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At Culatra fishing village across the coast from Olhao, Algarve region, Portugal

Lantern Festival - Poconos Racetrack,,PA,USA on September 26 2015. Photo: Eduard Moldoveanu Photography

Boulder County, Colorado

I guess I've been looking in the wrong places. Micro climates at the arboretum yielded some nice surprises this week.

"O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,-- Nature's observatory--whence the dell, In flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell, May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep 'Mongst boughs pavilion'd, where the deer's swift leap Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell."

John Keats

Looking over to the domes of St. Mark's Basilica from top of Campanile.The density of Venice shows up well here.Amazing item is passing centuries couldn't change the panaroma..

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“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”

― Brené Brown

 

Yesterday I had a very interesting conversation with my sister and we were discussing why we didn't go to our High School reunions and they were for the opposite reasons. I didn't want to go because I didn't like who I was in High School. It's funny how you can look at someone and see so many wonderful traits that they themselves may miss. Remember this when thinking of your shortcomings and flaws, most people won't see those, they will see the good. Be brave, own your truth and be a beacon for others.

Ten years ago I took a trip to the Dolomites. Heading up the Cadore valley on my way to Lake Misurina, I came across this golden scene. Lago d'Antorno nestles among some of the most spectacular peaks of the Dolomites. It's a magical place, like a natural mirror surrounded by woods and mountains, with an atmosphere of timeless tranquillity. And a lovely old wooden bridge.

"What if we think we've got it all under control— but we don't? What if the path for you, is one that you would never dare take because you never saw yourself going that way? And then what if you realized that one day— would you take the path for you? "

― C. JoyBell C.

 

Fort Williams Park. Cape Elizabeth, Maine ... in fog.

This place reminded me very much of Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook in NJ, except that we were allowed to climb all over the structures there. (I like that!)

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Ordinary World

Song by Duran Duran

 

Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue

Thought I heard you talking softly

I turned on the lights, the TV, and the radio

Still I can't escape the ghost of you

What has happened to it all?

Crazy, some'd say

Where is the life that I recognise? (Gone away)

But I won't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

Passion or coincidence once prompted you to say

"Pride will tear us both apart"

Well, now pride's gone out the window

'Cross the rooftops, run away

Left me in the vacuum of my heart

What is happening to me?

Crazy, some'd say

Where is my friend when I need you most? (Gone away)

But I won't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ah-ah-ah

Gone away

Oh-oh

Papers in the roadside tell of suffering and greed

Fear today, forgot tomorrow

Ooh-ooh, here besides the news of holy war and holy need

Ours is just a little sorrowed talk

Just blowing away

And I don't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world

Somehow I have to find

And as I try to make my way to the ordinary world

I will learn to survive

I will learn to survive

(Any world is my world) I will learn to survive

(Any world is my world)

(Every world is my world)

(Every world)

Explored [143] - Dec 2, 2011

Often in these stressful, uncertain times we are living through it's hard to find much to be joyful about. Stumbling across this painted stone last Summer was a joyful moment for me. So was Ireland beating the New Zealand All Blacks in the rugby this afternoon 😃

 

For Smile on Saturday theme Paint(ed). Happy Smile on Saturday everyone! Hope you're having a great weekend.

Bushkill Falls - Pennsylvania

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