Gentle Whispers

"Listen now to the gentle whispers of Hope."~ Charles D. Brodhead

Happy New Year.

Another I

"A friend is another I."
~ Aristotle

Friendship is fortune:

Silver clouds, gold like the sun.

Priceless whispers shared

moments, each breath.

Singular Sweetness.

Across the sky a jet flies

carrying my grateful heart to you.

Diligence

"Diligence is the mother of good luck."
~ Benjamin Franklin

When We Share

"When we share --
that is poetry in the prose of life. "
~ Sigmund Freud

Like me

You rise to greet the sun.

unencumbered

unexpected delight.

At the sight of you

my heart joins with yours.

We soar.

As Far and As Deep

"Really, I think one's art goes only 

as far and as deep as your love goes."

~ Andrew Wyeth

Unrequited

Over there

my heart waits for you

blazing with longing truth.

Happy Heart

"A happy heart comes first,
then the happy face."
~ Shania Twain

Approaching pink and lavender
Over snow and gold,
endless happiness.

An Asheville Airport plane 
rises above the ridge
My ridge, the cove, 
a treasure chest
of white powder and sky...

Contemplation

"Teach correctly…
Find delight in contemplation."
~ St. Augustine

Snow, like memories,

fall and grow

creating depth too holy

to completely fathom today.

Nathan with snowman he created with Kayla

Clapton rarity: looking at the camera

Kolo, ready to explore

To Be Loved, As To Love

"Make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;and where there is sadness, joy.

O heavenly Father, grant that I
may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying
that we are born to eternal life."
~ Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Time helps you see things clearer.

I said this prayer every day

when I attended St. Francis High

I still find my way back.
Meaning resonates 

Words comfort 

And my hope for peace remains.

amazing day

"i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;
and for everything
which is natural
which is infinite which is yes"
~ e.e. cummings

Happy birthday, Grandma Dorothy...

To Live

"To Live is so startling it leaves time for little else."
~ Emily Dickinson

Color Is Joy

"Color is Joy.
One does not think Joy.
One is carried by it."
~ Ernst Haas

The sun suggests immortality...And the clouds... all the answers to every question are there, in the clouds... Spectacular sunrise. Fast moving fog drenches Cove, rising and twirling against a blue sky, clean from the rain.

Imagine It

"You won't get anything
unless you have the vision
to imagine it."
~ John Lennon

Just a glorious sunrise. I walked with the morning chill. Open your heart and let the light in.

Can't Stop the Sun

"Can't stop the sun from Shining... Shining..."
~ Tom Petty

Today's sunrise brought to you by brrrrr... Toto, we're not in Honolulu anymore...

Caring For Others

"Caring for others creates the spirit of a nation."
~ Pat Nixon

Change

"Everything in life that we
really accept undergoes a change."
~ Katherine Mansfield

Here's the dilemma... The sunrise is absolutely gorgeous... blue sky, clouds... bright. I'll have to post another pix. Remarkable contrast.

Fully Understood

"Every man supposes himself not to be
fully understood or appreciated."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sky is burning red... clouds magnificent. (And the sun hasn't risen even)

After a Storm

Sunset off front porch...

"Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn’t we?"
~ Rose Kennedy

Unbelievable Asheville sky... Storm rinsed out gray. Bold colors of yellow, orange and blue. Spectacular, fast-moving clouds... Going into the sunset business today.

Always a Valley

"Always a valley before a hill."
~ American Proverb

Waiting for the sun in morning chill, listening to Kapono Beamer strum classic "Pua Lilia" on my MP3. Gorgeous... Thinking.... How can life be this full and simple?

Happily May I Walk

"Happily may I walk.
May it be beautiful before me.
May it be beautiful behind me.
May it be beautiful below me.
May it be beautiful above me.
May it be beautiful all around me.
In beauty it is finished."~ Navajo Night Chant

I've got temporary computer problems, so this post requires a bit more technical creativity to post... Ever notice how the sun continues to rise, despite any problem you may have?

Makes me feel good about the beauty of life... and life's possibilities...

Be Thankful

"There is always something
for which to be thankful."
~ Charles Dickens

Newness... Hope... Bright promise. With the sunrise, everything is awash in light.

