Friday, November 21, 2008

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)

Friday, November 14, 2008

Inertia


Inertia, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

Laura Cain over the balance beam.

Monday, November 10, 2008

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

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

iMemories Arizona Republic 10-29-08

iMemories ad October 29, 2008

Tuesday, October 14, 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

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Purple Paphiopedilium Slipper Orchid

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

Thursday, September 25, 2008

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.

Monday, September 22, 2008

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

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Oak Creek Halfway Picinic HDR

“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

Monday, September 8, 2008

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

Thursday, September 4, 2008

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

Friday, August 29, 2008

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

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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

Monday, August 25, 2008

Roller Hockey


Roller Hockey, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

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

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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

Sunday, August 17, 2008

From the Top of the Optima HDR

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

~Oprah Winfrey

Sunday, August 10, 2008

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

Friday, August 1, 2008

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

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Vitality

Who's Training You?, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

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

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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

Monday, July 7, 2008

Here She Comes


Here She Comes, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

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

Monday, June 30, 2008

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.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

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.

Friday, June 20, 2008

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"!

Sunday, June 15, 2008

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

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Poise


Poise, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

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

Sunday, May 25, 2008

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

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Mr. and Mrs. Happily Ever After

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

~Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

Monday, May 12, 2008

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

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Levitation


Levitation, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.


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

Thursday, May 8, 2008

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

Sunday, April 27, 2008

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!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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

Sunday, April 20, 2008

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

Thursday, April 17, 2008

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

Thursday, March 27, 2008

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

Friday, March 21, 2008

Without A Rider


Without A Rider, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.


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

~Socrates

Thursday, March 13, 2008

ROCK-A-Bye-Baby


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

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

Sunday, March 9, 2008

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

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Rose Texture


Rose Texture, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

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

Sunday, March 2, 2008

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

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Skippy


Skippy, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.


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

Sunday, February 24, 2008

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

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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

Monday, February 18, 2008

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

Friday, February 15, 2008

Cave Creek Hideaway


Cave Creek Hideaway, originally uploaded by inspir8tion.

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