.: Sometimes Beauty Appears...

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Sometimes Beauty Appears...

where you least expect it.

Posted by Cathie at 11:00 AM

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Labels: photo taken Dec. 22 on the patio at dusk.

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Lynn Cohen said...: Lovely Cathie, and Happy New Year!
See you in 2012~; December 29, 2011 at 3:42 PM

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If you pick up a starving dog, he will not bite you.

This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” ― Mark Twain

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I want to hide something from the humans until they are ready for it. It is the realisation that they create their own reality". The Eagle said, "Give it to me, i will take it to the moon".The creator said, "No, one day they will go there and find it".The salmon said, "I will bury it at the bottom of the ocean".The creator said, " No they will go there too".The buffalo said, "I will bury it on the great plains".The creator said, " No, they will cut the skin of the Earth and find it even there".Grandmother mole, who lives in the breast of Mother earth, and who has no physical eyes but sees with spiritual eyes said, "Put it inside of them".And the creator said, "It is done!"

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Is That Dandruff ???

No Silly, it's SNOW!!

What???

Toby Likes Snow Too!

Solitude.......

it's good for the soul.

They Grow up So Fast!

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Ridgeway, Colorado

For all its silence the sky has language.

Without words, the stars speak right into our hearts. (Freidricht Blumhardt)

Oh Gizmo....

how I love you!

I "HEART' Brutus

Montana 2010

Such Gentle, Sweet Eyes...

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View from the Recca's Front Porch!

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Gizmo....

Get in this House NOW!

Me and My Girl

Just Hangin' Out

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Jonathan Swift.

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Blackfoot Indian Reservation

Montana 2010

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the softness of the air,

the fragrance of the grass,

speak to me.

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the thunder of the sky,

speak to me.

The faintness of the stars,

the trail of the sun,

the strength of fire,

and the life that never

goes away,

they speak to me.

And my heart soars.

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Four Wheeling Through a Forest of Aspen Trees

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July 18, 2011

Nothing.....

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