my midsummer nights dream

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=150 BGCOLOR="#666600" TEXT="#080000" background="6b572153.jpg"> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#33CCCC" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CabariBeads"><U><IMG SRC="8112d260.gif" border=0 width="45" height="38" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#66CCFF" FACE="CAC Leslie" ><B>CabariBeads </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="CAC Leslie" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><IMG SRC="6af4c6c0.jpg" border=0 width="1100" height="108" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=330 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="63d00c00eesboc.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="5c931850.jpg" border=0 width="305" height="389" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B><U>A  MIDSUMMER  NIGHTS  DREAM</U></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Over hill, over dale,  Through bush, thorough brier,</div> <div> Over park, over pale,   Through flood, thorough fire,</div> <div> I do wander everywhere,    Swifter than the moon's sphere;</div> <div> And I serve the fairy queen,   To dew her orbs upon the green.</div> <div> The cowslips tall her pensioners be:    In their gold coats spots you see;</div> <div> Those be rubies, fairy favours,   In those freckles live their savours:</div> <div> I must go seek some dewdrops here    And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.</div> <bR> <div> Farewell, thou lob of spirits;     I'll be gone:         </div> <div> Our queen  and all our elves come here anon.       <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >   </FONT></div> <div>                                                                                        William Shakespeare </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/main.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/main.php"><U>art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> ---------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>All that is gold does not glitter,</B></div> <div> <B>Not all those who wander are lost</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The old that is strong does not wither,</B></div> <div> <B>Deep roots are not reached by the frost.</B></div> <bR> <div> JRR Tolkien</div> <bR> <div> -----------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="769902c0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF9933" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.</B></FONT></div> <div> ~ Jean Paul Richter</div> <bR> <div> ------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7dff44e0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="334" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <U>Thornwode Book</U></div> <bR> <div> Come dance with me midsummer's eve.  </div> <div> Come brave the faery lights!</div> <div> And nevermind what you might see --</div> <div> of forbidden faery sights.</div> <div> And nevermind the honeyed fruits,</div> <div> the moonlit flows of faery wines.</div> <div> And drink not of the liquid song</div> <div> from faery flutes divine.</div> <div> Come dance and let the weaving spell</div> <div> flow through and braid around;</div> <div> But do not dare forget you stand</div> <div> upon a faery mound. </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#777777" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >  </FONT> <A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/image.php?lineid=21&bid=20" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/image.php?li"><U>by Thomas Moudry and Stacy Higgs</U></A> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7e0f44d0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="333" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <U>Such is the Way of the Fairies</U><U> </U><U> </U></div> <div> Hail Traveller!</div> <div> O Wanderer -- where turn your steps this night?</div> <div> For mist has licked</div> <div> the jade green vales and washed the hills of light.</div> <div> The wise ones keep far from these Deeps,</div> <div> for in the shadows dwell and creep</div> <div> all manner dark and sere and fair</div> <div> of twilight's kith - these woods their lair.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/image.php?lineid=21&bid=20" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/image.php?li"><U>by Stacy Higgs and Thomas Moudry</U></A></div> <div> ..............................................</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7e247900.jpg" border=0 width="327" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> COME FAIRIES..............</div> <div> TAKE ME OUT OF THIS DULL WORLD</div> <div> FOR  I  WOULD  RIDE  WITH YOU</div> <div> UPON THE  WIND AND  DANCE</div> <div> UPON  THE  MOUNTAINS  LIKE  A  FLAME</div> <div> william butler yeats</div> <bR> <div> ...............................................</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7e32fc80.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="456" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#996666" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Sing all ye joyful, now sing all together!</FONT></div> <div> Sing all ye joyful, now sing all together!</div> <div> The wind's in the tree-top, the wind's in the heather;</div> <div> The stars are in blossom, the moon is in flower,</div> <div> And bright are the windows of night in her tower.</div> <bR> <div> Dance all ye joyful, now dance all together!</div> <div> Soft is the grass, and let foot be like feather!</div> <div> The river is silver, the shadows are fleeting;</div> <div> Merry is May-time, and merry our meeting.</div> <bR> <div> Sigh no more pine, till the wind of the morn!</div> <div> Fall Moon! Dark be the land!</div> <div> Hush! Hush! Oak, ash and thorn!</div> <div> Hushed by all water, till dawn is at hand! </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Tom Bombadil's poem by JRR Tolkien</div> <bR> <div> ---------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="55390260.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="294" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099CC" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >     Rejoice in the beauty that is present, All else is beyond thee.