Happy Face

Yesterday we thought today we’d be happy, and today we think tomorrow will bring the joy that right now is missing; but tomorrow comes bringing with it the simple realization that we were really happy yesterday, not tomorrow and definitely not today. Or maybe we were never happy…but tomorrow is a new day. Maybe….

What is happiness, but a simple mirage set against the steaming sand between the bright sky of our dreams and the cooking surface of reality. CONTINUE READING

Daily Picture: 3/23/10

Weeds and Life Under the Bougainvillea

Nature is amazing. This stray cat wandered into our backyard, lay under a big bougainvillea and had her kittens. It’s the simple things you witness that make you appreciate the beauty of life.

Climatology

If I say I’m right, you’ll say I’m wrong.
The problem is the forces of the universe won’t care.
All causes have effects you see.
Fire and smoke make a cave warm.

Right or wrong: the sun will rise and set,
or not.  But I suppose ignorance is bliss.
Ask the fish approaching the hook. That is until
gasping for air, we can’t be ignorant any longer,
until we can’t even know anymore.

I’ll say our society is in trouble,
but you’ll say I’m wrong.
And we’ll squabble until the darkness comes.
And then, all there will be, between you and me,
right before the end…is regret.
What could’ve been, if only?

Daily Picture: 10/16/09

Bru-crz

Dogs are silly. Brighten any day. Add an exclamation mark to the good ones too.

Daily Picture: 10/3/09

Tiger Stripes in the Dark

Bougainvillea leaves are fairly large. I took this photo because it was one of largest butterflies I have seen to date (it probably had a wingspan of somewhere around 6in if not more). So there I was, the sun quickly setting, the mosquitoes enjoying the buffet provided by my exposed feet, and me with a camera trying snap a decent photo of our visitor in that growing darkness.