What's Behind

"Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind"
Laird Hamilton

Done for the day...

A Mighty Harmonist

“The ocean is a mighty harmonist.”
William Wordsworth

Along the Big Sur coast.

Dog Training

“If you can relax without liquor, if you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
then you are almost as good as your dog.”
Unknown

Light

“To love beauty is to see light.”
Victor Hugo 1802-1885

Pleasure

“The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man.”
John Ruskin 1819-1900

A self centered way of looking at things but still...

A Little Birth

Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth,
every fresh morning a little youth.
Arthur Schopenhauer 1788-1860

The day begins in Kauai.

No Blow

“If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.”
Louis Armstrong 1901-1971

An almost windless day in the Livermore hills.

The Art of God

"Nature is the art of God."
Benjamin Disraeli 1804-1881

The Soul

"The sky is the soul of all scenery."
Thomas Cole 1801-1848

The western sky over a sliver of sea

Upward

“I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.”
Charlotte Bronte 1816-1855

A recent sunset over San Francisco

The Edge

“The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.”
Rachel Carson 1907-1964

And always changing.

Deep In Vines

“To happy convents, bosomed deep in vines,
Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines.”
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) The Dunciad

Harvest time in wine country has arrived. This vineyard near Petaluma
is ready to make its contribution.

Carmel Sunset

“How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky
The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled!”
Thomas Hood 1799-1845

A good time for a stroll on the beach 

Heaven Knows

“Not in Utopia, -- subterranean fields, --
Or some secreted island, Heaven knows where!
But in the very world, which is the world
Of all of us, -- the place where in the end
We find our happiness, or not at all!”
William Wordsworth 1770-1850

The distant island below the dark clouds is the Hawaiian island of Kaho’olawe also known as the Target Isle. It was used by the U.S. military as a place to practice bombing and warfare from World War II to 1990.

The Vault of Heaven

“Clouds on clouds, in volumes driven,
Curtain round the vault of heaven.”
Thomas Love Peacock 1785-1866

This is a view from upcountry looking towards west Maui
where clouds are constant companions.

In the Sea

“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It’s always our self we find in the sea.”
e.e. Cummings 1894-1962

Big sea, little self.

Visual Feast

“The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882

Sky meets earth in Scotland.

Perfection

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt
your head back and laugh at the sky”
Buddha 563-483 B.C.

Might as well tilt at windmills while I’m at it.

Small Piece

“Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.”
Richard Feynman 1918-1988

Looking west towards the ocean and sky.

Caught

“Nature won't be summoned to order and won't be kept waiting. It must be caught”.
Claude Monet 1840-1926

Clouds advancing on the California coast at sunset.