THIS AM

This Am I arise feeling lightly hopeful for magic
Afterburner reached for the stars last night
Laughter made me feel at home
The moons ring lit the crown
Sand inspired the root
Friends are family
Love shared
Enjoy the
Now
111

SHOOT FOR THE STARS

DREAMING OF AUSTRALIA

LIGHTS OUT

MPA ACT PASSSED... CELEBRATION TIME

**And with the new year comes a big victory for our inshore seas. With 13% of the worlds land protected and less than .05% of the oceans gaining the same status, the new MPA zones create 36 areas, encompassing about 187 square miles of state waters (~8% of the South Coast), with about 5% designated as fully-protected no-take areas. In short, this is a big victory for our coast lines and allows these areas the ability to flourish with out continued persecution.

Heres a link with basic break down if you want to know more
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/

COME HELL OR HIGHWATER

***My vote for film of the year. Inspiring... Thank you to all whom created.

GALLOP TOWARDS ETERNITY

guardian of the serafin: from supernova cassiopeia of the magellanic cloud galaxy; where they drift by our side always across an endless breathing tide — at 700,000 light years from eternity

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Remember me, still remember me,
if I go far away,
still remember me
If old love gets covered by the mesh of new love,
remember me
still remember me
If I stay close by,
yet you cannot see whether, like a shadow,
I am present or not,
remember me
still remember me
If tears come to your eyelids
If tears come to your eyelids
If play ceases one day, one spring night,
still remember me
If work is stopped one day, one autumn dawn,
remember me
If I come to your mind,
yet heavy tears no longer brim
in the corners of your eyes
still remember me
Remember me, still remember me

GRATITUDE

WAVES, FIRE, GONG, and WATER DRAGONS LEAD THE CHARGE

2012 is the Year of the Dragon on the Chinese zodiac. To be even more specific, each of the five elements, water, earth, fire, metal and wood represent the dragon and they alternate each time the dragon sign occurs. The zodiac signs rotate every 12 years so each dragon element only occurs every 60 years making them very special. This year it is the water dragon. People born in the year of the water dragons are more perceptive and patient than other dragons.

OG

DAY MAKER

GAVIOTA LOVE - HOWIE & 111 COLAB

JOE CURREN

***Couple beautiful salmon perspectives and a colab tote project we created. Good human with great skills. visit www.joecurren.com for more goodness

SECRET HOLIDAY CODE

MIKEY MEETS FAR NORTH BY N.LAVECCHIA

***Up for Surfer mags photo of the year... good luck boys

BLUES, GREYS, ORCAS, FINNS, FAMILY, TUBES, FOOD, LOVE...

LOG JAM

THANKS HOOTCHER

Andy Davis Holiday Animation from Billabong USA on Vimeo.

GUY ON A BUFFALO - #1

***Funny stuff from Mr. Gray's new turkeymelt blog

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE

ENJOY - ALBY FALZON'S - www.dailylama.net

FLY FLY FLY AWAY

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.

ALASKAN WOOD

***What are the chances of flying around the world, boating into a storm in the middle of nowhere and paddling out to find a micro-nesian on an Alaia? Guess stranger things have happened and I'm sure happy they do. Here's a moment of time in amidst the beauty of the Northland.

WELL SPOKEN

"However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day. I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence. The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: We are all in the same boat."

Jacgues Cousteau - National Geographic