One Heart

"A successful team beats with one heart."
~ Sarah Redmond

He Who Smiles

Gentle fog settles in valley. No clouds, just a ribbon of orange gold. Beautiful morning...Stunning beauty. Relentless hope.

"He who smiles
rather than rages
is always the stronger."
~ Japanese Proverb

Never Give Up Then

Happy Birthday, Rodney

"When you get into a tight place
and everything goes against you
until it seems that you cannot hold on
for a minute longer, never give up then,
for that is just the place and time
that the tide will turn."
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Tell the Story

"Whoever survives a test,
whatever it may be, must tell the story.
That is his duty."
~ Elie Wiesel

Dream Beings

"All human beings are also dream beings.
Dreaming ties all mankind together."

~ Jack Kerouac

Japan tsunami and earthquake weigh heavily on the world... Yet after days of rain, the sky is so beautiful this morning. Orange sherbert clouds close to the sun. Bright light. The timeless promise of goodness...

Why or Whither

Black bird soars across the orange sherbert sky...

"My advice to you is not to inquire
why or whither,
but just enjoy your ice cream
while it's on your plate--
that's my philosophy."

~ Thornton Wilder

Cold! Orange sherbert sky and the sun is getting ready to crest... @hopicecream Has anyone ever made a sunrise sherbert? This morning's Asheville sky looks gorgeous enough to eat... Brrr! Amazing sunrise. It feels so good to be alive.

Gel in My Mind

"When I get an idea for a song
it would gel in my mind for weeks or months,
and then one day just like that, I'll write it."
~ Johnny Cash

Cloudy over Asheville, but clear along my ridge. Venus burns brightly, like the love & gratitude I feel in my heart this morning...

Touch the Sky

"Only from the heart
Can you touch the sky."
~ Jalaluddin Rumi

Frozen fingers. Colder than it looks on my back deck. Interesting sunrise, light smeared by clouds.

Open Our Hearts

"If we learn to open our hearts,
anyone, including the people
who drive us crazy,
can be our teacher."
~ Pema Chodron

Watching Venus rise and fade as twilight turns gold. Chilly, but pretty morning... The way those two mountains meet, it looks like my sun is rising in the middle of a heart...


Another view of this morning's sunrise: Tumblr

Ninety-Nine Percent

"Ninety-nine percent of who you are
is invisible and untouchable."
~ R. Buckminster Fuller

So...much...beauty. Overwhelming, really... Just shot into the blazing sun. Remarkable results. Why has it taken me 5 years to do this? ...I like it. :) Just right into the blaze, fearless.

Touch the Miracle

"Learn your theories as well as you can,
but put them aside
when you touch the miracle of a living soul."
~ Carl Jung

Clear deep blue sky & light spills in. Just above Pisgah Forest ridge, the stunning crescent moon, with Venus burning brightly... Today marks my 12th anniversary of dailycelebrations.com. :) Life is a celebration of passionate colors... Caught up in the miracle of this new day...

Beautiful Inward Friendship

"Adversity not only draws people together
but brings forth
that beautiful inward friendship,
just as the cold winter forms ice-figures
on the window panes
which the warmth of the sun effaces."
~ Soren Kierkegaard

60°F in Asheville & I'm out on the back deck bare foot & happy...

Turn in the Tide

Warmer morning... looks like a splendid new day... Celebrate!

"The lowest ebb is the turn in the tide."
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Yet the Spirit

The mountain ridge glows gold ans streaks of orange smear the Asheville sky. I suspect a marvelous sunrise is coming...

"The sword and the spirit
are the two mightiest forces in the world,
yet the spirit
is mightiest of the two."
~ Napoleon Bonaparte

Cold and gold this morning! As the chemtrails slash and the clouds swirl, again moving right to left... Three crows dance in front of me... The sky is all magic delight.

Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan, ♪♫ ♪♫ 1000 Miles Behind ♪♫ ♪♫

Looking Up

"No life can be barren
which hears the whisper of the wind
in the branches,
or the voice of the sea
as it breaks upon the shore;
and no soul can lack happiness
looking up to the midnight stars."
~ William Winter

Certain Point

Nice of that airplane to fly through the gold...

"From a certain point onward
there is no longer any turning back."
~ Franz Kafka

Life Shrinks or Expands

Dropped my glasses, had to search back field. And got different perspective, including birds!

