Grandstand

"Life is not a spectator sport. . . 

If you're going to spend your whole life 

in the grandstand just watching what goes on, 

in my opinion you're wasting your life."

 ~ Jackie Robinson

Faith

"Even the merest gesture is holy

 if it is filled with faith."

 ~ Franz Kafka

Pictures

"God makes the pictures I just take 'em."

~ Ed H. Urqhardt

So this one was taken with my new Nikon D5100. Still lots to learn, but very happy to learn.

Start

"If we don't start, it's certain we can't arrive."

~ Zig Ziglar

Nature

"Read nature;  nature is a friend to truth.

~ Edward Young

The dusting of snow provided me with a canvas for many beautiful photographs this morning. I walked around, marveled at the morning, and have many shots to choose from. The snow made the ordinary quite extraordinary.

Perpetual

"I cannot see that art is anything less 

than a way of making joys perpetual."

 ~ Rebecca West

Can life be any more beautiful or mysterious than this?

Watchword

"The watchword for the future: Enjoy yourself."

 ~ Thornton Wilder

 Skin of Our Teeth

This morning's mushy sunrise was full of color and light. Kolo and I walked and watched the sun break through the clouds. We stopped for a bit and I took in all the patterns. I was fascinated by the bare branches of this familiar tree, the streak of the jet-stream, and the cove's settled fog.

Seek a Newer World

"Come my friends, 

'tis not too late to seek a newer world."

 ~ Lord Alfred Tennyson

Dawn

"I wake at dawn with a winged heart

 and give thanks for another day of loving."

 ~ Kahlil Gibran

Oh this sun is so beautiful. My nose seems to be frozen, but my heart burns with inspiration... Working in the light room with this morning's sunrise photo, I find myself going into the branches of the tree that's there, reaching toward the light. The light spills everywhere.

Harmony

"The supreme harmony of the cosmos

 is selected in the harmony  of the spirit."

 ~ Franz Liszt

I Am

"When I am done thinking, 

I wander in the woods 
gathering handfuls of flowers."

~ Ryokan

AVL jet, left to right. 

Three black birds, right to left.

Choreographed against a golden sky...

Glow, anticipating my first sunrise for 2013... 

Dawn's light. Bare branches. And one bright star. A quivering beacon of hope.

Cold crunch of ice underfoot. Shivering, but look up. All warm glow, dear moon mine. 

Fill the Hour

"To fill the hour--

that is happiness."

 ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Live Peace. 
"E Noho i ka Maluhia"

Looking forward to 2013 with open heart, fingers on the keypad and camera shutter. Join me on this creative jaunt... :) ~♥~

Delight

"Teach us delight in simple things." 

~ Rudyard Kipling

Before the sun, a little bit of tangled moonlight

Dusting and great light

What We Are

"Happiness is inward, and not outward; 

and so it does not depend on 

what we have, but on what we are." 

~ Henry van Dyke

Smile

"Go slowly, breathe and smile."

 ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Ice this morning. Cold and beautiful... Seemed to take the sun a bit longer to rise and stretch over the ridge. Happy shadows extended over the deck... Rays of goodness. Smiles across the horizon...

Seeming Defeated

"The mountain remains unmoved 

at seeming defeat by the mist."

 ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Form of Confession

"All philosophy is a form of confession."

~ Friedrich W. Nietzsche

Uttered or Unexpressed

"Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, 

uttered or unexpressed; 

the motion of a hidden fire 

that trembles in the breast." 

~ James Montgomery

All Things Excellent

"All things excellent are 

as difficult as they are rare." 

~ Benedict De Spinoza

Be Prepared To Enjoy It

"Do not worry about 

whether or not the sun will rise. 

Be prepared to enjoy it."

~ Pearl Bailey