the ice blues of a march sky

"It was one of those March days 

when the sun shines hot 

and the wind blows cold:  when it is summer in the light, 

and winter in the shade."

~ Charles Dickens

"Perhaps you ache for freedom,

For the blue that's in your eye,

 Was given as a present

From the fabric of the sky,

And when you're gazing skywards, 

It's no wonder that you yearn, 

When part of what you're made of,

Always wishes to return."

~ Erin Hanson

"My soul is in the sky."

~ William Shakespeare

"I never get tired of a blue sky."
~ Vincent van Gogh

pretty in pink

"A profusion of pink roses bending 

in the ragged rain 

speaks to me of all 

gentleness and its enduring." 

~ William Carlos Williams ~

"Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose

From out night's gray and cloudy sheath;

Softly and still it grows and grows,

Petal by petal, leaf by leaf."

~ Jerry Smith ~

"I swear to you, 

there are divine things 

more beautiful than words

can tell."

~ Walt Whitman ~

photos thanks to beautiful serendipity, pinterest, rachell,  samuelle couture,

denise jackson, dust jacket attic, zsa zsa bellagio, everything fab,

rose, louise bourgeois, castles crowns and cottages

Let your light shine

ooh la la! le tour de france!

                           

"there will be a lot of complaining that today was too hard, but the winners never complain."

phil liggett

tour de france commentator

"it was eleven more than necessary."

jacques anquetil

after winning a race by twelve seconds

 "the bicycle riders drank much wine, and were burned and browned by the sun.  they did not take the race seriously except among themselves."

ernest hemingway

 the sun also rises

"i thought of that while riding my bike."

albert einstein

on the theory of relativity

"the tour is simple to understand.  it's the race of the common people.  they can easily grasp the difficulties of the tour.  they can identify with the man in the yellow jersey and the man who drops out in tears."  

        bob roll            

 tour de france commentator

"it never gets easier, you just go faster."

greg lemond

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