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> -----------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Everybody needs  beauty as well as  bread</div> <div> places to play in and pray in</div> <div> where nature may heal and give strength  to the  body and soul.</div> <div>                                                                                             john muir</div> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="542db4e0.jpg" border=0 width="475" height="334" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >I  go to nature to be soothed and healed ...to have my senses put in order.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> ---------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <B>E M P R E S S </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Lady-Mother!"  call the wandering souls.    "We bring you gifts!"    They fly near the Empress, dancing in the sky. </B></div> <div> <B>They paint synchronized kaleidescope choreographies for her pleasure, and she smiles as she takes it in.   </B></div> <div> <B>Her mind and her thoughts are the conductor to this visual symphony.  </B></div> <div> <B>Gently, they lay a crown woven of the first buds of spring across her brow.   </B></div> <div> <B>"Jasmine and Lily of Valley have graciously donated their first buds for your coronet,"  the spirits sigh.</B></div> <div> <B>"The Apple Tree Man has gifted you with his fruit, and the Lady of the Fields her grains."   </B></div> <div> <B>These they lay in her basket.</B></div> <div> <B>With a sudden flourish, the spirits whirl together, then spin off in an explosion of light and music. </B></div> <div> <B>"Farewell, dear Lady!" t</B><B>hey call.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards.php?suit=0&card=3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards."><U><IMG SRC="7164b260.jpg" border=0 width="331" height="550" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC6633" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Meaning: Creativity, nurturing, abundance, fertility, experiencing the senses, and embracing the natural.</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/main.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/main.php"><U>art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> ---------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Hail Traveller! O Wanderer -- where turn your steps this night?    For mist has licked the jade green vales  and washed the hills of light.</div> <div> The wise ones keep far from these Deeps, for in the shadows dwell and creep   all manner dark and sere and fair  of twilight's kith - these woods their <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#EEEEEE" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >lair.</FONT></div> <div> Dear Traveller! O Wanderer -- trace back your steps this eve,    for whispers glide on zephyr's wing, and eyes watch from the leaves.</div> <div> They toy with those who venture near  from twig and branch and hollow peer;   with piercing touch, and laughter cold   and kiss to steal away the soul.           <B> </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#555555" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B> </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/image.php?lineid=21&bid=20" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/image.php?li"><U>by Thomas Moudry and Stacy Higgs</U></A> </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#777777" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>                                                                  </B></FONT><B> </B><B><IMG SRC="647b8660.jpg" border=0 width="440" height="614" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#777777" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#777777" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/main.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/main.php"><U>art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> -----------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ...The land runs out to the sea -</div> <div> It is a narrow neck of land -</div> <div> Where weird and grim the Standing Stones</div> <div> In a circle there they be....</div> <div>                                               <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#AAAAAA" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > Loreena McKennitt, Standing Stones</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5a7feff0.jpg" border=0 width="510" height="255" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> --------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><IMG SRC="5e98a8a0.jpg" border=0 width="394" height="650" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   </FONT>P A G E   o f   C U P S   Sentimental, romantic, sympathetic, understanding, intuition.       <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#9999FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards.php?suit=0&card=21" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards."><U>art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</div> <bR> <div> True tales have no beginning or end. They do not exist only when men say 'Exist!' but instead are always there...</div> <div> reverberating through time in a dance, a weaving if you will. Only humans try to contain it with beginnings and ends. </div> <div> To put boundaries on everything simply because our own lives are bounded by birth and death. </div> <div> And thus we seek to lessen the power of that which is immortal. True tales have a power of their own though.</div> <div> --from The Rain Queen</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><IMG SRC="5a82ff40.jpg" border=0 width="303" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT>   <A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards.php?suit=0&card=21" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards."