Clouds, Turtles, Ducks, and Alligator

Reflection on the sidewalk puddle of the trees.

 Clouds today.

 2 Ducks across the street.

 Close-up of Alligator.

 Alligator reflections of shrubs.

 Turtles.

Blessings,
Janet
The first step to getting what you want is having the courage to let go of what you don’t want. ~ Karen Salmansohn

Morning Clouds

Looking north. . . plenty of clouds.

 Trees and masses of clouds.

 One of my Century Plants is growing.

Blessings,
Janet
The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.
Books are acts of composition: you compose them. You make music: the music is called fiction. EL Doctorow

Sunrise, Clouds, Planes, Ibis and Rainbows

Looking South today. . .beautiful clouds.

 Sunrise . . lots of clouds.

 More clouds. . .

 . . .more clouds in all directions.

 Plane and Clouds.

 Double Rainbow.

 Ibis on a light and part of the rainbow.

 Rainbow up into the clouds.

Blessings,
Janet
Everything you can imagine is real. Pablo Picasso

Sunrise, Clouds, Turtles, Planes, Moorhens, Ducks, and more. . .

Sunrise this morning.

 Lots of clouds.

 Plane and Clouds between the trees.

 Scads of turtles.

 Reflections of the clouds in the canal.

 Anhinga

 Two Moorhens.

 Another plane.

 Ibis on wire, another flew in, and Ducks.

 Another plane in the clouds this morning.

 Ibis debugging.

 Crow on the lawn and a blue flowering bush.

 Clouds looking north.

 Blessings,
Janet
 We’re always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it’s a little raw and nervy. EL Doctorow

Sunrise, Clouds, Planes, Squirrel, Ibis, Reflections and Ducks

I caught three airplanes today amidst the clouds and trees.

 Lots of pink clouds.

 This one looks like a bird flying.

 Squirrel playing.

 Pink Clouds and Sunrise.

 Wispy Clouds and Sunrise.

 Amazing wispy clouds.

 Reflections in the canal.

 Ducks across the street.

 Large Ibis across the street.

 Pink Cloud Reflections in the Canal.

 Blessings,
Janet
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sunrise, Clouds, Squirrel, Planes, Birds, and other thoughts.

Sunrise this morning.

 Cloud with birds flying by.

 Ibis debugging.

 2 totally different clouds.

 Clouds above my head.

Clouds and Plane between 2 trees.

 Across the street, Ducks are on both sides of the canal bank.

 Brown bird decided to perch to see what I was doing.

 Moorhen and reflection.

Two Moorhens

 Thought it was a plane. . .it is a helicopter.

 New growth on the huge cactus I showed yesterday.

 Squirrel.

EL Doctorow, author of Ragtime and Billy Bathgate, dies in New York aged 84

We lost another author. . . R.I.P.      B. Jan. 6, 1931 D. July 21, 2015

Blessings,
Janet

Quotes by E. L. Doctorow

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Writing is like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.
Books are acts of composition: you compose them. You make music: the music is called fiction.
We’re always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it’s a little raw and nervy.