Our True Depth

Ka Iwi Channel, Honolulu, Hawaii

"We sometimes need adversity
to fathom our true depths."
~ Pat Riley

Joy That Is Shared

Halona Blow Hole

"A joy that is shared
is a joy made double."
~ English Proverb

Just off Kalanianole Highway, Oahu's Blow Hole is a lava tube where on a wild and rough morning like today, the ocean rises and bursts up to the sky.

Creativity is Magic

Lanikai Beach, Kailua, Oahu

"Sometimes I think creativity is magic;
it's not a matter of finding an idea,
but allowing the idea to find you."
~ Maya Lin

Lanikai, just south of Kaneohe: one of Hawaii's best beaches... Incomparable beauty... fine white sand...clear aqua ocean... arching palm trees. The beach where ancient Hawaiian royalty played... And at dawn today, life begins anew.

Gold

Sunrise, Niagara Falls

(Thank you, Rick)

"Gold cannot be pure,
and people cannot be perfect."
~ Chinese Proverb

Seed of Faith

Mt. Olomana just after dawn

"Remember that the smallest seed of faith
is of more worth
than the largest fruit of happiness."
~ Henry David Thoreau

Loveliest Smile

"Autumn.. the year's last, loveliest smile."
~ William Cullen Bryant

An overcast sky today. Leaves are changing, so my mountain quilt is getting more vibrant... Greens are turning yellow. I love it when the reds and burgundies come in with a vengeance.

Meet Me There?

"Beyond ideas, there’s a field.
Will you meet me there?"
~ Jalaluddin Rumi

All light, so powerful and holy.

Soothed & Healed

"I go to nature to be soothed and healed,
and to have my senses put in tune once more."
~ John Burroughs

I don't know if I'll get a sunrise this morning, but cloud action along my ridge is wild. Fast changing light. Swirling, dream-like wisps of white and gray.

Fill Your Heart

"Fill your heart with
as much Love as you can,
and don't hold it in."

~ Carl Perkins

Steven captured me this morning watching the sunrise. I love this photo and love him...

Follow Your Heart

"Follow your heart, your instincts.
People might try to dissuade you
from your passion,
but no one can live your life
but you."
~ Olympia Dukakis

The pre-sunrise sky defies description... My camera can't capture the beauty, fire, and colors.

The Glow

"The glow of one warm thought
is to me worth more than money."
~ Thomas Jefferson

Looking at the sky... Feels wonderful to be alive... All this beauty is humbling. I have so much love and gratitude in my heart.

Wishing you all, good things...

Own Light

"Each one prays to God
according to his own light."
~ Mahatma Gandhi

All calm, yet alive. Before the ball of fire, a beautiful orange and lavender sky. Surreal delight. All the shades of goodness and hope.

No Limitations

"Life has no limitations,
except the ones you make."
~ Les Brown

This morning's light 

reminds me that life 

is a gift 

of unlimited possibilities. 

Everything I want pulsates

waiting for me to create.

It will be done

if I want it.

Curiosity Survives

"It is a miracle that curiosity
survives formal education."
~ Albert Einstein

In Hawaii, 

we call a nosy person, 

niele - (nee-eh-leh)

That has always been me.

Niele

Or so my family says.

And while I may

have a big nose,

I think

I am more curious

than nosy.

And curiosity survives.

Own Private World

"The main thing in one's own private world
is to try to laugh as much as you cry."
~ Maya Angelou

The release

of laughter

gets you to 

joy

faster.

Sunlight Will...

Three minutes between these two photos.

"Sunlight will renew your pride."
~ Joni Mitchell

Just wisps of fog this morning in the valley. Lots of clouds. Very little sky where the sun is to rise. Clouds and light. Interesting formations of quiet grey and blue...

In contrast, looking south, towards Mt. Pisgah, the sky is awash with gorgeous color--light blues, oranges, pinks, and white... Clouds, clouds above me. Settled billows, with tributaries of light and sky. Pattern so still, seems etched, kissed.

(I sat and waited, needing to leave, thinking "too much clouds, no sun." Then... in seconds. Fog moved in, then spectacular fire ball of the sun... )

Peace Begins

"Peace begins with a smile."
~ Mother Teresa

This morning's sky, a watercolor box of blue, white, and pink. Again, the thick fog has rested low in soft, billowy white, giving a settling feeling of peace.

So much majestic beauty, with the chance of starting anew.

Go With It

Happy 60th Birthday Mr. Springsteen

"Growing old. It happens to everybody.
Might as well go with it
instead of going against it."
~ Bruce Springsteen

After eight days of rain and cloud and fog coverage, it looks like I'm going to get a sunrise today. And it may be spectacular. Rice Pinnacle is glowing orange.

I looked down to enter my last tweet and the fog rolled in with incredible speed. The valley is buried in fog. Everything is ethereal... and in seconds, clear. Unspeakable beauty.

World Speaks to Me in Colors

"The world speaks to me in colors,
my soul answers in music."
~Rabindranath Tagore

Clouds are wonderful this morning. Plentiful billows. High, but ablaze with red & gold, fast-changing color and light. A perfect ceiling for the sun.

We are all a part of the same, great body. The beat, our beat, unifies our hearts and our spirits with love and light.

Presence of an Angel

"Be careful how you look at people,
or treat them; you may be
in the presence of an angel."
~ Barbara Hart

Beautiful, still morning. No clouds, just the sky's gentle colors as we wait for the sun.