Sisters, Oregon.

One touch of nature makes 

 the whole world kin.

~William Shakespeare. 

Tree colors, Portland, OR

Green is the prime color of the world,

and that for which its loveliness arises.

~Pedro Calderon de la Barca.

Beach scene, Oregon.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody 

is to trust them.

~Ernest Hemmimway.

Light House, Oregon Coast, OR

Love is not consolation. It is light.

~Friedrich Nietzche.

Parisian Street, Paris, France.

Yesterday is but today's memory, and

tomorrow is today's dream.

~Khalil Gibrand.

Pescado a la Veracruzana, Portland, OR

Cuando hay hambre, no hay pan duro.

~Dicho Popular.

Old Plower, OR.

Nowhere man,

don't worry,

take your time,

don't hurry.

~The Beatles.

Rustic Wooden Bridge, Oregon.

Laughter is an instant vacation.

~Milton Berie.

Carrousel, Greenvillage, Dearborne, MI

We don't see things as they are,

we see them as we are.

~Anais Nin.

Statue of Joe Louis Arm, Detroit, MI

Some times the questions are complicated

and the answers are simple.

~Dr. Seuss.

Mushroom, Portland, OR

If you were here,

I would buy you a beer,

but since you're not, 

I will drink the lot.

~Katie Santo.

Autumn Leaves

I get high with a little help from my friends.

~The Beatles.

Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI

I'm not in denial, I'm just selective about 

the reality I choose to accept.

~Calvin and Hobbes.

Packard 1910, Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI

Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

~Albert Einstein. 

Mossy Tree, Portland, OR

Why wait when you can create?

Chairs, Detroit, MI

At the end of the day, both optimists 

and pessimists are always right.

Rosa Parks Bus, Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI

Our lives begin to end the day we become

silent abut the things that matter.

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fall. Portland, OR

You can't depend on your  eyes when

your imagination is out of focus.

~Mark Twain.

WV 1948, Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI

Don't dwell in what has passed away or what is yet to be.

~Leonard Cohen

Japanese Maple, Portland, OR

After all is said and done, 

more is said than done.

~Aesop.

Tulip Field, Woodburn, OR

Words are flowing out like

endless rain into a paper cup

They slither while they pass

They slip away across the universe

~The Beatles.

Fountain, Detroit, MI

Just because you're offended

doesn't mean you're right.

~Ricky Gervais. 

Chair where Lincoln was assassinated, Dearborn, MI

In the end it's not the years in your life that count,

is the life in your years.

~Abraham Lincoln.

English Stone Cottage, Greenville Village, Dearborn, MI

False face must hide what false heart doth know.

~William Shakespeare.

Potlandia, Portland, OR

Make the most of the Indian hemp seed

and sow it everywhere.

~George Washington.

George Amstong Custer's Jacket, Detroit, MI

Look to the future, because that's where
you'll spend the rest of your life.

~George Burns.

Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier. Washington

We chose our joys and sorrows

long before we experience them.

~Khalil Gibran.

Wright Bros, Workshop, Greenville Village, Dearborn, MI

The wheel has come full circle.

~William Shakespeare.

Piñatas, Mexico City, Mexico

I can't go back to yesterday because

I was a different person then.

~Lewis Carroll.

Ambassador Bridge, Detroit River, Detroit, MI

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

~The Beatles.

Plaza de Armas, Veracruz, Mex.

We are what we believe we are.

~C. S. Lewis.

Chess Set, Detroit, MI

You may delay, but time will not.

~Benjamin Franklin.

Le Invalides, Paris, Frence

Budget: A mathematical confirmation of your suspicions.

Chile en Nogada, Puebla, Mex.

Don't cry because it is over.
Smile because it happened.

~Dr. Seuss.

House's decorations, Detroit, MI

If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd

be twice as funny you are now.

~Cassandra Clare.

Taxco, Gro. Mexico

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

~Goethe.

Sta. Maria Tonanzintla, Puebla, Mexico

I think animal testing is a terrible idea;

they get all nervous and give the wrong answer.

~A bit of Fry an Laurie.

Manerola, Cinque Terre, Italy

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

~Aristotle.

Columbia River Gorge, OR

A person is a person, no matter how small.

~Dr. Seuss.

VW van and Fam. Portland, OR

You who are on the road

Must have a code that you can live by

And so become your self

Because the past is just a good bye.

~Teach Your Children.

Peek-a-boo, Portland, OR

Intuition, or the alpha state

rather than logic, is the more likely

way to creativity, innovation, discovery

and new age thinking.

~Ogden's Law. 

Hot dog, Portland, OR

After all is said and done, a hell of a lot more

is said than done.

Diego Rivera Mural (detail) DIA, Detroit, MI

Five hundred twenty-five thousand 

six hundred minutes,

how do you measure, measure a year?

~Song lyrics. 

Bathroom Graffiti, Detroit, MI

If you try to fail, and you succeed, which have you done?

~George Carlin.

Detroit's Skyline, MI

I can't go to school, 'cause I ain't got a gun,

I ain't got a gun, 'cause I ain't got a job,

I ain't got a job, 'cause I can't go to school.

Alice Cooper.

Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI

Art is the most intense mode of individualism 

that the world has known.

~Oscar Wilde.

Robert Frost's House, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI

Two roads diverge in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth; 

~Robert Frost.

People Mover Satation, Detroit, MI

The words of the prophets are written in the subway walls
and tenement halls.

~Simon & Garfunkel.

River Landscape, Salomon van Ruysdale, DIA, Detroit, MI

I ain't saying I'm better than you,

but maybe I am.

Randy Newman.

The Game Of Cards, Hendrik Van Der Burch, DIA, Detroit, MI

Before you accuse me, 

take a look at your self.

~Bo Diddley.