tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57368022820506272182024-02-22T11:04:02.778-08:00Vulture CafeDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.comBlogger366125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-13694066884872679252010-12-11T14:04:00.000-08:002010-12-11T14:09:00.243-08:00Winter Ocean<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Nra1GFWhRLryE3RQUBqz4mQJZo44O927bLupKDB8_8gKv7v8LgY3kMF_esE7hQwLIjVl9AYOhg1aRGo15_g4fOpTUipiTd7i0lrdaVTJYqcGxPxbFORfWGuN4RkTZ1gZLPm-z-mwQIG2/s1600/DSC_4175a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Nra1GFWhRLryE3RQUBqz4mQJZo44O927bLupKDB8_8gKv7v8LgY3kMF_esE7hQwLIjVl9AYOhg1aRGo15_g4fOpTUipiTd7i0lrdaVTJYqcGxPxbFORfWGuN4RkTZ1gZLPm-z-mwQIG2/s400/DSC_4175a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549549618404635298" /></a><br />This busy, puzzling stirrer-up of doubt, That frames deep mysteries, <br />then finds "em out.<br /> ~John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester<br />"A satire Against Mankind"Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-34608537605995798802010-10-22T08:39:00.000-07:002010-10-22T08:46:26.210-07:00Memories<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifpAqOivZSoehdFcyaUD1h-3Z75V3YLHYMaQUyiGyQVIcszR2c3HYe1NRd85ghPW6N6oNzLGCy-Txaudpwm9i6e5hJmW7chbHpLUJUkrpnJsYdvWafGSYceRFSuUyZvi5uVW_JfeG5k-f/s1600/Copy+of+DSC_5650a+Standard+e-mail+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 354px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifpAqOivZSoehdFcyaUD1h-3Z75V3YLHYMaQUyiGyQVIcszR2c3HYe1NRd85ghPW6N6oNzLGCy-Txaudpwm9i6e5hJmW7chbHpLUJUkrpnJsYdvWafGSYceRFSuUyZvi5uVW_JfeG5k-f/s400/Copy+of+DSC_5650a+Standard+e-mail+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530895847740252946" /></a><br /><br />Life brings simple pleasures to us every day. It is up to us to make them wonderful memories. <br />~ Cathy AllenDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-85925107652014407372010-10-12T06:00:00.000-07:002010-10-12T06:00:07.424-07:00Whatever you feel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQ2C5F1kWf4eTHgKhdctozhSCrGG8YxPlC-PCwEaKL2zBNdFcwg-C1p3p4IZFT224koJdRs15VAIf1_7PwBU_bgAcs9cUzRLq1NENvnxATdgII5Ri8gQG9sLcT6E8zRKaeoQ5OxddDS__/s1600-h/DSC_3215a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQ2C5F1kWf4eTHgKhdctozhSCrGG8YxPlC-PCwEaKL2zBNdFcwg-C1p3p4IZFT224koJdRs15VAIf1_7PwBU_bgAcs9cUzRLq1NENvnxATdgII5Ri8gQG9sLcT6E8zRKaeoQ5OxddDS__/s400/DSC_3215a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396943226776665522" /></a><br />Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel. <br /> ~T. S. Eliot<br /> British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet (1888 - 1965)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-76173948910366619782010-10-08T06:00:00.000-07:002010-10-08T06:00:13.401-07:00View from the side of the road<a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/dawnsdogs/home%20stuff/TVsone.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v99/dawnsdogs/home%20stuff/TVsone.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>And all my days are trances,<br />And all my nightly dreams,<br />Are where thy dark eye glances,</div><div>And where thy footstep gleams<br />In what ethereal dances<br />By what eternal streams.