Friday, November 18, 2011

Everything is better under a palm tree

Come on, come on, come on, come on (Together) We will go our way (Together) We will leave someday (Together) Your hand in my hands (Together) We will make our plans (Together) We will fly so high (Together) Tell all our friends goodbye (Together) We will start life new (Together) This is what we'll do (Go West) Life is peaceful there (Go West) In the open air (Go West) Where the skies are blue (Go West) This is what we're gonna do (Go West, this is what we're gonna do, Go West) (Together) We will love the beach (Together) We will learn and teach (Together) Change our pace of life (Together) We will work and strive (I love you) I know you love me (I want you) How could I disagree? (So that's why) I make no protest (When you say) You will do the rest (Go West) Life is peaceful there (Go West) In the open air (Go West) Baby you and me (Go West) This is our destiny (Aah) (Go West) Sun in wintertime (Go West) We will do just fine (Go West) Where the skies are blue (Go West) this is what we're gonna do There where the air is free We'll be (We'll be) what we want to be (Aah aah aah aah) Now if we make a stand (Aah) We'll find (We'll find) our promised land (Aah) (I know that) There are many ways (To live there) In the sun or shade (Together) We will find a place (To settle) Where there's so much space (Without rush) And the pace back east (The hustling) Rustling just to feed (I know I'm) Ready to leave too (So that's what) We are gonna do (What we're gonna do is Go West) Life is peaceful there (Go West) There in the open air (Go West) Where the skies are blue (Go West) This is what we're gonna do (Life is peaceful there) Go West (In the open air) Go West (Baby, you and me) Go West (This is our destiny) Come on, come on, come on, come on (Go West) Sun in wintertime (Go West) We will feel just fine (Go West) Where the skies are blue (Go West) This is what we're gonna do

Everything is better under a palm tree. Only Mother Nature has the best words for it.



































Thursday, November 17, 2011

Stunning Sunsets




 SPLENDID SUNSET
A quiet respite

Behold! It's the setting of the sun.
It's westward homecoming
Beckons an end to a journey.

Night's tender embrace though temporary
Romantic, captivating, relaxing
It's blanket - the vast ocean.

It wakens up well-rested souls in the morning
With fresh hopes and promise of a brand new day.
A full bloom sun.

Its travel comes to a halt, again, in the evening
A cycle that leaves us breathless with  its sheer beauty and majesty
Warm hearts and satisfied souls
End the day with love and gratitude.
-Manny

























(Photos by Manny)


























 Pour some wine in your glass. We'll ride the sunset. Enjoy. 
(Photos by Manny)





A sudden thunderstorm came with a heavy downpour of rain. The sky's silence was broken by the wicked roars of thunders and ominously lit with menacing streaks of lightnings ... But as swiftly as the storm arrived, it sped past beyond this point leaving a sky painted with a conundrum of soothing calm and twilight's colors. There's always a sublime feeling of inner peace brought about by the setting of the sun.



Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky. -Tagore







Inspired by the song of Simon & Garfunkel "The Sun Is Burning"
The sun is burning in the sky
Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by
In the park the lazy bees
Are joining in the flowers, among the trees
And the sun burns in the sky

Now the sun is in the West
Little kids go home to take their rest
And the couples in the park
Are holdin' hands and waitin' for the dark
And the sun is in the West

Now the sun is sinking low
Children playin' know it's time to go
High above a spot appears
A little blossom blooms and then draws near
And the sun is sinking low

Now the sun has come to Earth
Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death
Death comes in a blinding flash
Of hellish heat and leaves a smear of ash
And the sun has come to Earth

Now the sun has disappeared
All is darkness, anger, pain and fear
Twisted, sightless wrecks of men
Go groping on their knees and cry in pain
And the sun has disappeared