ISP Medal
09 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment
in Beyond the Horizon, Personal Note, Poetry, Travel Tags: medal, poetry, sky, travel, Washington DC
August 19-21, 2005, Wash DC, Hilton Hotel
Sentimental Journey
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| From Morphing Words in poetry |
‘Tis incredible beyond measure
Life’s a secret made unfold
Behold the mystery unknown
When time reveals in sweet candour
Pure, sublime – a goal with valour.
The road is not an easy one
To tread along till travels end
Its groove too many; it’s rough, it’s tough
Its sordid scars claim sore defeat.
Trials shape courage and patience
Heaving meekness, spirit buoyed
Forging on, fortitude commands
Life is fearless, endurance proves
To those that master strength forebear.
Journey is adventure far advanced
Unplugged, emblazoned to its height
The goal in sight to fathom light
While dream soars high, the spirit drifts.
Here and then, the sentimental journey ends.
Copyright2005@LCD, All rights reserved
Author’s Note: This was written in Washington DC during the ISP Convention. My personal story of such a long tumultous journey that I have survived. The photo of this poem is the aerial view of California on my way back home from Washington DC.
Bare Tree
25 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Heavens at Home, Pictorial Note, Quote Tags: heaven, sky, tree, winter
Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky,
We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.
~Kahlil Gibran
A bare tree in my yard.
Though bare, the tree looks majestic on a beautiful winter day like this. It is now seldom visited by our twittering friends. The sight is just as compelling as it looks. My photographic itch was at work, so here it goes.
…”ride a storm”
16 Jul 2010 1 Comment
in Dr Barbara Holstein, Quote Tags: clouds, Dr Barbara Becker Holstein, quotations, sky, storm
a scary ride to safety away from the threatening storm
“If you have to ride out a storm may you be blessed with a great situation in which to do so, safe passage when the time is right, and lots of success and happiness once the storm passes!” ~ Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein
Life in the Bush
09 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Pictorial Note, Picturesque Australia Tags: Clifton Grove, clouds, countryside, farm, heaven, Orange, property, sky, sunrise
Originally posted in May 26, 2009 from a defunct blog, Australia: Quadrat in Focus – this is my pictorial memoir taken during my brief Summer holiday over at Wilson’s farm, Clifton Grove, Orange, New South Wales.
Visible from Ophir Road
Donned in robe on a chilly breaking of dawn, I sneaked out from my room, while everybody was still asleep. Here I watched in silence as the day slowly came forth from darkness. I savored the country’s stillness to find solitude, feeling at peace with my soul. This is a Hay Farm for animal stock feeds.
When sunrise finally burst out from the east, the clouds formed a prismatic filter for the light to diffuse in the sky.
The beams were gladly received by the clouds. And darkness paved way for the light to prevail. Soft cool breeze was next to loveliness and kissed my grateful spirit; its own expression of gratitude that someone like me would rise up to watch the sky from dawn to light.
A Country Practice – the view of a country farm.
I bleat to call their attention. They turned around, bleat back and stood still for this pose.
I am truly grateful to the Wilson’s Family for having me in their rural property in Orange. This is to show you Marilyn and Peter and family how much I thoroughly enjoyed my stay with you there. It was a pleasure to see Phillip, the grandchildren and Sharon. I am very blessed knowing you. I love you all. Thanks for looking after me and providing me a memorable experience. Godspeed!~lcd.
The Sky Down Huka Falls
09 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in The Land of Long White Cloud Tags: clouds, Huka Falls, sky, Taupo, Waikatu River
“The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
At last the chilling days and gloomy clouds passed away. Our last day in Taupo had been blessed with a beautiful grand day. We went for a country drive and visit this busy tourist hub called the Huka Falls.
“There’s beauty in the silver singing river, There’s beauty in the sunrise in the sky, But none of these and nothing else can match the beauty, That I remember in my true love’s eyes”~Bob Dylan quotes (American folksinger, b.1941)
“We’d never know how high we are, till we are called to rise; and then, if we are true to plan, our statures touch the sky”~Emily Dickinson quotes (American Poet who has been called the New England mystic, 1830-1886)
I feel sorry for these blokes who missed out the beauty hanging above their heads. Their focus is mainly down the water
rushing in loud roaring thunder and gushing down to Waikato River.
A dash of clouds
08 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Beyond the Horizon, Pictorial Note, Picturesque Australia Tags: clouds, heaven, ocean, sky
..Again with my humble 4.0 pixels Canon digicam, this picture was
taken sometime in May 2007. I was viewing the ocean from the balcony at
Whale Beach when I looked over my right shoulder, this scenic skyline
captured my interest.
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Sweet Zephyr in the Blue
08 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Beyond the Horizon, Heavens at Home, Pictorial Note Tags: clouds, heaven, sky
A different Koala
The highest focus I could get for that white clouds behind the fork branches. Sorry, there’s no koala in this ghost gum tree.
The Hill End Road where I used to wait for my bus going to Blacktown to catch a bus to the city or Doonside Railway Station to catch a train.
Bit of watermark stain from the bus window.
Drift along with the blue sky.
Quakers Hill, a suburb within a suburb, part of Blacktown, located in western Sydney. The photographs above were taken one drab autumn morning during my trip to the Northern Beaches. Quakers Hil is one of the most arid parts outside the city, where water restriction was placed on high that particular year I took these snapshots.
Sunrise to Daylight
08 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Heavens at Home, Pictorial Note Tags: clouds, heaven, sky
Diffused Light
08 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Pictorial Note Tags: sky
Taken from Blacktown Railway Station platform 4 in the morning at 9am
Rest Day
08 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Heavens at Home Tags: sky, sunset
“O, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies, To make the shifting clouds be what you please, Or let the easily persuaded eyes Own each quaint likeness issuing from the mould Of a friend’s fancy.”~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“So when the sun in bed, Curtain’d with cloudy red, Pillows his chin upon an orient wave.”~John Milton
“By unseen hand uplifted in the light Of sunset, yonder solitary cloud Floats, with its white apparel blown abroad, And wafted up to heaven.”~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Taken at Liverpool Flat on the Third Floor, 10 January 2009.
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