</div><br /><div><br /><em>E.A. Poe, To One in Paradise</em></div><br /><p><em></em></p><br /><p><em><span style="font-size:+0;"><span style="font-size:+0;"></span></span></em></p><em><br /><div><br /></div></em><br /><div><br /><br /><p></p><br /></div><br /><div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-65444036015064065032010-09-27T06:00:00.000-07:002010-09-27T06:00:07.373-07:00Happiness<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXapcypZVlSsnKj9Hxe5IzEwlc2F-OW9JHTg_a3whN_SUN-KoTStW47CPhSZ5HuV6O2biIRA3RAR1c7lc_R8_2STHeH83zN0sbolCyoAb25tJqfABRs-E8fuJGlc39Ozh0FSEgsooWyZs/s1600/DSC_3343a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 365px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXapcypZVlSsnKj9Hxe5IzEwlc2F-OW9JHTg_a3whN_SUN-KoTStW47CPhSZ5HuV6O2biIRA3RAR1c7lc_R8_2STHeH83zN0sbolCyoAb25tJqfABRs-E8fuJGlc39Ozh0FSEgsooWyZs/s400/DSC_3343a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505320650245053250" /></a><br /><br />Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation. <br /><br /> ~William H. SheldonDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-87943687373187308492010-09-20T06:00:00.000-07:002010-09-20T06:00:10.912-07:00SeaStars<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UrZoin-dZxWonm3crvwYvvC7_Z519eYpvEYoPs2paVTJMvNH16lenppgTPcyACtbpGjmb3ZorDPN13quv9T1XEf0-CsaAeiJsR3IeLNQRDqtm-GVlEVpJVIBM8PKBV0pXCdDp4qV8CkY/s1600/DSC_3308a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UrZoin-dZxWonm3crvwYvvC7_Z519eYpvEYoPs2paVTJMvNH16lenppgTPcyACtbpGjmb3ZorDPN13quv9T1XEf0-CsaAeiJsR3IeLNQRDqtm-GVlEVpJVIBM8PKBV0pXCdDp4qV8CkY/s400/DSC_3308a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505320060448701538" /></a><br /><br />If the point is sharp, and the arrow is swift, it can pierce through <br />the dust no matter how thick. <br /><br />Bob Dylan (1941 - )Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-82269068651010278712010-09-13T10:30:00.000-07:002010-09-13T10:30:00.184-07:00Dune grass<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7mh59v2VxEZtbsZVGhnleLLKKPjLgZyeV4DgKCCLQj0A6IziUZjUGjr_F7x5Mvvk0noj-TSU_oRiAjDz4AcKpm2lFn4tk_UhxXmkiTzniId6JqpHjrojmNhPupUIjxshSrqSAK6AfOzo/s1600/DSC_3250a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 344px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7mh59v2VxEZtbsZVGhnleLLKKPjLgZyeV4DgKCCLQj0A6IziUZjUGjr_F7x5Mvvk0noj-TSU_oRiAjDz4AcKpm2lFn4tk_UhxXmkiTzniId6JqpHjrojmNhPupUIjxshSrqSAK6AfOzo/s400/DSC_3250a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505319476853446514" /></a><br /><br />Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints <br />his own nature into his pictures. <br /><br /> ~Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887), Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-3888454821304759122010-09-06T06:00:00.000-07:002010-09-06T06:00:10.457-07:00Value<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtJgHV3d_xg40WD3L7iN5jjoMszHzpsQdtpjOURLr6UdUtAA48Jp7eROumL5W4BBGkpjpG4mBm83uKiRTt2s7Pf3UVeB0Wig2d9pjVQHFn0GAbao51aUHCaJO3N61Ko8YAyhZFWAKkso3/s1600/DSC_2709a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtJgHV3d_xg40WD3L7iN5jjoMszHzpsQdtpjOURLr6UdUtAA48Jp7eROumL5W4BBGkpjpG4mBm83uKiRTt2s7Pf3UVeB0Wig2d9pjVQHFn0GAbao51aUHCaJO3N61Ko8YAyhZFWAKkso3/s400/DSC_2709a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505318711969563442" /></a><br /><br />Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does. <br /><br /> ~James Hilton (1900 - 1954)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-65558518444915651122010-08-30T06:00:00.000-07:002010-08-30T06:00:09.250-07:00Joy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLE2YYwLgxEcrpMeAMax6m3VZyVuSBzg93c7T1VhkhnmrMau_AWKwM-2jntCSgjk_jdkxRwtOqvvy4ObYhw0ljdNdU-ZSyNDxE2AP5DSXMK5ZEDvgoOXKdcLZVR_7kE2LV2mdk4vXMGM5/s1600/DSC_2531a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLE2YYwLgxEcrpMeAMax6m3VZyVuSBzg93c7T1VhkhnmrMau_AWKwM-2jntCSgjk_jdkxRwtOqvvy4ObYhw0ljdNdU-ZSyNDxE2AP5DSXMK5ZEDvgoOXKdcLZVR_7kE2LV2mdk4vXMGM5/s400/DSC_2531a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505317322274323666" /></a><br /><br />He who binds to himself a joy<br />Does the winged life destroy;<br />But he who kisses the joy as it flies<br />Lives in Eternity's sunrise.<br /> ~William BlakeDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-89150115137900112922010-08-23T06:00:00.000-07:002010-08-23T06:00:03.049-07:00Time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgff3RdVkRp0tWnfxakEIV2p2TVC47ygfZEKZiRuVvWC1bGv-xPkrIJI3FX1VtMuL6c4-WbahkSKu-IVB9MopAAA-4O0ygTt2D3eOuIkF2eWFJn33T8ihhusvavhP8UA52brezgDZ9JcElE/s1600/DSC_2013a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgff3RdVkRp0tWnfxakEIV2p2TVC47ygfZEKZiRuVvWC1bGv-xPkrIJI3FX1VtMuL6c4-WbahkSKu-IVB9MopAAA-4O0ygTt2D3eOuIkF2eWFJn33T8ihhusvavhP8UA52brezgDZ9JcElE/s400/DSC_2013a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505316594126913810" /></a><br /><br />When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. <br />~Saint Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-76808014669089333522010-08-16T06:00:00.000-07:002010-08-16T06:00:05.378-07:00Truth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUwuNw75Mk-7lpJ1qB7T8-x-d8rcPB65Zma1QmdKrz1_GsZxwuGLSKxGJqoJVfplEb1wDbsLOLrWk9Q2-pqL6xuJE1jU7KfXxzTebyK72VCq46hTXcF080jACrgSl9hhor2mCHThnnsMA/s1600/DSC_2416a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUwuNw75Mk-7lpJ1qB7T8-x-d8rcPB65Zma1QmdKrz1_GsZxwuGLSKxGJqoJVfplEb1wDbsLOLrWk9Q2-pqL6xuJE1jU7KfXxzTebyK72VCq46hTXcF080jACrgSl9hhor2mCHThnnsMA/s400/DSC_2416a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505315895866133874" /></a><br /> <br />Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth. <br />~Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-23672805697716566532010-08-11T06:00:00.000-07:002010-08-11T06:00:06.193-07:00Tree Frog<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlOb93hpsjxOv4GKTJ46X5vVkQr9z6bzDjWZyVjgtZ0WIA-HDBhShwdEVcwhvIvqcYfDm2i-RkRDtEL4oN6CGJ6BERH4xk2uJ7PSMfs1GsCx2R1upp_4zuRJsKNMuapwBheY8n-feOWUR/s1600/DSC_4623a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNlOb93hpsjxOv4GKTJ46X5vVkQr9z6bzDjWZyVjgtZ0WIA-HDBhShwdEVcwhvIvqcYfDm2i-RkRDtEL4oN6CGJ6BERH4xk2uJ7PSMfs1GsCx2R1upp_4zuRJsKNMuapwBheY8n-feOWUR/s400/DSC_4623a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491767199501868978" /></a><br /><br />You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for? <br /><br /> ~Bernadette Peters, Inside the Actors StudioDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-39234992661141605552010-08-04T06:00:00.000-07:002010-08-04T06:00:02.435-07:00Mare and