Krista Fashion

Krista Fashion, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Constant use will not wear ragged the fabric of friendship. ~Dorothy Parker
The language of friendship is not words but meanings. ~Henry David Thoreau
Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts. ~Margaret Lee Runbeck
Friendship is a sheltering tree. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

(I can't just pick one quote for Krista)

Inertia

Inertia, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Laura Cain over the balance beam.

Piper B&W

Piper B&W, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war.”

Loren Eiseley

iMemories Arizona Republic 10-29-08

iMemories Arizona Republic 10-27-08, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

iMemories ad October 29, 2008

These Little Lights of Mine

These Little Lights of Mine, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about.
~Angela Schwindt

Purple Paphiopedilium Slipper Orchid

Purple Paphiopedilium Slipper Orchid, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

A sensitive plant in a garden grew,
And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
and closed them beneath the kisses of night.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Sensitive Plant," 1820

From the 20th Floor

From the 20th Floor, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning; silent bare, ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open unto the fields and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.”
-William Wordsworth

My view from my room at the Hilton San Francisco Financial District, 20th floor.

Hello Marla

Hello Marla, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.
~William Shakespeare

Oak Creek Halfway Picinic HDR

Oak Creek HalfwayPicinic Horizontal HDR_, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”

~Buddha

Amanda and Michael

Amanda and HunneyBunney, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.”

~ William Barclay quotes

Lees Ferry Historic Site HDR

Lees Ferry Historic Site HDR, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Whoever knows he is deep, strives for clarity; whoever would like to appear deep to the crowd, strives for obscurity. For the crowd considers anything deep if only it cannot see to the bottom: the crowd is so timid and afraid of going into the water.”
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~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Overlook Horizon HDR

Overlook Horizon HDR, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths.”
~John Wesley Powell

Continental Divide

Continental Divide, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

~Rabindranath Tagore

Golden Gate Canyon Elk

Golden Gate Canyon Elk, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.”

~Mikhail Bakunin

Hummingbirds Are Jealous

Hummingbirds Are Jealous, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.”

~Pythagoras

Roller Hockey

Roller Hockey, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Hope is a desire with an expectation of accomplishment.”

Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.

~ Albert Einstein

From the Top of the Optima HDR

From the Top of the Optima HDR, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Your mistake does not define who you are...you are your possibilities.

~Oprah Winfrey

Red

Red, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace... but we would be hollow... Empty rooms shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead.”


~Joss Whedon

Matrix

Matrix, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.”

~Gloria Naylor

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Itsy Bitsy Spider, originally uploaded by Me (?).

“For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Vitality

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Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. ~James Dean

Be Still My Heart

Be Still My Heart, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.”

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Here She Comes

Here She Comes, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
Lao Tzu

Elegance Elightened

Elegance Elightened, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

I was privileged to be a guest photographer at Alma Performing Arts' annual benefit show. There were amazing performers at all diferent levels, but this Flamenco dancer took my breath away! She showed such intense emotion and passion! Her name is Lena Jacome, and you can visit her myspace page here or her blog here.

Morgan In His Room

Morgan In His Room, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem. ~David Carradine

This is a picture of my youngest son Morgan is his room that I painted and redecorated for his birthday last year.

I Dare You

I Dare You, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.”
~Oscar Wilde

Thank you Cindy of Dirt Tour Bull Riding for the great "behind the scenes seat"!

Focusing On Form

Focusing On Form, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

My Kol is away at boy scout camp for a week. He left this morning. I miss him terribly already!

" Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. "

~Mark Twain

Poise

Poise, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul”
~William Hazlitt

Fat Cat

Fat Cat, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.

~Blaise Pascal

Mr. and Mrs. Happily Ever After

Mr. and Mrs. Happily Ever After, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Tell me who admires and loves you,
And I will tell you who you are.

~Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

Rob and Amy's Engagement

R and A Engagement, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.”
Judy Garland

Levitation

Levitation, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~Henry Ford

A Place To Rest My Chin

A Place To Rest My Chin, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Old Time, that greatest and longest established spinner of all!.... his factory is a secret place, his work is noiseless, and his hands are mutes. ~Charles Dickens

They Did It!

They Did It!, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Thursday eveing I said goodbye to my cub scouts. After 5 years together, they received the highest award in cub scouting and crossed over to boy scouts. I cried like crazy. I can hardly imagine what it will be like not to see them together every Thursday night. I will miss our den, but I am so proud to see them complete their goal, the Arrow of light. Thanks for a great 5 years, boys!

My Lil Racer

My Lil Racer, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

~Howard Thurman

Shadow Play

Shadow Play, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Steady

Steady, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
~John Wooden

Coach

Coach, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Without A Rider

Without A Rider, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.

~Socrates

ROCK-A-Bye-Baby

ROCK-A-Bye-Baby, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.”
~William Shakespear

Black and White And Pink

Black and White And Pink, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.”
~Eleanor Roosevelt

Prince of the Daisies

Prince of the Daisies, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.”

~Oscar Wilde

Rose Texture

Rose Texture, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. ~James Dean

Gymnast Salute

Gymnast Salute, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.”
~John Wooden

Skippy

Skippy, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”
~Henry David Thoreau

Self Portrait

Self Portrait, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

It's me! I have been looking through all of my photos trying to find one of myselfI could live with for all of these social networking things I've been developing lately. I settled on this self portrait for now. I think I'll try to take a better one soon. I'd like to challenge my readers to post a link to thier own self portrait.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
~Henry David Thoreau

Equine at Sunset

Equine at Sunset, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

I am loving the Scottsdale Arabian Horse show! It's been cloudy and gorgeous for the past few nights. The light has been good to me!

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Rider

Rider, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks, but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan. ~Pam Brown

Cave Creek Hideaway

Cave Creek Hideaway, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

"You have freedom when you're easy in your harness." ~Robert Frost