><U>art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <U>Creatures</U></div> <bR> <div> One woman told me last Christmas that she did not believe in Hell or ghosts. </div> <div> Hell was an invention got up by the priests to keep people good; and ghosts would </div> <div> not be permitted to go 'trapsin' about the earth' at their own free will; 'but there are fairies </div> <div> and little leprechauns, and water-horses, and fallen angels.' No matter what one doubts, one never doubts the fairies....</div> <div> -- William Butler Yeats</div> <bR> <bR> <div> -----------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="53b5e130.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="275" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="CAC Futura Casual" ><B><U>Green Glass Beads</U></B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Nymph, nymph, what are your beads?</B></div> <div> <B>Green glass, goblin.  Why do you stare at them?</B></div> <div> <B>Give them me.</B></div> <div> <B>No.</B></div> <div> <B>Give them me. Give them me.</B></div> <div> <B>No.</B></div> <div> <B>Then I will howl all night in the reeds,</B></div> <div> <B>Lie in the mud and howl for them.</B></div> <div> <B>Goblin, why do you love them so?</B></div> <div> <B>They are better than the stars on water,</B></div> <div> <B>Better than voices of wind that sing,</B></div> <div> <B>Better than any man's fair daugher,</B></div> <div> <B>Your green glass beads on a silver ring.</B></div> <div> <B>Hush, I stole them out of the moon</B><B>.</B></div> <div> <B>Give them me, I wants them.</B></div> <div> <B>No.</B></div> <div> <B>I will howl in a deep lagoon</B></div> <div> <B>For your green glass beads, I love them so.</B></div> <div> <B>Give then me. Give them me.</B></div> <div> <B>No! </B></div> <div>                                                      <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >  </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >   Author unknown</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="54486c80.jpg" border=0 width="134" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#EEEEEE" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><IMG SRC="54486c80.jpg" border=0 width="134" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="54486c80.jpg" border=0 width="134" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT></div> <bR> <div> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7e4ca2a0.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="298" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> “What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth:</div> <bR> <div>  life always spills over the rim of every cup.” - Boris Pasternak </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> -----------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> "...The fox leapt off the bed in a blur of motion. She whipped her tail around, and between one blink of the eye and the next, it was no longer a russet fox that crouched on </div> <div> the floor, but a woman-goddess fierce to gaze upon. She stood slowly, gracefully. Now, the Emperor had seen carvings and paintings of Liri, as I am sure you have. Sometimes </div> <div> she is depicted as an innocuous little fox. At other times she is a warrior of fiery hair and will. And then there is her third form - Liri of the Wood. In this form she is all that </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >is wild.  She is hidden desire whether it be passion for love or passion to kill. She is a Trickster, a Scholar, a Musician, and a Lover...." </FONT><A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/image.php?lineid=21&bid=20" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/image.php?li"><U>by Thomas Moudry and Stacy Higgs</U></A> </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards.php?suit=0&card=21" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards."><U><IMG SRC="648c26d0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="621" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> I am fog and fickle mist</div> <div> I am all that can't be tamed</div> <div> I am born of devil's kiss</div> <div> Sear potential unrestrained</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >                                                        </FONT>       <A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards.php?suit=0&card=21" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards."><U>art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> --------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Dreams are the hopes and wishes spun by the mind.</div> <bR> <div> Whether awake or fast asleep, our souls ambitions can be created, come to life, and grow wings to fly.</div> <bR> <div> We create our tomorrow's by what we dream today.    </div> <bR> <div>                                                                                                                            author  Jodi Henry<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT>  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC6600" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.beadworx.com/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.beadworx.com/index.html"><U>http://www.beadworx.com/index.html</U></A> </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="57a97d60.jpg" border=0 width="407" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div> <bR> <div> Had I the heaven's embroidered cloths,</div> <div> Enwrought with golden and silver light,</div> <div> The blue and the dim and the dark cloths</div> <div> Of night and light and the half-light,</div> <bR> <div> I would spread the cloths under your feet:</div> <div> But I, being poor, have only my dreams;</div> <div> I have spread my dreams under your feet;</div> <div> Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.</div> <bR> <div> William Butler Yeats</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="71850f40.jpg" border=0 width="336" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">art by John William Waterhouse</div> <bR> <div> Dryads, allow your spindly arms</div> <div> to embrace crystal pearls</div> <div> A lovely, flighted maiden rests -</div> <div> guard her with twisted curls.</div> <div> Soothing mists with rising crests</div> <div> recall lost fleet of spawn;</div> <div> the winged race, reptillian pests</div> <div> sing, lullabye the dawn.