May disappointments
vanish like the morning mists
with the rising sun.

Lovely evening,
sun setting on peach blossoms,
as Chinese painting.

As a blind man feels when he finds a pearl in a dustbin, so am I amazed by the miracle of Bodhi rising in my consciousness. It is the nectar of immortality that delivers us from death, the treasure that lifts us above poverty into the wealth of giving to life, the tree that gives shade to us when we roam about scorched by life, the bridge that takes us across the stormy river of life, the cool moon of compassion that calms our mind when it is agitated, the sun that dispels darkness, the butter made from the milk of kindness by churning it with the dharma. It is a feast of joy to which all are invited.
- Shantideva

I takes one a long time to become young. 
Pablo Picasso

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which  were overcome while trying to succeed. 
Booker T. Washington

Is it so small a thing
To have enjoyed the sun
To have lived light in the spring
To have loved, to have thought,
 to have done?
Matthew Arnold

Hooray for the birds!

For my goat man...

And now...

for something completely different...
yay, the vernal equinox!

Watching snow swirling,
ceaselessly, drifting, changing,
the whole, long morning.

spring sprouts

trails

desert hues

deconstructed house

after the storm

the storm

After images
 reveal true colors, not white,
but glaring blue light.