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Beauty and Grace

“Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.” Annie Dillard click to enlarge And click the link to Sky Watch Friday where bloggers from all over share in the fun of showing the many moods of the sky from their part of the […]

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Believe to achieve

“You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.”  Mary Kay Ash Click to enlarge Sharing a view of the horizon and evening sky complete with pretty colors. For our friends of Sky Watch Friday where 100s of bloggers from all over come together to celebrate the simple joy of […]

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Humble Places

“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.” Camille Pissarro Click to enlarge A lovely quote to add to our Sky Watch Friday party, where bloggers from all over share in the simple fun of appreciating the show nature puts on for us in the sky. My week […]

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Every day moments

“Every day is my best day; this is my life. I am not going to have this moment again.” Bernie Siegel click to enlarge Board riders waiting for the perfect moment in the early morning surf is an every day occurrence in our part of the world. That is the Gold Coast city sky line […]

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Boards, Moods and Bulletins

This is the story of a little bulletin board that grew. Creative folks like to call our boards ‘mood boards’ because that is where you stick bits and pieces of inspiration until the mood strikes up an idea. Living by the bay it was a natural that our board would take on a coastal mood.  […]

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Small Pleasures

“Sometimes it is the smallish things that take up the most room in our heart” from Winnie the Pooh click to enlarge While searching for some magical view of the sky on and average kind of day, I spied across the mud flats a big wet heart draining into the tide. Knowing lots of bloggers […]

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Waiting….

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”  Barack Obama A pretty view from an early morning beach walk to celebrate SkyWatch Friday ! Thank you to my blogging friends who pointed out […]

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Seasons

“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” Yogi Berra click to enlarge Happy Sky Watch Friday everyone, check the link to see what bloggers from all over the world have found in their sky to share with us.  This week I spied this glorious evening sky from the parking […]

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Ripples of Hope

“Each time a man stands for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope” Robert F Kennedy click to enlarge Thank you to all the friendly Sky Watchers who make Fridays a wonderful world wide adventure seeing the sky from many […]

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Clouds

“Be the rainbow in the storms of life.  The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.” Lord Byron click to enlarge Thanks everyone for your messages, am lucky to be in one of the dry places but can’t get to work because of flooding. Hope the water clears quickly so […]