Thursday, December 31, 2015

the soul...

Sciacca (Agrigento - Sicily), Italy

"The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears."

 

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

light

Sciacca (Agrigento - Sicily), Italy

"In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary."

-Aaron Rose

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

a definite wow moment

Prizzi (Palermo - Sicily), Italy

We turned the corner, and unexpectedly, bam!  Wow!  This is what we saw.
 

Sunday, December 27, 2015

open your arms...

San Vito Lo Capo (Trapani - Sicily), Italy

Open your arms, take a deep breath... and just be.

Saturday, December 26, 2015

funky skies

Erice (Trapani - Sicily), Italy

The Chiesa Matrice (Mother Church or Main Church), dating back to the 14th or 15th centuries, sits high on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in this charming medieval town called Erice.
 

Friday, December 25, 2015

an island off of an island

Island of Favignana (Aegadian Islands - Sicily), Italy

Merry Christmas from the island of Favignana!

Thursday, December 24, 2015

peaceful waters at sunset

Scopello (Trapani - Sicily), Italy

This part of Sicily, in the northwest corner, boasts a rocky coastline and was the choice setting for shooting parts of the film Ocean's Twelve.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Teatro Massimo

Palermo (Sicily), Italy

Teatro Massimo in Piazza Verdi is the third largest opera house in Europe after those of Paris and Vienna.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Monday, December 14, 2015

Sunday, December 13, 2015

let life happen

San Felices de los Gallegos (Salamanca - Castilla y León), Spain

"Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance."

-Morgan Freeman

Saturday, December 12, 2015

joy

near Freixo de Espada à Cinta, Portugal

"Do anything, but let it produce joy."

-Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass)
 

Friday, December 11, 2015

What is it that you express...

Salto de Saucelle (Salamanca - Castilla y León), Spain

"What is it that you express in your eyes?  It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life."

-Walt Whitman  (Song of Myself 1892)
 

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Peace is always beautiful

Valladolid (Castilla y León), Spain

"Peace is always beautiful."

-Walt Whitman
 

Monday, December 7, 2015

so many beautiful details

Valladolid (Castilla y León), Spain

There are so many beautiful details in the world.  If we slow down, we can appreciate them more.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

this place... this hour...

Valladolid (Castilla y León), Spain

"Happiness, not in another place but this place... not for another hour, but this hour."

-Walt Whitman

Saturday, December 5, 2015

always toward the sunshine

Valladolid (Castilla y León), Spain

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you."

-Walt Whitman

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

the stillness underneath

Simancas (Valladolid - Castilla y León), Spain

"To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and the joy underneath the pain is freedom, salvation, enlightenment."

-Eckhardt Tolle