Vitality of Thought

The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them.
~Alfred North Whitehead
English mathematician & philosopher (1861 - 1947)

Spring on the Mountain

"If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in
spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom."
~Audra Foveo

Beauty

Just because you are blind, and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist.
~Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho's weblog, 03-23-06

I love today

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
~William Allen White

Rest in Peace Sweet Simon

Horse,
thou art truly a creature without equal,
for thou flies without wings and conquers without sword.
~The Koran

Rest in Peace Sweet Simon, I will so miss you.
photo by Chelsea

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Steller's Jay

“The moments of happiness we enjoy
take us by surprise.
It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.”
~Ashley Montagu

Jeffery's Shooting Star

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
An eternity in an hour
~William Blake

Rufus Hummingbirds

When I'm trusting and being myself... everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously.
~Shakti Gawain

The male Rufus flew south the last week of June, and yesterday morning the females and this years hatch flew south also. I will miss them so much. See you next year!

Stuff your eyes with wonder

"Stuff your eyes with wonder . . . Live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories."
- Ray Bradbury

Rose

I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall."

~Eleanor Roosevelt