Light Shining Nearby

"Never fear shadows.
They simply mean
there’s a light shining nearby. "
~ Ruth E. Renkel

My brain is all over the place this morning. I'm on the deck, covered in damp fog, moving fast. Clouds are settling soft. Maybe a sunrise...So much peace and beauty... Sounds below... Roosters, a woodpecker, dogs, cars, silence, a humming motor. Two black crows glide by:

Below, expanses of frozen green grass, dormant. Bare trees salute the blue sky. Where or where is the sun? Glowing light through the clouds. Pretty. I know you're there. Come on...

No drama this morning, just pure, golden light.

Compact of Fire

"Love is a spirit all compact of fire."
~ William Shakespeare

Sky is ablaze with color. Clouds on fire. One of those mornings where my camera isn't going to do this justice.

Inspiration

"God is within us --
we glow with his inspiration."
~ Ovid

Chilly sunrise today. Still splendidly beautiful.

Perpetual Optimism

"Perpetual Optimism is a force multiplier."
~ Colin Powell

Sky show here. No sunrise. Cloud & fog moving quickly. Sky above is blue & gorgeous. WOW... Now I'm drenched in fog. No blue sky. Just ethereal timelessness. Astounding how quickly the sky changes this morning.

All True

"There's no one thing that's true. It's all true."

~ Ernest Hemingway

Redeeming Formula

"We are always in search of
the redeeming formula,
the crystallizing thought."
~ Etty Hillesum

Pre-sunrise Asheville sky this morning is magnificent--Purple, red, pink clouds ablaze with colors. Breathtaking.

You Mustn't Miss the Dawn

Welcome back, Michael!

"Come quickly. You mustn't miss the dawn.
It will never be just like this again."
~ Georgia O'Keeffe

Untie the Ribbons

"Each Day comes bearing its own gifts.
Untie the ribbons."
~ Ruth Ann Schabacker

The motionless clouds are like gentle ribbons across the sky. Fanciful pastel strings of light...Stillness and quiet in the cove... except for those roosters crowing...

Say With Certainty

"What can we say with certainty?"
~ François Voltaire

There it is... another day begins in holy possibilities.

Dream

"Explore. Dream. Discover."
~ Mark Twain

Oh, what beauty... The sky is on fire this morning...Then in seconds, the red sky evaporates to light. We wait for the sun to crest the ridge.

One Universal Grin

"All nature wears one universal grin."
~ Henry Fielding

Our dog Kolo started barking and I opened the door and was able to capture three of the five deer that dashed from our front yard to the forest at sunset.

Shine Within

"Let your Light shine.
Shine within you so that it can
shine on someone else.
Let your Light shine."
~ Oprah Winfrey

Not a cloud in the sky. Unbelievable, brilliant light... O, shine.

Cloud Shine

"We talk of sunshine and moonshine,
but not of cloud shine,
which is yet one of the
illuminations of our skies.
A shining cloud is one of the most majestic
of all secondary lights."
~ Alice Meynell

After days of rain and French Broad River Flood Warnings, there is still no sun today. Just clouds... and light... and dreams...

Sunday

"Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week."
~ Joseph Addison

I'm watching the sunrise this morning with a deer. Three seconds earlier and I would have caught her on camera.

Holy Joy

"The beating Heart of the universe
is Holy joy."
~ Martin Buber

I've got a wide open sky and the sun radiates the mountain top... JOY!

Two Roads

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

~ Robert Frost

Thinking... that's what I did: Took the road less traveled...

How Do I Work?

"How do I work? I grope."
~ Albert Einstein

Good morning, great day. Waiting on the sun to rise...Crisp, cool air. The sky glows with clarity and light.

Infinite Expectation

"We must learn to reawaken
and keep ourselves awake...
By an infinite expectation of the dawn."

~ Henry David Thoreau

Autumn Burned Brightly

"Autumn burned brightly,
a running flame through the mountains,
a torch flung to the trees."
~ Faith Baldwin

Good Sunday morning...

It's chilly, but dry, and the clouds are gliding across the sky as I anticipate the sunrise. Quiet calm lulls the valley, decorated with evergreen trees and branches of red, yellow, burgundy, and orange leaves... The clouds continue to move, but they are thickening where the light shines. Will clouds shroud my cresting sun?

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.