Today I chose to be overwhelmed with gratitude ...

Today I choose to be overwhelmed with gratitude ....

There are images in life that stop us from our tracks ,every once in awhile Mother Earth gives me a delicious display of beauty that literally takes my breath away .I just clumsily try to capture these precious moments . 

                          World bathed in amber light...

                                                      AriSignes Photography  

                                          Liquid Gold ....

                                                              AriSignes Photography

                                

                                     Splash into the light ....

                                                       AriSignes Photography  

                                Warm embrace..." In a very real sense ,we all are made out of Sunlight" -Tom Hartman

                                                             AriSignes Photography 

Come into my eyes and look at me through them for I have chosen a home far beyond what eyes can see -Rumi

                                       Paola Navone's Greek island  getaway ,perched over the Aegean in teh Cyclades

Dance me to the end of love ...

You don't have to spend tons of money on an extravagant gift to show your loved ones how much you love and care about them.There's more to Valentine's Day than expensive gifts. Quoting myself : "The expression of love,friendship,good will and intentions ,should  not be reserved to a mere day ,there are all expressions of inner life that should be conveyer everyday to those who we have the opportunity to share this journey we call life with "

“Noah: “You wanna dance with me?” Allie: “Sure. Now?” Noah: “Mmm Hmm” Allie: “You’re not supposed to dance in the street.” Noah: “You are supposed to dance in the street.” Allie: “Yeah, but we don’t have any music.” Noah: “Well, we’ll make some… Bum bum bum bum bum bum…” Allie: “You’re a terrible singer.” Noah: “I know.” Allie: “And I like this song.”   — Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) 

                                                             All you need is ....Love .

Valencia, Spain, 1952 (Robert and Mary Frank dancing)

Elliott Erwitt

'...Lift me like an olive branch and be my homewar dove...'

'...Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long ...'  

'...Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove ...'

Just dance me to the end of love ....

Quoting  my friend Andrew Mcgillivray : 

"On Saint Valentine's day ,how I can not be impressed by those among us who declare their love to each other ? saving those three simple words "I love you" is the most wonderful thing you can say to someone declaring it gently is the most noble of declarations.I love the ability to love,is the greatest quality of our humanity .Love is the greatest of all gifts .To truely love someone is our greatest achievement in life.Those declarers of love are the bravest among us and they show the rest of us the way " 

Happy Valentine's day 

Pale Blue Bliss...

 

I love to take a little time to celebrate every season in small ways every day .Yesterday it was a lazy Sunday after a crazy week .In the late afternoon I enjoyed a quiet, relaxing walk along the beach with camera on hand . It seems summer doesn't want to leave us in the dark hands of autumn :) ....but there's something in the air that says Autumn is here

I really adore Autumn which turns into a walkway of golden and rusty red colored  colors .I've always said it's my favorite season but to live near an ever-changing element like the sea gives you another perspective .I'm lucky enough to live near the coast and watch the ever-changing colours and moods. I am very aware of the seductive power of the landscape and I know it finds a way into my work and my mood . The sea gives from its depths plenitude to all beings living in or near her in each and every sense and her changing colors actually gives you the chance to observe the weather coming towards . Timeless beauty thrills in every season in a different way and today it looks like pale blue...

 

Few shots of my late afternoon walk ...

 

 

"Mediterraneo"
(Music and lyrics by Joan Manuel Serrat)

 

 "Quizá porque mi niñez sigue jugando en tu playa
y escondido tras las cañas duerme mi primer amor,
llevo tu luz y tu olor por dondequiera que vaya,
y amontonado en tu arena tengo amor, juegos y penas...."

 

"Perhaps because on your beaches my childhood still is playing

and concealed behind the swaying reeds my first love lies asleep.

Your light, your smell are what I keep wherever I may be staying.

And on your sand I’ve been piling Love and games and pain...."

 

 

Eternal....