You weren't so highfalutin in the beginning

There's room for you, and there's room for God.  That's all ...  You don't have the authority to put a name on it, write instructions, or make it into somthin that it aint.

Sr. Gilberto Luna

It's not the fortune that you get to keep, but the two that you lose that are of greatest value. It's just so hard to accept at first.

 Photo on public display Big Bend Nat. Park

The Cathedral, Napali Coast

Young man, Grand things have been placed just beyond your vision. You cannot be whole until you have witnessed this infinitude of art which is completely yours. Give me your word you will do this, and on this journey you will cast away all conclusion for the farce that it is, and listen with your heart. Swear you will never come back to the bondage that you left, and cross over the river. Then, by your oath you free yourself.

" Fishing is a solace...the opposite of war, a civilized, gentle, and healing occupation. "
  Luis Marden

Canal at Venice, Italy

Do not be confined by the ideas of others, but think for yourself.
There really are no restrictions, so long as your heart is true.
Many barriers which have influenced your life, your thoughts, and children, are not real.
There truly is no railing, and the danger you feel is genuine.
But the beauty is, all those things you cold dream are now.
All those things you could change, you might.
You are made of light, a beacon in a night sea...
So do good.

Old Zuni Mission, New Mexico

The Zuni build upon the ruins of their ancestral dwellings. It is not a custom to remove them.

No services are held here at the Zuni Mission. Its only a tourist attraction. Christianity was not accepted by the Zuni nor by many other tribes of  Native American People.

 Zuni, NM

Graveyard at Terlingua

my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.    “Because you have rejected knowledge,
   I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law of your God,
   I also will ignore your children.
Hosea 4:6 NIV

Talkeetna Range, September, Denali State Park, AK

Oh Gracious Earth,
banquet for the multitudes,
abundance without boast,
infinite reason for the wondering,
extravagant symphony of healing,
relative order in song of peace,
Patient Teacher in the quiet.

Talkeetna Range Mountains 



Wai'ale'ale Falls, Kauai

The spirit of Humility awaits in a wild solitude, allowing fleeting glimpses of pure beauty to those so fortunate. It is here and there then gone again,  in its ultimate freedom to appear at will to those who long for it so, or remain hidden to hearts untrue.

Beach at Amalfi, Italy

It doesn't  need a sign.

Keel Billed Toucan

Understanding is the stuff beneath the wings of birds.
We who can see are in the midst of Eden.
Those who look for Paradise are blind.
 

Garden at Eze, France

“There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; There is nothing you can think that is not the moon.”   Matsuo Basho

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

I just stumbled upon this path, you see, it appeared as good as any so I took it,




 and then it forked and forked again, while little did I know, I had walked so far, as the time passed so quickly.


One day I happened by chance upon where I started, and stood there



just looking down, same place, same path . . . different man.

Russian River, Kenai Peninsula Alaska

 Spawning Chinook Salmon, Silver Salmon, Rainbow Trout.