There is so much joy in the world, waiting to be found. ~Noah Kahan 🌻 #findjoy #sharejoy #bethesun #suntome #shine #growjoy #sunshineonastem #flowers #sunflowers #bloomscrolling #powerflower #flowerpower #madeyoulook #hopeyousmile #flowersforyou #findyourjoy

“If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl, but by all means, keep moving.” - Martin Luther King Jr. #Scape #KeepMoving #EastCoastKin #Journey #Path #Yavapai #Sky #Clouds #GraniteDells #WillowLake #AZ

“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.” - Marilyn Monroe #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #BloomScrolling #FallFlowers #Sunflowers #Nature #Yavapai

“The healthiest response to life is joy.” - Deepak Chopra #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Joy #OswaldWestStatePark #Oregon #OregonCoast #Beach #PerfectDay

“Cats are inquisitive but hate to admit it.” - Mason Cooley #TheRoad #BlueskyArtShow #Caturday #RoadTrip #MovingWithCats #EastCoastKin

"Doesn't it seem to you," asked Madame Bovary, "that the mind moves more freely in the presence of that boundless expanse, that the sight of it elevates the soul and gives rise to thoughts of the infinite and the ideal?" - Gustave Flaubert #Scape #EastCoastKin #GraniteMountain #Clouds #Sky #Nature

"We choose to believe that the granite is alive. If life is movement, then rock - with its atoms flying around like stars in cosmos - is alive." - Yvon Chouinard #RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin #Granite #Yavapai #PrescottAZ #GraniteDells #Erosion

"The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say." - Gregory Maguire #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Shadows #PartlyCloudy #GraniteDells #PrescottAZ #Yavapai #Landscape #Photography #Arizona #Walkabout

Biiiiig stretch! Happy #Caturday from Jack in his hammock. #CatsOfBluesky #Cats #MurderMitts #HappyCat

"Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open." - Dalai Lama #BlueskyArtShow #Angles #EastCoastKin #PowerPylon #Perspective

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #Jalepeno #EastCoastKin #LifeIsBeautiful #Photography #Garden

"We have forgotten what rocks and plants still know - we have forgotten how to be - to be still - to be ourselves - to be where life is here and now.” - Eckhart Tolle #RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin #WillowLake #PrescottAZ #Yavapai #Granite #BeStill #BePresent

“I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.” - Edna Mode, The Incredibles #MacroMonday #Growing #EastCoastKin #CucumberTendril #Green #Sunshine #Shadow

“Focus on the step in front of you, not the whole staircase.” - Martin Luther King Jr. #Stunday #Staircase #EastCoastKin #Journey #Steps #Photography #PortlandJapaneseGarden

“Ignorance is the parent of fear.” - Herman Melville #MandalaArt #Mandala #Fear #Control #CuriosityConquersFear #EducationConquersFear #FreeThought #Freedom #Diversity #DiversityIsStrength

This is, coincidentally, the same look I give her when she wakes me up in the middle of the night. Sweet vengeance. #Caturday #Cats #EastCoastKin #WakeyWakey #Revenge #StinkEye

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” - John Lubbock #Scape #Friyay #PowerLines #Path #Perspective #Yavapai #PrescottAZ #EastCoastKin

“You will always define events in a manner which will validate your agreement with reality.” - Steve Maraboli: Life, the Truth, and Being Free #AerialLandscape #Farmland or #CucumberLeaf #Nature #Perspective #EastCoastKin #Green

"If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine." - Morris West #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #Sunshine #StormClouds #Photography #Nature #Walkabout #Clouds #Landscape #Yavapai #PrescottAZ

"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us." - Ashley Montagu #Stunday #Surprise #Beauty #Cactus #EastCoastKin #Vibrance #Walkabout #Pause #BePresent

“One cat just leads to another.” - Ernest Hemingway #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky #Cats #CalmBeforeTheStorm #EastCoastKin

"Unselfish love for all people without exception is the most important point of convergence among all significant spiritualities and religions." - Stephen G. Post #Scape #Convergence #SandSeaSky #WACoast #EastCoastKin #Flow #Friday

“Life only exists in the here and now.” This Headspace notification hit just right for some reason and seemed worth sharing. #Mandala #EastCoastKin #BlueskyArt #Meditation #PresentMoment #Focus #Present

