Skywatch Friday - A Place to Watch the Sun Set

One of the most satisfying experiences I know is fully to appreciate an individual in the same way I appreciate a sunset. When I look at a sunset...I don't find myself saying, 'Soften the orange a litle more on the right hand corner, and put a bit more purple along the base, and use a little more pink in the cloud color...' I don't try to control a sunset. I watch it with awe as it unfolds.

Carl R. Rogers

My wish for today and everyday -

Allow me to appreciate each individual for who they are - and watch with awe as they "unfold".

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The Overlook at Pipestem State Park - Pipestem, West Virginia

SO Much To Explore In 2012!

The Road Ahead

About the Images: I have found a neat way of photographing "every day" life - with the Instagram Ap for the iPhone. (these are both iPhone pics.) Some come out pretty cool. These are two of my faves taken on New Years Eve. "The Road Ahead" was taken thru a dirty windshield at about 55mph - but I still like it :)

We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.

~John Franklin

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Recognize Your Path

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.

~ Jerry Gillies

Thursday Thoughts ~ An Autumn Rest

Benches are one of my favorite subjects. To some, an empty bench looks lonely - but to me - an empty bench looks inviting - just the spot for a short rest along my journey, and the perfect place to stop and breathe deeply of nature.
Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late. Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them.
- Robert R. Updegraff