Vision & Venture

"Vision is not enough; it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the step; we must step up the stairs."

-Vaclav Havel

And The Day Came

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
–Anais Nin

Great Ocean Road; Melbourne, Australia

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,

we must carry it with us or we find it not."

-Emerson

My sister recently snapped these photos on her trip to Australia. I'm not jealous at all. Not. One. Bit.

It's summertime down under. Oh, how I miss warmth and sunshine.

Though according to Sis, the sun is pretty brutal and can thwart any efforts you put forth trying to keep from getting burned.

But I don't think anything could deter me from this drive along the Great Ocean Road.

Did I mention that I wasn't jealous? 'Cause that was pretty much a lie.

This last shot is of Southern Beach, which according to Sis, is "P.S. COLD."

*Note: All pictures in this post were taken by cath, who like the lovely that she is, posts comments on a regular basis.

A Sunset Says What?

"Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk."
-Jack Handy

Okay, so this is a little bit of a different take from the quotes I usually post, but I needed a laugh today, and this was one of the first quotes I came across. And I realize that this blog needs a little dose of humor sometimes.

I don't have a flamingo in all his glory (you know, with the rose and the painting) flying across the sky of this photo, and I thought about putting one in, and then I realized I don't have a picture of a flamingo, let alone one holding all that stuff, so I'm just going to leave the picture as is. So if you do see a flamingo with a rose and a painting, then you might just be drunk. I'm just sayin'.

Reflection

"The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection."

-Thomas Paine (1737-1809)

R&R

"Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest."
-Euripiedes

Good Dog

“A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.” –Buddha

All Creatures Great and Small

"Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind." - Friedrich Nietzsche