Wednesday, September 29, 2010

What You're Willing to Risk

"I realized that in the end every summit
boils down to what you're willing to
risk
to pursue your
passion
and make your
dreams come true."
~
Stacy Allison

On this day in 1988, mountain climber Stacy Allison (1958-) became the first American woman to stand at the peak of Mt. Everest, the highest point on earth. Stacy was one of the first supporters of my website dailycelebrations.com. I am grateful to her for her kindness.


No sunrise, just mesmerizing cloud show with whirling fog and light. Splendid performance of grays, blues, and black crows.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Paint Paradise

"You have your brush, you have your colors,
you paint paradise, then in you go."
~
Nikos Kazantzakis


Spectacular cloud and fog show on ridge. I hope the heavy clouds near Rice Pinnacle dissipate and give my sun room to move in: http://twitpic.com/2srbsq. Too many clouds. Too many fanciful dreams.
...Then, magic!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Live the Life Imagined...


Buxton, North Carolina

"If a man advances confidently in the direction of his dreams to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
~
Henry David Thoreau
Must be creative to get around no internet connection. (hehe) Spectacular waves, stunning sunrise, and full moon tonight. Aloha.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Totally Universal


"See, when I paint, it is an experience that, at its best, is transcending reality. When it is working, you completely go into another place, you're tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own self."
~
Keith Haring


No clouds... gentle mist.. Visibility to Asheville... Love shadow of ridge, lined with tall trees, against the sky... Magically, with the sunrise, the world is all clean anew.
ZZ Top:
♪♫ ♪♫ Planet of Women ♪♫ ♪♫

Friday, September 17, 2010

To Excuse, to Trust, to Hope


Happy Birthday, Aunty Georgia... & George...

"Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited...It is never rude or selfish It does not take offense, and it is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins but delights truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes."
~ 1 Corinthians 13:4-8



Love does not come to an end.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Kindness, Beauty, & Truth


Ahhh... there's my sun. Adding it to my last link. Give me a sec. It's a 3-fer this morning. Splendid thankful surprise... Aloha all.


Spectacular red clouds. Red on gray.





"The ideas that have lighted my way
have been
kindness, beauty, and truth."
~
Albert Einstein




Thick gray clouds, but the ridge is afire with red. Hope for a sunrise. Don't know if clouds will let sun through for me... Red fire clouds have extended completely across my horizon. My lense is not wide or tall enough...Oh please. Let the sun through.




B.B. King: ♪♫ ♪♫ 3 O'clock Blues ♪♫ ♪♫

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Love & Kindness


"Love and kindness are never wasted.
They always make a difference.
They bless the one who receives them,
and they bless you, the giver."
~ Barbara De Angelis

No clouds. Just bright gold glow. Radiant love. Unmistakable hope. The sun is cresting the ridge! ...Exquisite beauty. Humility and fullness.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Everybody Needs Perspective


"Climb up on some hill at sunrise.
Everybody needs
perspective once in a while,
and you’ll find it there."
~Robb Sagendorph
Love how the bands of orange clouds streak the pale blue sky in anticipation of sun rise... Ribbons of light... Orange on blue. Fire on calm.

Monday, September 13, 2010

From the Pine


"Learn about pines from the pine,
and about bamboo from the bamboo."
~
Matsuo Basho


Great walk, not a cloud in the sky. Clean, glorious morning.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Creative Light

"Happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven."
~
Washington Irving

Wishing you a day full of creative light...

May the Blessed Sunshine Shine Upon You...


Overwhelmed by the sunrise. Wish you were here.


"May the blessed sunlight shine upon you
and warm your
heart till it glows like a great fire
and strangers may warm themselves
as well as
friends.
And may the
light shine out of the eyes of you,
like a candle set in the window of a house,
bidding the wanderer to come in out of the storm."
~ Traditional Irish Blessing
Drama: Fogs, cloud action, light. I wait for the sun to rise: http://twitpic.com/2nq26r

Friday, September 10, 2010

Heart of Man


"If seeds in the black earth
can turn into such
beautiful roses,
what might not the
heart of man become
in its long journey toward the
stars?"
~
G. K. Chesterton


Just like that, clouds have swallowed up the light. No sunrise, all gray clouds on my ridge, clear skies toward Asheville. Amazing morning.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Patience and Time

There are a million colors in the sky.


"The two most powerful warriors
are
patience and time."
~
Leo Tolstoy




Sky above Grove Park Inn is awash w/orange & gold light. Stunning Asheville dawn... Look at my sky: http://twitpic.com/2mo6km... THAT was a walk of wonder. Still waiting for sun to crest...

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Meat & Potatoes


"To fulfill a dream,
to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor,
to be given a
chance to create,
is the meat and potatoes of
life.
The
money is the gravy."
~
Bette Davis


Morning sky is smeared orange and gray. Red sun! Red sun!

Monday, September 6, 2010

Expressions of Love


"Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.
The real miracle is the love that
inspires them.
In this sense
everything that comes from
love
is a miracle."
~
Helen Schucman


Bon Jovi: ♪♫ ♪♫ Living on a Prayer ♪♫ ♪♫

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Measured Quantities


"Art doesn't come in measured quantities:
it's got to be too much or it's not enough."
~
Pauline Kael



Saturday, September 4, 2010

Music in the Soul


"Music in the soul can be heard by the Universe"
~ Lao Tzu



The sky is beautiful, smeared with clouds of orange fire...It's chilly out here... Above: the crescent moon and black crow flying.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Caring, Sharing


"A smile is the light in your window
that tells others that there is
a caring, sharing person inside."
~ Denis Waitley




Dawn lightens the sky a fragile blue. Above Asheville, the horizon radiates pink & red, like some secret beacon...Letting in the light. Changing the horizon so quickly...How can it be so still. So beautiful?

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Two Hands


"As you grow older you will discover
that you have two hands.
One for helping yourself,
the other for
helping others."
~
Abraham Lincoln



Chilly outside, needed hoodie. I love the way the sky glows orange where the sun will crest. Crows are flying low, punctuating the sensuous curves of the ridge. Like a lover, reclined. The sun is rising.


Wednesday, September 1, 2010

What Power Has Love





Clarity this morn, no clouds, gentle cove mist. Chilly air clean. Ridge glows orange where the sun will crest. Sloping wonder. Stillness... Cars moving, that rooster, Neighbor's dog, Max just came up deck stairs & is barking for hug. Cute little pomeranian. I of course oblige...
I can see the sun through the trees before it crests. Looks like sparkling stars.