"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." - Ursula K. Le Guin #Stunday #Journey #EastCoastKin #Path #Forest #Trees #PNW

Another lazy #Caturday morning on the porch. With overwhelming insanity in the news every day, we’re grateful to have a safe, quiet place to regroup. I hope you have a safe place too. #Yavapai #AZ #Relax

Vibe today is moody:) #ForestFri #Photography #Nature

Happy #Caturday from the porch! Cheers to a great start to your weekend. #CatsOfBluesky #Cats #EastCoastKin #Saturday

“Remember to breathe. It is, after all, the secret of life.” - Gregory Maguire #BlueskyArtShow #Skyline #MtHood #VancouverWA #Breathe #FreshAir #WA

Can you smell the freshly trampled grass on the way to unknown #adventure in the #forest? #Friday #Friyay #Scape #EastCoastKin #Path #Trail #Breathe

“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose #joy and keep choosing it every day.” - Henri Nouwen This unexpected white balloon #flower popped up adjacent to blue balloon flowers we’ve had for years. It’s a beautiful surprise! #FlowerReport #EastCoastKin #Macro

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." - John Muir #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #PrescottAZ #Yavapai #WillowLake #Landscape #BigSky

"Leave the roads; take the trails." - Pythagoras Sometimes you’re fortunate enough to find a magical portal that transports you outside of this world, if only for a short time. #Stunday #Pathways #Portal #Magic #TakeAWalk #Trails #Paths #EastCoastKin

There is #joy in gathering found pieces then assembling them into #art. #BlueskyArtShow #Pieces #Mandala #UpcycledArt

Purrs and biscuits for you on this peaceful #Caturday morning. #Purrs #Biscuits #CatsOfBluesky #Cats #Happiness

"Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." - Hans Christian Andersen #Scape #EastCoastKin #Forest #ColumbiaRiver #Photography #WA

Time to start the week all over again. Cheers to a bright, sunny start! #BlueSkyMonday #DeepBreath #Yavapai #WillowLake #PrescottAZ

“Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning.” – Frederick Douglass #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Lightning #BeTheLightning #Agitate #Freedom #SpeakTruthToPower

Happy #Caturday! It’s a good day to slow down, reflect, and be present in the moment. #CatsOfBluesky #FlamePoint #BlueEyes #Pause

"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein #BlueskyArtShow #Jagged #EastCoastKin #Pause #Nature #Leaves #PNW

“Experiencing awe can contribute to a host of benefits including an expanded sense of time and enhanced feelings of generosity, well-being and humility.” - Dacher Keltner, PhD, UC Berkeley Don’t mind me, I’m off to get some #awe! #ForestFriday #Scape #EastCoastKin #Path #Trail #Forest #Petrichor

“Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” - Roald Dahl #Stunday #Magical #SanDiego #CA #BirchAquarium #OceanView #EastCoastKin #Photography #Awe

"I am happy because I'm grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy." - Will Arnett #Gratitude #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Mandala #CutPaperArt #GratefulForArt #ArtOfBluesky #Art

Happy #Caturday! #Blep #CatsIfBluesky #EraserFace

“Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.” - John Muir Happy birthday Colorful Colorado! #Scape #Colorado #CrestedButte #BluebirdSkies #EastCoastKin #RockyMountains #Winter #ColoradoDay

“It takes a lot of effort to be vibrant.” - Tom Stoppard #Flowers #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling #RedHotPokers #Photography #Nature #Yavapai #AZ

“There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.” - Mahatma Gandhi #WaterfallWednesday #Waterfalls #PNW #MoultonFalls #WA #EastCoastKin #Photography #Landscape

“Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time.” - Katrina Mayer #ThickTrunkTuesday #Mushrooms #Trees #Sunshine #Woods #Nature #Hiking #PNW #VancouverWA #EastCoastKin #Forest #Photography

"Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat." - Laura Ingalls Wilder #BlueskyMonday #MountainMonday #EastCoastKin #CredtedButte #Colorado #Panorama #Trail #Townie Kindly tap photo and turn your phone to see the whole photo.

"If you must doubt something, doubt your limits." - Price Pritchett #Stunday #AZSunset #EastCoastKin #PrescottAZ #Yavapai #NoFilters

“In a meadow full of flowers, you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry, of life.” - Jonas Mekas #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #Macro #Photography #Flowers #PrescottAZ #EastCoastKin