One of the Regulars
On early morning trips to any one of my favorite coffee shops you will find a few regulars and I’m not talking about regular coffee. John is one the regulars. The baristas always greet him when he...
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“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.” – Confucious Morning latte and quiet meditation time at home. Hope your day is filled with good thoughts.
View ArticleSunrise and the Fence Post
This image is post processed using an extreme HDR Pro 2 preset. I like it. There is no sign of the city. No sounds of the city. Just the wind blowing in the grass. It’s an image that reminds me why I...
View ArticleDon’t go back to sleep
“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you, don’t go back to sleep.” Rumi Rumi is not talking about rolling over and going back to sleep but about falling asleep to life. We can sleep through life...
View ArticleA Morning Walk in the Desert
Here is another image from my trip in October to the Phoenix area. This is on the south side of the Superstition Mountains along the Peralta Trail Road. It is a wonderful place to find quite. You will...
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Our days are getting warm as we move into summer. The sun is rising earlier and setting later. It’s a good time of the summer for me. I enjoy sitting in my Adirondack chair on my porch both mornings...
View ArticleOvercast Saturday Morning
Took the early bus to the Transit Center then walked to Mugs coffee shop. Now have my mocha and listening to some 50-60’s music on the speakers. Watching the baristas dancing as they cook and steam...
View ArticleMorning Chai
Finally, this morning had that feeling of spring. This was taken from the patio of Bindles Coffee. A few minutes earlier the sky was red and pink as I drove to the coffee shop. I took this image before...
View ArticlePresence of Still Waters
The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go … Continue reading →
View ArticleCrisp Early Mornings
crisp early mornings brush strokes of fall colors eye candy for all
View ArticleLaugh at Ourselves
“As soon as we think we know what’s going to happen, life shows us that we don’t.” Adyashanti It’s good to laugh at ourselves, especially at start of the day. After an enjoyable quiet time I decided to...
View ArticleA Quiet Predawn
All holiness is about learning to hear the voice of your own soul. John O’Donohue What a beautiful Sunday morning. Orange glow on the eastern horizon. A cloudless sky. A silence coming from the Canada...
View ArticlePredawn Mystery
in stillness and silencecolors begin to appearpredawn mystery ms I sit in the upper parking lot at Pineridge Natural Area for this morning’s sunrise. Below me the city slowly stirs awake. Here, in this...
View ArticleMy Companion
The camera became my companion. Edward Weston There are times when I can be calm much like the water of this pond and at other times, well not so much. The challenges of living life can act like a...
View ArticleSunrise on Weld County Rd 13
“For me landscape seems to be important for contemplation; anyway I have no scruples about it.” Thomas Merton I could easily change the word landscape to nature in the above quote simply because it...
View ArticleIt’s a way of life…
Inner peace is more than a state of mind!It is a way of life. Native American It’s Wednesday evening. I am scheduling this post for just after midnight. It has been snowing all afternoon, a nice silent...
View ArticleTry to be there…
“The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.” Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek These are the...
View ArticleEarly Mornings
I pulled into the parking area right at 5:00 am. Sun would not rise for another 20-30 minutes. No one else there but the song birds, a couple pelicans, and a few ducks. A warm light breeze blew from...
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