drive away in the Greater Princeton area.

B for Battlefield Bride

Bright afternoon's bride at the Princeton Battlefield, near the tomb of unknown soldiers from the 1777 Battle of Princeton. (I showed a portion of the battlefield Monday.)

Linking to my first ABC Wednesday - thanks to LOLfromPasa at Today Around Coventry Daily Photo for suggesting I try it!

"Near here lie buried the American and British officers and soldiers who fell in the Battle of Princeton."

Fancy some lunch?

None of my shots of a live televised community viewing of yesterday's Presidential Inauguration turned out. So instead, here's where many people went for lunch after - the former home of another U.S. President, Woodrow Wilson, reborn as a popular lunch canteen, Prospect House.
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Also, many thanks to Jackie/Jake at Junk Boat Travels for passing on a blog award - I fear I could never choose from so many lovely bloggers to pass on the award, but thank you for thinking of me!

This month many years ago

{Princeton Battlefield} 

 "It may be doubted whether so small a number of men ever employed so short a space of time with greater and more lasting effects upon the history of the world." 

-British politician Sir George Trevelyan on the Battle of Princeton

The Battle of Princeton unfolded here on January 3, 1777, and was a turning point in the Revolutionary War.