Mount Arayat: Breaking dawn/SWF

A drive-by shot of Mount Arayat from NLEx while dawn was breaking at the horizon, lavender and faintly gold.

Mount Arayat is an extinct stratovolcano located in a flat agricultural region of Pampanga, rising to a height of 1,026 meters.   Ten miles to the west is Angeles City and the former Clark Air Base.  Mount Pinatubo is located 10 miles further west.  Locals consider Mount Arayat as a mystical mountain, and said to be the home of the god/sorcerer "Sinukuan" or a fairy (diwata) known as "Mariang Sinukuan".  Sinukuan is said to live at the White Rock, a lava dome possibly formed by the last eruption, where its glimmering properties were most likely to have inspired the legend.

A silhouette of Mount Arayat from Clark Field around 7 a.m.

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Dreams/SWF

The fresh, tangy scent of the sea gently lures you to this spot---the peace and solitude takes your breath away.

Photo taken in Cauayan, Negros Occidental

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.  I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. ~ Louisa May Alcott

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Sunrise, Sunrise [SWF]

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Men toil by day and love by night,

but only dreamers cherish the light

of sunrise.

So open your eyes to imaginings,

for nothing's ever as it seems

at sunrise.

~ JVD

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 Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Waiting for sunrise at my roof-deck.
July 20, 2011

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Dawn [SWF]

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Dawn from my bedroom window as the sun gently tiptoes over the horizon.

Wishing you and yours a warm and wondrous Christmas!

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Dawn:  When men [or women] of reason go to bed.  ~Ambrose Bierce

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Good Morning, sunrise! [SWF]

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I couldn't remember why I woke up early on this particular morning.  But I remember my anticipation to take Fritz on his morning walk.  We weathered a couple of storms these past few weeks and the drab, cheerless rainy mornings start to wear me down.  When I took a peek from behind the curtain, dark clouds concealed the sunrise and I almost went back to sleep.

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A few seconds later, the sun broke out from the gloomy clouds and burst into view.  This is the sunrise from my bedroom window as it radiates happiness.

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Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. 

-- Groucho Marx

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Orange [Photo Hunt]

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An orange-colored flower called "Cosmos" and a blazing orange sky from my window at sunrise.

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Sunday sunrise [SWF]

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Sunrise on October 10th, Sunday.  Taken from the roof-top of my apartment, this is looking towards the east---to Antipolo.  I enjoyed the orange haze at the horizon as I exhaled a yawn and was ready to hit the sack.  It was a long night!

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I have a "carpe diem" mug and, truthfully, at six in the morning the words do not make me want to seize the day.  They make me want to slap a dead poet.  ~Joanne Sherman

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Morning sky [SWF]

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Early morning sky along the Manila North Road as we were cruising La Union.

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La Union sunrise [SWF]

...and I thought

how the sun

blazes

for everyone just

so joyfully

as it rises

under the lashes

of my own eyes, and I thought,

I am so many!

What is my name?

What is the name?

of the deep breath I would take

over and over

for all of us?  

Call it

whatever you want, it is

happiness, it is another one

of the ways to enter

fire.

Drive-by photos as the sun rises behind the hills in La Union

28 August 2010

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Bauang sunrise [SWF]

Captured this sunrise while crossing Bauang bridge (also known as Baung bridge) in La Union on Saturday.  Viewed from the bridge are concrete bridge supports of an old PNR railroad bridge over Bauang River.  Bauang town is 259 kilometers north of Manila.

The blush of dawn may yet restore

Our light and hope and joy once more.

Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget

That sunrise never failed us yet.

~ Celia Thaxter

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LP: Tawid [to cross]

Walang kabuluhan ang paglalayag mo  sa dagat, sa araw o sa buwan kung hindi ka makatawid sa bangin na naghihiwalay sa 'yo sa iyong sarili.   Ang pagtutuklas sa sarili ang pinaka-importanteng paglalakbay...kung wala ito, masasayang lang ang buhay.

You will gain nothing by sailing the ocean, the sun or the moon if you cannot cross the abyss that separates you from youself.  It is the most important of all voyages of discovery...and without it, all the rest will be useless.

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Dawn [My World-Tuesday]

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One of the rare occasions when I watch the dawn break and enjoy the stillness of an early morning scene. This was taken from the deck of our cottage in Tabgon, overlooking Paniman Bay at the Caramoan Peninsula.

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A new day [SWF]

sunrise at Tabgon, Caramoan

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. ~Anne Lamott

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Daybreak at Caramoan [SWF]

Hey, but it's daybreak If you wanna believe, it can be daybreak Ain't no time to grieve Said it's daybreak, if you'll only believe And let it shine, shine, shine All around the world...            
- Daybreak, by Barry Manilow


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Caramoan sunrise [Sky-watch Friday]

My first sunrise in Tabgon, Caramoan, on Good Friday with the breathtaking view of some of the islets around the peninsula.

May I not miss beauty May I not miss joy May I not miss wonder. Keep me awake and aware of the world. It is my privilege to perform my morning prayers. It is my honor to do what should be done. As I rise with the morning, fog lifting slowly from my mind, I pray not to forget these truths.

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Sky-Watch, Friday: sunrise in Mauban

Sunrise in Mauban on Maundy Thursday. Heavy clouds loomed at the horizon. I prayed for clear skies to grace our one hour boat ride to Cagbalete Island, and voila!

here it is...

"They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea."
~ Horace

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