Taking Flight

Spread your wings and let your "Thoughts from the Heart" fly. Take flight and capture the desires of your heart. Soar over and above impossibilities. Triumph and prevail, exceed the limits.

Results are In! From the Facebook Quiz "What kind of flower are you?

Results indicate a Rose. "Roses are a sign of love. They show emotions from the heart (sound familiar). You love people and are happy and passionate about other peoples feelings. " Sounds like these roses are the appropriate photo for today's special feature.(click on photo to see detail)

Just words from a friend...

Words from a friend can conjure up "Thoughts from the Heart" that warm your heart and snuggle up to on a rainy morning. Listening to rain will refresh and sooth the soul, like forever friends gathering along the shore to soak up the sun by day and watch the light from the lighthouse by night. Forever friends, like the lighthouse, is a 360 degree circle of light and love. (click on photo to see lighthouses)

Individualization

Be intrigued by the unique qualities in each person. Be a keen observer of each persons strengths, draw out the best in each other. It is appropriate, just, and effective to treat each other differently. Know what every person does best. Have a unique awareness and appreciation of others' likes and dislikes, have the ability to personalize. Family and friends are special with their individual personalities and styles. Share real-life stories with "Thoughts from the Heart" that's individualization. Makes life fun and exciting! (click on photo to see individualization)

" Don't let a bird of paradise fly up your nose"

Sorry for the pun but I have to wing it this morning! I'll be flying by the seat of my pants.. and there will not be feathers flying everywhere. One of my favorite sights in California is the beautiful Bird of Paradise. One doesn't have to watch the friendly sky's or listen for the morning chirps and tweets for the flock. No, Bird of Paradise is everywhere here on the ground and greatly admired, even in December. It doesn't fly south for the summer and it won't fly up your nose, it has no scent. Enjoy the photo and the chuckle. (click on photo to see details)

Another richly colored Sunset in the West

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. ~Vincent Van Gogh~ Sunset is like pulling down the shades and calling it a night. "Thoughts from the heart" are there to be yours alone because everyone else has gone to bed. Then a sweet sleep is your nights retreat.

Summers by the Sea...Glistening water, Soft rippling waves

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet can conjure up a summer beside the sea. Smells detonate softly in our memory. Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are and the things you never want to lose.

The odd unexpected Guest

Unexpected and uninvited circumstances tend to cause uneasiness. Ease can be restored by expecting and inviting oddity. Oddity is anything unusual, perhaps worthy of collecting. A rarity noteworthy perhaps to your overall circumstances or condition of life. Collect your "Thoughts (even the odd ones) from the heart".

Hawk in Flight

The daily flight in life is nonstop, have your head in the upright position, your heart locked in to the plan in front of you. Excess baggage gets left behind and there is no room for carry on worries. If loss of pressure, breathe. Arrive at you destination, enjoy the visit and catch the round trip flight back home. Flights arrive in Paradise daily! Choose your flight path heartily, taxi out to the runway and soar.

Decorate with love, people, places and things!

Fill the heart with thoughts and memories that can make one feel the warmth of a fire and see a smile from coast to coast. Picture in your heart family and friends that cause a bridge to fill the gap and keep one closer than distance. Click on photo to see details!

Life's Sightseeing Tour Bus

Sightseeing is an adventure when it starts with "Thoughts from the Heart". Do what you love to do. One doesn't need a Tour Guide when the journey begins from those places of the heart. Go where you want to go and be who you want to be. Happy Trails! (click on photos for best viewing)

A smile is a frown turned upside down!

If you love someone, tell them because hearts are often broken by words unspoken. To all the family and friends that mean so much, love is "Thoughts from the Heart". Tell someone today!

The "Eyes" have it!

Breathe in scents to make live the senses.

Look in the eyes to see what's in the heart.

Listen with ears to hear "Thoughts from the Heart"

For a empty head has room for nothing and

a full heart has room for everything.

Precious

Meet Zhen Zhen, her name means Precious. Born Aug 3, 2007 at the San Diego Zoo. A Panda Cam has recorded her from birth to present, it's a thrill to watch her grow. http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

Precious is characterized by a feeling and a show of fond affection.

Precious "Thoughts from the Heart" are feelings and fond affections for the people, places and things that are precious.

Four Ranges, Four Seasons in a Day!

Seasons of the heart change with thought.

Season your heart with love, age and process.

Seasoned to be rendered competent through experience.

Seasoning it and giving flavor to the spice in life.

Choice your season with "Thoughts from the Heart"

(Click on photo to view all four ranges)

A Sunday Morning Friendship Call

Where one must reside, be it on the West Coast, be it on the East Coast or somewhere in the middle~William Shakespeare said; "But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, all losses are restored and sorrows end." Thoughts from the heart to very special friends.

Prevailing Winds

Soar to new heights! Dominate and persist with a unlimited source of endurance. Use persuasion successfully to triumph. Exist through the prevailing winds of life. "Thoughts from the Heart" prevail!

Springtime!

Bottle Brush Bush is a reminder of Spring, refreshing and invigorating! Springtime is a time for spring cleaning that refreshes and invigorates. Springing forward towards summer refresh and invigorate "Thoughts from the Heart", brush away winter blues and radiate.

