In Us
Beautiful Day
Don't let it get away."
~U2
U2, Beautiful Day
Lump in the Throat
Well, that was quite exhilarating... & Life Affirming.
Appropriately enough, an acoustic version of a song that starts my MP3 player each time: Dave Matthews, #41
Be Good
Golden promise of light, just before gray clouds sucked sun away...
My Mind
Walked off deck, around yard & garden. Every sunrise photo, a keeper. Ahh, choices...
Turbulent Pleasure
we allow costs us heavenly state.
We sell the thrones of angels
for a short and turbulent pleasure."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
No sunrise, just turbulent clouds in a myriad of colors... and strips of clean, gold red light.
Good Bonfire
you should burn yourself completely,
like good bonfire,
leaving no trace of yourself. "
~ Shunryn Suzuki
Breath of Flowers
that perished twenty years ago."
~ Mark Twain
Secret is Patience
Red cardinal, perched on nearby bare branch, waits for sun to rise through sky of cold clouds. Scarlett on gray...
In the Dusk
~ Zane Grey
Rainy morning and dry afternoon... Sunset... we wait (and hope) for tomorrow's sunrise...
Outside Himself
Golden Eternity
Fog in valley, but ridge is golden orange... Well, that's pretty extraordinary. Fills my chest with love.
Wall Between Two Gardens
~ Kahlil Gibran
Oh, the sky is smeared orange this morning...Sometimes you need a new perspective, so I walked around the backyard for different vantage of sunrise...Looks like the bare branch from this tree is holding up the sun.
(Better understand sun's analemma, thanks to info sent by @jensaylor. Thank you!)
Genius of Women
to be electrical in movement,
intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency."
~ Margaret Fuller
Into the Masterpiece
and then you slip
Into the Masterpiece."
Thousand Mysteries
would not trouble but interest us,
if only we had cheerful, happy hearts."
~ Friedrich W. Nietzsche
Light Gets In
that's how the light gets in."
~ Leonard Cohen
It would be so nice if sun could break through that small gap in thick clouds and add colors to the beautiful white valley.
(Quote via @tinyquote. Music: Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun via @joanne_cooper )