Grand Place flowers

Grand Place flowers, originally uploaded by kimbar.

The beauties of life come in many varieties.

Faces in Brussels

Faces in Brussels, originally uploaded by kimbar.

When I lived In A "National Park"

I can remember throughout my life hearing people say - I wish I could live here - when they were describing some vacation they had maybe to Yellowstone Park or to Banff or for some other major park or place to visit. Hot springs that are found all over the world - Japan, other places.

I actually had the privilege of living in a place for quite a while that might have easily been a park. A place that people would go to marvel at the beauties of nature.

It is a place not that many miles from the Grand Canyon and it is a place of astonishing beauty and that's Sedona, Arizona. It's almost as if someone forgot when they were signing up places to be parks in the US like Yellowstone or Yosemite - it's almost as if they said - oh we'll get around to that place in Arizona but then they forgot.

I'm not blaming them, I'm just saying that living in Sedona, Arizona feels almost like you're living in a treasured park. Huge beautiful rock mesas with various shapes with different names. It's an amazing thing to see and just as amazing to be able to live in it and near it and so close to it.

I've included a picture here so you can appreciate the beauty of the place. I'm not trying to pitch it or sell it, I'm just saying that it's amazing that such a place is available for residence.

So, just thought I'd mention it. It is a place I really enjoyed and there's a lot of good folks living there as well. Goodlife.

Happiness is a Warm Computer

Lyyti & iBook, originally uploaded by mwri.

Spirit in the Water

Muir Woods, creek reflection, originally uploaded by kimbar.

Sea Life on the Shore

I find that the beaches here in Hawaii are some of the most beautiful in the world and I know that many people agree as they flock here to enjoy the warm sun year-round and enjoy each others company as well.

That's why I'm reluctant to underscore something that I've written about before on these blogs and even stressed on later posts as well as had material published in the Sedona Journal of Emergence about these matters.

I have been guided that there are a great many possibilities that will involve life in the sea. One of these possibilities is that life in the sea will need access to the shorelines even when it upsets us because of events that unfold.

Nevertheless I feel that it is important to underscore once again that it might be a good thing to build homes further away from the beaches and to have access by us - people - to some beaches but not all. We must respect the life in the sea and I feel other life on the planet as well. I know many of you agree with me.

So I'm just bringing that up today because I feel it's important enough to reiterate. Goodlife my friends.

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Photo is © B. Kim Barnes, used with permission, and can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimbar/3443726001/.

Contrast

Contrast, originally uploaded by woodie crazy.

Something old, something new...something blue. Contrasts and compliments.

Red wheels

Red wheels, originally uploaded by woodie crazy.

The Temporal and the Timeless

Bouganvillea blossoms, originally uploaded by kimbar.

Pictures in Pictures

Just passing by, originally uploaded by kimbar.

Worlds within worlds.