“Come to the edge,” he said.
“We can’t, we’re afraid!” they responded.
“Come to the edge,” he said.
“We can’t, We will fall!” they responded.
“Come to the edge,” he said.
And so they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.”
~ Guillaume Apollinaire
Nature
“What makes the flag on the mast to wave? What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk? Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder? Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder? Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the “ape” in apricot? — Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz”
“Your heart is free… have the courage to follow it.” —Braveheart
Listen to the Lion — Van Morrison
“Be curious about life. There’s something worth photographing
just about everywhere you go – you just have to look for it.” – Joel Sartore
Color or monochrome, cuddles are cuddles. Check out the gathering of monochrome photos cuddled together this week for Leanne Cole and Laura Macky’s Monochrome Madness posted later on today on Leanne’s blog. Thanks to Leanne and Laura along with all the talented monochrome contributors.
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Hakuna Matata
Pumbaa: It’s our motto.
Young Simba: What’s a motto?
Timon: Nothing. What’s a motto with you?
“It’s not whether animals will survive, it’s whether man has the will to save them.”
Anthony Douglas Williams – Inside the Divine Pattern
“When life gets you down, you know whatcha got do?
Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming swimming.” – Dory
I spin on the circle of wave upon wave of the sea. – Pablo Neruda
The camel has a single hump;
The dromedary , two;
Or else the other way around.
I’m never sure. Are you?
Ogden Nash
Maverick Mist 
