Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Big Skies Repost

Big Skies…Big Land…Our Western Skies
MQTlogoa Arizona,Utah,Colorado,New Mexico for Sky Watch Friday



“Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.” Abdul Kalam
“The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” Rabindranath Tagore



“Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.” William C. Bryant

“The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there.” K. D. Lang



“This continent, an open palm spread frank before the sky.” James Agee


When you visit the West and if you look real close you just might see some of these folks.


“Onward from vast uncharted spaces, Forward through timeless voids, Into all of us surges and races The measureless might of the wind. In the steep silence of thin blue air High on a lonely cliff-ledge, Where the air has a clear, clean rarity, I give to the wind...my pledge: “ By the strength of my arm, by the sight of my eyes, By the skill of my fingers, I swear, As long as life dwells in me, never will I Follow any way but the sweeping way of the wind.” Published in On Desert Trails with Everett Ruess, G.J. Bergera & W.L Rusho (Eds.



"There is a muscular energy in sunlight  corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind."  Annie Dillard 
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome dangerous, leading to the most amazing view…
May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.”  Edward Abbey


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“They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars – on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places.”
Robert Frost
Big Skies…Big Land…Our Western Skies
MQTlogoa Arizona,Utah,Colorado,New Mexico for Sky Watch Friday

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Camping with our T&B Trailer in the Hocking Hills of Ohio

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Welcome to “My Quality time”…. Linda and I recently

did a little camping/hiking in the Hocking Hills area

of Ohio. We love our T&B ( Little Guy ) camping trailer


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For a little wandering music…

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With all the rain we have had there was a little

extra water going over the falls.

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Top photo the lower falls at Old Mans cave. This photo is

of the falls at Ash Cave.

DSC_0014 Joe Todd & Linda reporting from

the Hocking Hills of Ohio.

Friday, July 10, 2015

Just A Few Thoughts & Photos

COLLAGEHEADER Hope you have a “Quality Time Day.”

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"It is never the fall that kills, it's the sudden stop at the end." - Mountain Guide's Handbook

DSC_0026 "Hike your Own Hike"

"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt."

"If you are not sure where you are going, any road will take you there"

DSC_0132 "Don't hike with a grumpy partner." Hike with your best friend.”

DSC_0050 Nostalgia & Nostalgia CLICK

DSC_0019 Abandoned airport on top of 4200 foot mountain

Pretty windy…. makes for difficult landings/takeoffs.

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"Getting to the top of the mountain is optional. Getting down is mandatory."

jtf1 Linda and I just spent a week in the mountains of North Carolina. What a great place

for some hiking,sightseeing,and just relaxing.

Just A Few Thoughts & Photos