The nearly full moon, this morning, a tree ornament...

"Life shrinks or expands
in proportion to one's courage."
~ Anais Nin

Absolutely gorgeous morning. The Asheville sky is streaked with red & gold... Always exciting to download my shots to see what I caught. Hoping those flock of birds made the shot... Lightly. Gladly. Impossible to frown with this pretty sun kissing my face.

Consenting to Dream

Ahhhh...

This morning, beneath a thick curtain of clouds, the sky along the mountain ridge glows red…And it is all golden over Asheville...

"An artist is a dreamer
consenting to dream of the actual world."
~ George Santayana

What Is Precious

for @ThunderPig & @michaelfmuller

"Only the heart knows
how to find what is precious."
~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

Secret Spot

"Within your heart, keep one still,
secret spot where dreams may go."
~ Louise Driscoll

Enjoy the Game

"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game."
~ Michael Jordan

Stillness.... Peace.... Orange glow... The sunrise is so holy this morning.

Around in Awareness

"Let us not look back in anger,
nor foward in fear,
but around in awareness."
~ James Thurber

This morning sky is a water-colored painting of clouds & light. Pastels and gold... Waiting for sun to break through clouds... WIDE open, beautiful sky. Clouds. All dreams & possibilities...

Crazy at First

"Every really new idea looks crazy at first."
~ Alfred North Whitehead

Reach Out From the Inside

Remarkable sunrise. Open your heart...

"Without a noise,
without my pride,
I reach out from the inside.
~ Peter Gabriel
♪♫ ♪♫ In Your Eyes ♪♫ ♪♫

Clouds on fire this morning. Bold red passion. Sun is coming soon. :) I'm dancing here on my back deck.

Very Best I Can

ooooo, delightful sun...

Golden glow along my mighty ridge. Over Asheville, clouds are a red & purple mix...

"I do the very best I know how -
the very best I can;
and I mean to keep doing so until the end. "
~ Abraham Lincoln

Solely in My Tenacity

"Let me tell you the secret
that has led me to my goal.
My strength lies solely in my tenacity."
~ Louis Pasteur

Sheryl Crow, ♪♫ ♪♫ Favorite Mistake ♪♫ ♪♫

Winding Stair

Freezing cold... Just a light dusting of snow... another beautiful winter sunrise...

"All rising to great places is by a winding stair."
~ Francis Bacon

Another view of this morning's sunrise: Tumblr

Singing Bird

"My heart is like a singing bird."
~ Christina Rossetti

It's this moment, when the sun nearly crests the mountain ridge, when the day is pure and the possibilities are endless... Gorgeous sunrise. Full, full heart...

Another view of this morning's sunrise: Tumblr

Highest Reward

Snow is just powdered sugar on the back deck. Robust clouds fill the sky. Color!

"The highest reward for person's toil
is not what they get for it,
but what they become by it."
~ John Ruskin

Loving Heart

"A loving heart is the truest wisdom."
~ Charles Dickens

Hey Venus, you're burning brightly in the twilight sky as we both wait for the sun to rise. Good morning!

Cold, clean... Glorious sky... It does not get much better than this... I wish for all of you a day full of creativity, kindness, & discovery...

When It Comes

"When you are a poet, you are a poet first.
When it comes, it's like an angel."
~ May Sarton

Blue sky above, but heavy fog blanket covers ridge line. Valley clear. Clouds moving quickly, right to left. Wild air show...The sun is there, behind all the fog. Brightly burns my eyes. Will it break through?

Very windy... Clouds engulf me... wet... fantastic. Come out, oh sun.

Courage to Get Up

"Passion and hard work
makes a great player,
but the courage to get up
every time you fall
is what makes a champion."
~ Jeanette Lee

Own Private Literature

"The memory of every man
is his own private literature."
~ Aldous Huxley

The sky opens wide... Canopy of clouds and that gorgeous sun. I need wider lens...

Our Own Strength

"The awareness of our own strength
makes us modest."
~ Paul Cézanne

Our Lose Treasures

Happy Birthday, Dana

"It is the image in the mind
that links us to our lost treasures;
but it is the loss
that shapes the image,
gathers the flowers,
weaves the garland."
~ Colette

This morning's sunrise is all light... and love...