Sunday, January 31, 2016

Scene From a Coffeehouse

A  L  O  H  A   from  San Francisco
"Old friends.
Winter companions,
The old men
Lost in their overcoats,
Waiting for the sunset.
The sounds of the city,
Sifting through trees,
Settle like dust
On the shoulders
Of the old friends."
Paul Simon,
'Old Friends'

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Scene From a Coffeehouse










Convention of Buddhas
Nicasio Road, West Marin


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Monday Murals

Hawaii Daily Photo

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West Marin

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“This land is your land, this land is my land, 
From California to the New York island,
 From the redwood forest 
to the Gulf Stream waters, 
This land was made for you and me”
                         Woody Guthrie 












It is impossible to convey the
 vast scale of this Marin mountainside.
Do you see the tiny fence in the upper left?
The corner of the fence is pointing at
hikers on a trail. See them?
They are enlarged below























" Not until we are lost 
do we begin to 
understand ourselves."
Henry David Thoreau
























"A hunch is 
creativity trying to 
tell you something." 
                      Frank Capra


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Marin county is a triangle
pointing at San Francisco
across the Golden Gate.
On one side: The Bay.
Bordering the West:
Pacific ocean.
In between:mountains.
We live on the East
(Bay) side. These
photos were shot
in Central and West

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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Hawaii Daily Photo

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One of These Things

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Good Morning

Friend!







"All works of nature created 
by God in heaven and 
on earth are 
works of sculpture. "
                     Benvenuto Cellini
















 "The essence of a sculpture 
must enter on tip-toe,
 as light as animal 
footprints on snow."
                         Hans Jean Arp
















“Sculpture and painting 
have the effect of
 teaching us manners
 and 
abolishing hurry.”
                    Ralph Waldo Emerson


























"The ultimate goal of the sculptor
 is to capture the essence of the figure, 
that person's individual message, 
through the pose that 
comes from within. "
                               Robert G. Breur













"Everyone sees 
what you appear to be, 
few experience 
what you really are." 
                Niccolo Machiavelli


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Friday, January 29, 2016

Hawaii Photo of the Day

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Bear Bell Bunnies

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"Forgiving the unrepentant is 
like drawing pictures on water."
                            Japanese  Proverb









"Nothing is so wretched or 
foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. 
What madness is it to be expecting
 evil before it comes." 
                              Seneca the Elder









"We must think over and 
over the kind of thoughts 
we wish to dominate 
our lives."
                   Thoreau



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Friend!
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