Moonlight over the Mountain

Early in the evening, just around supper time...there's a full moon on the rise! Rising in a flash, shining bright yellow and gold, outlining the mountains and taking one's breath away. God with His handiwork turned on the nightlight. "Thoughts from the Heart" turn on in a flash and illuminate day and night taking one's breath away. (click on photo)

One in a Million

Many professional lobster men go through their whole lobstering career without catching or even seeing a blue lobster. Thoughts can be a million unseen, one in a million seen through loving eyes and a tender heart. A rare find by "Thoughts from the Heart."

Thoughts from the Heart Touch

One friend in a cloud of friendships brightens one's day. One friend at a time will reach out for your hand and touch your heart. One friend from a bunch, will plant a seed and watch you grow.

Enjoy the Ride!

As the old saying goes it's not the destination it's the journey...

If you don't know where you are going any road will get you there!

A journey filled with friends rather than miles

will get you where you want to go.

Enjoy the ride!!!

To Guide and Warn

" He who thinks and thinks for himself,will always have a thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, a beacon to warn."

Jeremy Bentham-Philosopher 1748-1832

Admiration for Inspiration

Nature, music and art are to inspire and are awe inspiring. God's inspiration is all around and fills our "Thoughts from the Heart" with an overwhelming sense of wonder and admiration.

Delight and pleasure are in all of life's inspirations. Admire and Enjoy.

Beautiful High Aspirations

"Far away there in the sunshine are my high aspirations. I may not reach them now, but I can lookup and see their beauty, believe in them, and follow where they lead." Louisa May Alcott

Peaks and Valleys

Two great assets are time and energy. Lifetime Events require both. Mountains of decisions require time and Valleys full of choices require energy. Peace and patience that precedes planning produces profitable "Thoughts from the Heart". Peaceful Peaks and Valleys of patience shall prevail.

What matters Most

Nothing Ever Happens until it happens for the first time. Then we look inside the heart and a need for understanding becomes a quest. It's times like these that provoke the heart searching question, Why? With no experience to compare it to, we seek those who know. For things not seen and things not experienced we then hope. Once revealed it's not hope anymore. The quest for understanding starts with "Thoughts from the Heart" and what matters most.

Shoot for the Moon

One thing you can't do is stare at the sun and daydream, not at length anyway. The moon on the other hand (at times) is available daytime and most nights for daydreaming. Daydreaming can conjure up "Thoughts from the Heart" and set in motions goals to achieve and targets to aim for. Become a daydreaming believer.

If you aim at nothing, you will hit it everytime.

If you don't know where your going, any road will get you there. Shoot for the moon!

Elevate to see Great Things

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor". David Thoreau (1817-1862)

"Thoughts from the Heart" elevate life. Climb higher and see Great Things.

True Reflection of the Heart

A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colors.

Red,Orange,Green and Blue

A double rainbow is outside the primary rainbow

and the colors are inverted.

Blue, Green,Orange and Red

a reflection of it self, like family and friends.

"Thoughts from the Heart" reflect our true colors.

Thoughts twice enjoyed is a true reflection of our Heart.

Do you see the double rainbow in the picture?

Tide Pool Treasures

Nature evokes or calls to mind "Thoughts from the Heart". Thoughts of wonder and amazement. Green Sea Anemone live in tide pools. Only visible this time of year and when a low tide is minus tide. Tide Pool Treasures does the heart good. God's creation needs to be evoked or called to mind to be enjoyed. Discover nature and discover "Thoughts from the Heart"

Time, Love and Tenderness

Blend together your "Thoughts from the Heart". The artist's colors on a palette when blended, produces an array of time, love and tenderness. Timely, loving and tender "Thoughts from the Heart"generate soft, warm and easy to be entreated affection.

Beauty is in the Details!

"Thoughts from the Heart" stem from detail and detail cultivates beauty. Beauty inspires peace and tranquility, free from stress and emotion. Peace and Tranquility promotes the stability of our times.

Beautiful "Thoughts from the Heart" grow.

Keepers of our "Thoughts from the Heart"

As the keeper of a lighthouse he has to be diligent to take care of and faithfully attend to it's daily needs. We too have to care and attend to our "Thoughts from the Heart". Like the lighthouse that protects and guides we too watch with diligence what we allow in and out of our heart. That requires a checkup from the neck up. Carefully and faithfully count the cost of your thoughts.

Seeking the High Tide and Low Tide

The high tide of life push us into the fast lane to happiness. The low tide of life gently guide us onto the country road to joy. The fast lane to happiness is the most traveled and least appreciated. The country road is the least traveled and most rewarding. Our happiness is based upon the outward circumstances of life while our joy is based upon the inward "Thoughts from the Heart". Enjoy your day!

Thoughts from the Heart span both directions as one

Good Morning, life on the west coast is very different than life on the east coast. I have lived on both and everywhere in between. Very different weather patterns and seasons, but one think is for sure, thoughts from the heart knows no direction or distance. As far as the east is from the west they never meet. Thoughts from the heart move in one direction as we recall the yesterdays of our past, decisions of our present and ponder the path of our tomorrows. Memories, meditation and mapping "Thoughts from the Heart" are essential.

Thoughts from the Heart start tomorrow!

I'll be sleeping on this tonight and will have my thoughts arranged and ready to set to pen in the morning. Sweet sleep and see you in the morning. The journey begins, I'm entering uncharted waters so hang in there with me. For now, heart be still because " The greatest cargo in life come in over quiet seas". Dr.VPW