19 Tuesday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
I don’t want a pickle
Just want to ride on my motorsickle
And I don’t want a tickle
‘Cause I’d rather ride on my motorsickle
And I don’t want to die
Just want to ride on my motorcy…cle
Arlo Guthrie
I love the color of this bike…
17 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
Sliding a wave removes our brains out of the ordinary and slips us into the extra ordinary of being there now. No more worries about mortgages or strife of being poor or rich. When you enter the domain of an ocean cylinder, that moment, those split seconds belong to the Zen part of just being. Period.
Bill Hamilton
I passed a beginning surfing class and thought maybe it was time for me to take up surfing when the waves were small…
17 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Rummy Makmur - detail
I‘ve never quite believed that one chance is all I get. – Anne Tyler
No mulligans, no dress rehearsals – this is your life, the green flash before the sun sets. Make the most of it!
Model – Lauren DiMarco
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16 Saturday Jul 2011
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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. – Anaïs Nin
I love the way hydrangeas change from a pink to blue color when aluminum sulfate is added to the soil.
15 Friday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
We will be known forever by the tracks we leave. – Dakota Indian saying
By nightfall, this driftwood tepe will be aflame.
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14 Thursday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh… – Rachael Carson
I spotted this makeshift dock in the Baylands south of San Francisco.
13 Wednesday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
When you know better you do better. – Maya Angelou
My thanks to a very bright eleven-year-old for compiling this list.
1. Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
Book 1: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
2. The Kane Chronicles series by Rick Riordan
Book 1: The Red Pyramid
3. The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan
Book 1: The Lost Hero
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
Book 1: The Lightning Thief
5. The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart and Carson Ellis
Book 1: The Mysterious Benedict Society
6. Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage
Book 1: Magyk
7. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney
Book 1: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid
8. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
9. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
10. The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
11. A Wrinkle in Time series by Madeline L’Engle
Book 1: A Wrinkle in Time
12. The Penderwicks series by Jeanne Birdsall
Book 1: The Penderwicks
13. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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10 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
by Lord Byron
I wonder what this child is thinking as she looks out on this vast sea…
07 Thursday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe—
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field
The Queen Mother watches over this Laura Ashley-inspired pink room.
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06 Wednesday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
NOW list to my morning’s romanza – I tell the signs of the Answerer;
To the cities and farms I sing, as they spread in the sunshine.
Walt Whitman
My first shower in the new house – I am going to love living here amidst such beautiful light!
Satin & Sand 