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.

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!

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.

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 ♪♫ ♪♫

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.

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 ♪♫ ♪♫

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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...

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!

Life Is What We Make It

"Life is what we make it,
always has been, always will be."
~ Grandma Moses

My First Video

Here's my first attempt at short video of sunrise:

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 ♪♫ ♪♫

Measured Quantities

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

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.

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?

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.

Louis Armstrong: ♪♫ ♪♫ What a Wonderful World ♪♫ ♪♫

What Power Has Love

"What power has love but forgiveness?"
~ William Carlos Williams

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.