Transformation...

"We do not need magic to transform our world.

We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already."

J.K. Rowling

I tweaked an archive shot...I think I like this one as much as the original!!!

(if not more!!!)

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Our Little Corner of the World...

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."

Hal Borland

The weather forecast shows snow Tuesday night and Wednesday...and possibly this weekend...

but even so...there's a definite oak of snow around town...

and it's starting to look like Spring's going to come early for here!!!

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Georgia's Influence...

"I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - 

not copy it."

Georgia O'Keeffe

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Holding Fast...

"History is a relentless master.  It has no present, only the past rushing into the future.

To try to hold fast is to be swept aside."

John F. Kennedy

I don't think JFK had Bodie in mind when he made this statement...

Bodie, California should definitely be on your list of places to visit 

if you come to California...

a ghost town in a state of "arrested decay"...

a fascinating place...showing life in the days of the California Gold Rush...

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Monterey Cypress...

Monterey Cypress, Monterey, California

"What did the tree learn from the earth

to be able to talk with the sky?"

Pablo Neruda

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Rhino's...

"Signs, signs...everywhere a  sign..."

Five Man Electrical Band

Nope...Rhino's is a joint in Bridgeport, CA...not a big animal!!!

Pretty darned good food too...

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Do You Know How to Fly???

"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you.

All they show is limitation.

Look with your understanding.

Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly."

Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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Our Little Corner of the World...

"You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky,

unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!"

Sai Baba

Not bad for an archive oldie but goodie!!!

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Orange You Glad It's Monday???

"Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get."

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Happy St. Paddy's Day too!!!

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The Old Pier...

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

Mary Oliver

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Nature's Manifestations...

"We can never have enough of nature.

We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor,

vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its wrecks,

the wilderness with its living and decaying trees, 

the thunder cloud, and the rain."

Henry David Thoreau

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Cloud Illusions...

"You must not blame me if I talk to the clouds."

Henry David Thoreau

Click here to hear Joni Mitchell...Both Sides Now...

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