foal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi632TPHJpnT1gGXhW4m-jHzW-UHLpRHWEfk0u3EdMlRYdtM_gC-VWn4faED-W5L35rOZ0RzwSpY_GrgpfSpI-9Z0P-ZDQ5KMFp24UF0yIlAKExzrP3ihnob1UM3bYA2EJ3HTDuSzIzr0Rt/s1600/DSC_4917a+Large+e-mail+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi632TPHJpnT1gGXhW4m-jHzW-UHLpRHWEfk0u3EdMlRYdtM_gC-VWn4faED-W5L35rOZ0RzwSpY_GrgpfSpI-9Z0P-ZDQ5KMFp24UF0yIlAKExzrP3ihnob1UM3bYA2EJ3HTDuSzIzr0Rt/s400/DSC_4917a+Large+e-mail+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491766336586585826" /></a><br /><br />When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. <br /><br /> ~Saint Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-68245408788299994832010-07-28T06:00:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:59:54.919-07:00Wonder<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Jepj953mfY40CO6zykI7-eG-leNvRNpuLxFcK7ShuJO0U2LcnFzPVciD-SO342baswMRMPemW9IHSTFTkWdEKtMdbvxiSBszJDc7tAWAlE22_Ua7E8emZOhZX5RcqKZDQRYXF8owOIOw/s1600/DSC_4922a+Large+e-mail+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Jepj953mfY40CO6zykI7-eG-leNvRNpuLxFcK7ShuJO0U2LcnFzPVciD-SO342baswMRMPemW9IHSTFTkWdEKtMdbvxiSBszJDc7tAWAlE22_Ua7E8emZOhZX5RcqKZDQRYXF8owOIOw/s400/DSC_4922a+Large+e-mail+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491765570357935922" /></a><br /><br />Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms. No other species wonders about the meaning of existence or the complexity of the universe or themselves. <br /><br /> ~Herbert W. Boyer, co-founder of Genentech, Inc.Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-59325900572313459572010-07-21T06:00:00.000-07:002010-07-21T06:00:06.063-07:00I like living<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUStQVSYxPWskQyDy6LNPko9jhKNMCBYLOw8xKeyg3qmwvCOtP5hPZG0rcqEQ1fC_5NqFgGuoogo0Fy8I6o5VBUGlugkFLqvcmmBOfZv3YqYRXuxrFt_dfp59KOEiWkfC5ojsGejfkXDgg/s1600/0624001908ab+Large+e-mail+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUStQVSYxPWskQyDy6LNPko9jhKNMCBYLOw8xKeyg3qmwvCOtP5hPZG0rcqEQ1fC_5NqFgGuoogo0Fy8I6o5VBUGlugkFLqvcmmBOfZv3YqYRXuxrFt_dfp59KOEiWkfC5ojsGejfkXDgg/s400/0624001908ab+Large+e-mail+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491763232228279874" /></a><br /><br />I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. <br /><br /> ~Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-63836692176101299832010-07-14T06:00:00.000-07:002010-07-14T06:00:01.772-07:00Foxglove<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipV_b0IqURVHcsqfoUcViiY2zX3h_zOESTA3gDxnsTgBJYPa8PeZaq5aCMSIp8u_ExbZnCu3RfpyhjelyNdZQjra5DEjIb32bH5rdivGFc6-vKrECQUwn2cjG_N8f0XbjFEiDS6Mqhjj-d/s1600/DSC_4927a+Large+e-mail+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipV_b0IqURVHcsqfoUcViiY2zX3h_zOESTA3gDxnsTgBJYPa8PeZaq5aCMSIp8u_ExbZnCu3RfpyhjelyNdZQjra5DEjIb32bH5rdivGFc6-vKrECQUwn2cjG_N8f0XbjFEiDS6Mqhjj-d/s400/DSC_4927a+Large+e-mail+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491764905349614146" /></a><br /><br />Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. <br /><br /> ~George Sand (1804 - 1876)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-77522362702623872772010-07-07T06:00:00.000-07:002010-07-07T06:00:01.613-07:00Growing older<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vMZL7yCZ1vLVAvoTzyy_sH-EPqfkPWQw0b9rBNdY_M-0m3UUYEFV02WkSnj-Fbcr0v-IwU23LwAOScx4BX8m6A1_Hl3Zlp64SLydrE-Sr3cSUthQvo5A-lfMgtk0uPNvkVTdYJRnjbU5/s1600/1209091015abc+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vMZL7yCZ1vLVAvoTzyy_sH-EPqfkPWQw0b9rBNdY_M-0m3UUYEFV02WkSnj-Fbcr0v-IwU23LwAOScx4BX8m6A1_Hl3Zlp64SLydrE-Sr3cSUthQvo5A-lfMgtk0uPNvkVTdYJRnjbU5/s400/1209091015abc+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465283360058636450" /></a><br /><br />It is a sadness of growing older that we lose our ardent appreciation <br />of what is new and different and difficult. <br /> ~Elizabeth Aston <br /> The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-27200796271819130622010-06-30T06:00:00.000-07:002010-06-30T06:00:16.050-07:00Red-shouldered Hawk<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrRRSE2I_ZujvncQ_uCXo7BnorskBXf4FaEwnhlTNhKQkSNgcZcbDFH-VtHcbW3g0JGOMo73isM9nKByJxUBUduaPxcJDVimlTC4mKXGWPI5_Uy-KohBVMkzOQ3Ghg86DZBqe-TwP3ll-/s1600/animalsandbirds+019a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrRRSE2I_ZujvncQ_uCXo7BnorskBXf4FaEwnhlTNhKQkSNgcZcbDFH-VtHcbW3g0JGOMo73isM9nKByJxUBUduaPxcJDVimlTC4mKXGWPI5_Uy-KohBVMkzOQ3Ghg86DZBqe-TwP3ll-/s400/animalsandbirds+019a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465281752768287922" /></a><br /><br />Convinced myself, I seek not to convince. <br /> ~Edgar Allan Poe, Berenice<br /> US short story author, editor, & poet (1809 - 1849)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-74011349068453745762010-06-23T06:00:00.000-07:002010-06-23T06:00:09.522-07:00Boardwalk<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrLeO7vN_WhK9gpku8XDaRKVLcMrTPrcMgcYtIN8M_gjVBiWU-cdnPfh5B4vj4PFjdvvbmjQU7NT8DO4CC_u7heX1JWfBDK7NXpbiV1uwA-SNIsjwLobS7-E5ly_CbcfnAS-bXvN6yxE-/s1600/DSC_4543a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrLeO7vN_WhK9gpku8XDaRKVLcMrTPrcMgcYtIN8M_gjVBiWU-cdnPfh5B4vj4PFjdvvbmjQU7NT8DO4CC_u7heX1JWfBDK7NXpbiV1uwA-SNIsjwLobS7-E5ly_CbcfnAS-bXvN6yxE-/s400/DSC_4543a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465280683593289378" /></a><br /><br />Little by little, one travels far. <br /> ~J. R. R. Tolkien<br /> British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973)Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-22526536570443411492010-06-16T06:00:00.000-07:002010-06-16T06:00:11.106-07:00Bump<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQ78Y6XTuy1F_Pslmg5M13wtHV0swlA_1h7qLnAeYmMbaSgek6U0jx7FSBchuE8ZGrugu5sUn2pPWX82zhcfXe82zupdSs4EpO9AvqxXgdHDY9vOXroqYt1IBUS6NMxzUQh8Ypj1fhXsI/s1600/DSC_3580a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQ78Y6XTuy1F_Pslmg5M13wtHV0swlA_1h7qLnAeYmMbaSgek6U0jx7FSBchuE8ZGrugu5sUn2pPWX82zhcfXe82zupdSs4EpO9AvqxXgdHDY9vOXroqYt1IBUS6NMxzUQh8Ypj1fhXsI/s400/DSC_3580a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465284513505540978" /></a><br /><br />Even with the best of maps and instruments, <br />we can never fully chart our journeys. <br /> ~Gail PoolDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-71939039531593191282010-06-07T06:00:00.000-07:002010-06-07T06:00:00.322-07:00The Lady Washington<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAutGC2fE1mjdCDcvT2pMfcWmzn3LSqYQ1CSv1tH42v7vF5wM9wBy2r4GIf1aXsT0pCdzHQGj_e1VcBmqV7a05Y4SydJPldFMIp2lHHDg068-P1k-7rj48DjOOLmuGiHBOo0aOm_wHF1q/s1600/DSCF0005a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAutGC2fE1mjdCDcvT2pMfcWmzn3LSqYQ1CSv1tH42v7vF5wM9wBy2r4GIf1aXsT0pCdzHQGj_e1VcBmqV7a05Y4SydJPldFMIp2lHHDg068-P1k-7rj48DjOOLmuGiHBOo0aOm_wHF1q/s400/DSCF0005a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465279701303002834" /></a><br /><br />Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you. <br /><br /> ~John De PaolaDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-61584357831731895862010-06-04T06:00:00.000-07:002010-06-04T06:00:01.853-07:00Great Horned Owls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZo4SdzMCcCN3MiDe78DnSGDumUhhv8kZ8BpVJzyxQv7lID9kI9yh-uLnlymoNyzpC7QnABLEC-9BAvy8GAo5EG722hsRvdWKdrYekCSWFfvsWypdRg-R1vHBuggSREUk03lyaBedyjT5a/s1600/DSC_4550a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZo4SdzMCcCN3MiDe78DnSGDumUhhv8kZ8BpVJzyxQv7lID9kI9yh-uLnlymoNyzpC7QnABLEC-9BAvy8GAo5EG722hsRvdWKdrYekCSWFfvsWypdRg-R1vHBuggSREUk03lyaBedyjT5a/s400/DSC_4550a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465279010519685666" /></a><br /><br />Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort.<br /> ~Sir Humphry DavyDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-15655994591313089492010-06-02T06:00:00.000-07:002010-06-02T06:00:05.818-07:00Sunset walk<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdw5Tx3iN-vPTbBXE6yYOAG-5ebukSfXbhpe6AaogIFrFxG9KViJ82de5ZONDzkzp0XKDnx9HEe-kgP_b1Pp8ULVEnR-swk81GTt8XYR84GlWdzoSMKai2rgnK8g-mIHo2MXKDN8_gHuQP/s1600/DSCF0019a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdw5Tx3iN-vPTbBXE6yYOAG-5ebukSfXbhpe6AaogIFrFxG9KViJ82de5ZONDzkzp0XKDnx9HEe-kgP_b1Pp8ULVEnR-swk81GTt8XYR84GlWdzoSMKai2rgnK8g-mIHo2MXKDN8_gHuQP/s400/DSCF0019a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465278380029501250" /></a><br /><br />He not busy being born is busy dying. <br /><br /> ~Bob Dylan (1941 - )Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-31752553873721394882010-05-31T06:00:00.000-07:002010-05-31T06:00:06.860-07:00Bushtit Nest<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95_E4fj2phEHbOc3HrgMJRT3t9_gXWxnMVjQTMhGIzxeYt1UZolKg7gCdWYaiKvntfa_UjbZ_yAyWedC-fC8wIqifl_BCdx9aFd_qX1hB_5PoPYlQr0GQYUNWubwuvBGBac5diLjvgiUC/s1600/DSC_4621a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95_E4fj2phEHbOc3HrgMJRT3t9_gXWxnMVjQTMhGIzxeYt1UZolKg7gCdWYaiKvntfa_UjbZ_yAyWedC-fC8wIqifl_BCdx9aFd_qX1hB_5PoPYlQr0GQYUNWubwuvBGBac5diLjvgiUC/s400/DSC_4621a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465277882103304594" /></a><br /><br />Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing.<br /><br /> ~Albert SchweitzerDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5736802282050627218.post-18019758340924417042010-05-28T06:00:00.000-07:002010-05-28T06:00:03.734-07:00Eastern Grey Squirrel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCX7IjOru9TlRrmaqwHNkUgaWQa0YQ1e0Gh4I_0ybSy01Rx7XiYzJQ6yVwnR4TMtofeZ4hn8Op_ohxnsO4m8oEF9bRhGT2yaByWZNJIfk8QfNFYacAX0n_DFP9DfcvbD1PmiGFOwRk7FRb/s1600/DSC_4547a+Large+Web+view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCX7IjOru9TlRrmaqwHNkUgaWQa0YQ1e0Gh4I_0ybSy01Rx7XiYzJQ6yVwnR4TMtofeZ4hn8Op_ohxnsO4m8oEF9bRhGT2yaByWZNJIfk8QfNFYacAX0n_DFP9DfcvbD1PmiGFOwRk7FRb/s400/DSC_4547a+Large+Web+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465276878953248322" /></a><br /><br />I don't know what I am thinking<br />I don't know what I am drinking<br />I don't know what pills I swallow<br />I don't know that inside I'm hollow<br />I don't know that I am speaking<br />I don't know that my brain is leaking<br />I don't know that they cant see<br />I don't know, especially me<br /><br /> ~Tim BurtonDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.com2