</div> <div> Time soon forgets, the hour swirls</div> <div> upon a shim'ring lawn</div> <div> Freckled by mushrooms hiding</div> <div> till all mortal faces gone.</div> <div> And true, time sleeps but biding</div> <div> while fate's shining knight comes riding</div> <div> As the vestel stays, sweet chiding</div> <div> fairied frogs who speak light charms.</div> <div> --Earth's Song by Emily Wunder</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#EEEEEE" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><IMG SRC="53d70aa0.jpg" border=0 width="112" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  </FONT>        Alot of men have holes in their souls in the shape of their father.</div> <div> Chris Gardner</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5cb64580.jpg" border=0 width="356" height="600" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC9900" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#AAAAAA" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.shadowscapes.com/image.php?lineid=4&bid=197" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.shadowscapes.com/image.php?li"><U>art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> There is a native american legend in which an Elder had a vision. He was instructed by Iktomi, the great trickster and teacher of wisdom, who is in the form of a spider, of the cycles of life. As Ikotomi spoke, he spun a web across the Elder's willow hoops, and from this created a dreamcatcher web. The elder passed on his vision to his people.</div> <div> Dreamcatchers are hung above one's bed or in the home to sift dreams and visions. The good of dreams are captured in the web of life and carried with you .... but any bad dreams escape through the center hole.</div> <bR> <div> --------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5d9339b0.jpg" border=0 width="307" height="411" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >'Not  what  you  were  but  what  you  are'    American Southwestern Spanish proverb </FONT></div> <bR> <div> ---------------------------</div> <bR> <div> Find art and Jewley by  Stephanie Pui-Mun Law  at  <A HREF="http://www.etsy.com/shop/shadowscapes" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.etsy.com/shop/shadowscapes"><U>Etsy</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="5acc0c00.gif" border=0 width="192" height="192" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Know the rules well so you can break them effectively." - HRH the Dalai Lama</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>---------------------------------</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#EEEEEE" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B><IMG SRC="57f90170.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="279" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B>Ring the bells that still can ring </div> <div>     Forget your perfect offering </div> <div>     There's a crack in everything </div> <div>     That's how the light gets in.</div> <bR> <div> -- Leonard Cohen</div> <bR> <bR> <div> ------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> "The wisdom of the universe is stored in bones and stones."  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="593f44d0.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="333" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Naturalist John Muir Said….</div> <div> When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. .</div> <bR> <div> ..................................................................</div> <bR> <bR> <div> "  And if I laugh at any mortal thing, ‘Tis that I may not weep..." ~Lord Byron</div> <bR> <div> <B>-----------------------</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>BUT</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"The dog is the god of frolic "</B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="CAC Camelot" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Boulder" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC3300" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>- Henry Ward Beecher </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7715ebf0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="447" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>JESSIE DOG</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>------------------</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <a href="http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/counter/"><img src="http://count.digitalpoint.com/?a=1000&c=FFBB00&t=ivy" alt="Website Counter" style="border:0px;width:88px;height:19px;"></a>  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shibuichi"><U><B>s</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>....................</B></div> <bR> <div> "Truth never is undone, its shafts remain. "</div> <div> - Theodore Roethke </div> <bR> <div> ...................................</div> <bR> <div> "There are years that ask questions and years that answer. "</div> <div> - Zora Neal Hurston 1891- 1960 </div> <bR> <div> ---------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>“Hope...which is whispered from Pandora's box only after all the other plagues and sorrows had escaped,</B></div> <div> <B> is the best and last of all things. "</B></div> <div> <B>------------------------</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Now, let  us  tuck the  sun  in, you  and  I,</div> <div> And  kiss  the forehead  of  this  day goodnight,</div> <div> Together, we  will sing  a  lullaby</div> <div> To  our  unselfish  selves, and  douse  the  lights</div> <div> of  all our duties. </div> <bR> <div> Then, we'll  softly  slip Away--the  you  and  I of youth, </div> <div> the  you  And   I  who  understand  the  rivers  deep</div> <div> Within  each  other's  souls--</div> <div> away  into   The  hungry  and  forbidden  reaches  of</div> <div> Our  hearts.  </div> <bR> <div> Oh, how  I  long  to  drink  of  your</div> <div> Insistent, trembling   waters  there,  my love,</div> <div> And  offer you  my own. </div> <div> Too  slowly, pour Yourself  into  me. </div> <div>  Let  us  not deny Our thirsty  throats  each  other,</div> <div>  you and  I.</div> <bR> <div>                          The Kiss - Francesco Hayez</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>