We don’t know where or how our story will end,
But sometimes it’s good just to let ourselves take wing
And soar.
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
— Joseph Campbell
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Lady Fi 
I so agree! It is the ‘journey’ we take on, not necessarily the ‘destination’, that gives us life.
Happy New Year to you and yours!!!
Jim
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Well, this quote couldn’t be more perfect for me!!! And what a wonderful photo!!
I wish you and your family, a year full of God’s blessings, happiness, love and fantastic photography!!
Lots of love and hugs and besitos going your way
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012, FI!!!!!
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B E A U T I F U L.
I Let Go…
Xxx
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scary but true, too. happy new year to you, lady fi!
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Happy New Year! What a gorgeous photo!!
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From one hot air balloon to another, Hello, and a happy new Year ! We had some hot air balloons visiting our campus in Mumbai, and got clicked by the daughter. Do check out my daughter’s photoblog post
http://photokadha.blogspot.com/2011/12/red-hot-and-flying.html
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Ah, beautiful!
Love this one!
Happy New Year and thanks for all the beauty you shared this year!
Made my days more special! 🙂
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trekking your lovely blog!!! thanks for sharing and keep posting! Happy New Year!
cheers!
..TREK..
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Ah, Joseph Campbell! Truer words. Love the balloon!
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I wonder if the birds ever get used to the balloons.
Beautiful photo, Fi.
Wishing you and yours the very best for 2012.
K
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Lovely photo and wonderful quote for the new year!
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Some people love it, others don’t want it. I am one the latter part. Have a grand 2012.
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Soar high in 2012! Great photo and Happy New Year!
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I do love the quote! Wishing you and your lovely family a most wonderful and very Happy New Year!
Sylvia
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I get a lot of inspiration from Joseph Cambell’s books. This quote is perfect for a new year.
I wonder what the folks in the baloon thought of the fly-by?
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Soaring aspirations ! Happy 2012
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Goodness! That is a serious basketful of people under that balloon!
Hope you have an uplifting year.
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i figure the end will get here when it wants…until then i will def soar…smiles….happy new year!
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It is the New Year there now! Happy New Year to everyone! Oscar too! May your 2012 be full of sunshine and laughter! 🙂
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Wonderful image and thoughts. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hot balloon gondola shaped like that. Interesting.
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Beautiful as always. Thank you so much – and a Happy New Year to you and all those you hold dear.
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It’s true. I don’t know the thing that will happen today. Happy new year.
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I love that you got the bird in there too!
Wishing you a wonderful 2012 filled with 5 star reads!
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Great shot!
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I haven’t been reading blogs for a few days, so coming on to yours today Fi I enjoyed the photos on your latest few blogs – the roses white and pink,the flamingo, the tree in the water – all of them – Dave
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Fantastic capture!
Happy New Year to you and yours!
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Happy New Year!
May 2012 be another wonderful year for you and your family!
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Happy new days.
Happy new dreams.
Happy New Year 2012 :))
Myriam
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great shot
happy new year
Where my cat?
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Great photo and GREAT quote!!! Happy New Year Fi!!! 🙂
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Oh yes we do! Nice capture.
Wishing you all the best in the new year.
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Lady Fi, though you were not Victorious in Dark Globe Outstanding Artist Award’s this year, we are not leaving you Empty Handed http://thedarkglobe.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/thank-you-finalists-you-should-be-proud/
Gratz on Making it to a Finalist, and Have a Happy New Year
DarkJade-
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Very well said, Lady Fi. Wishing you a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
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A beautiful quote to go with a wonderful photo. Happy New Year!
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Looking forward to another year of seeing the world through your lens! Happy New Year and best wishes to you in the coming days!
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Delightfully wonderful. I hope you’ve had a great time for the holidays, I wish you a happy and prosperous new year 2012.
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A lovely shot, full of space and air!
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Yes, it’s so nice to just go with the flow now and then! Happy New Year!!
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A very apt quote to begin the new year and an “uplifting” image Fi. Hoping 2012 is an enriched, exciting and healthy year for you.
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Let it go and cherish the spontaneity in life:)
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Fantastic capture and beautiful color! Happy New Year!
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A perfect photo-metaphor for the New Year! I’ve missed your photos on my little blog break – and of course your words, too, Fi. I wish you and your Family many good things in 2012.
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What excellent advice, to just let go and fly free into the New Year. Wishing you all the best for 2012, with many happy adventures, new discoveries, and quiet inspiration.
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What a beautiful picture, and once again, I love your message: just let yourself soar. Happy New Year!
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what a brilliant shot!
may your new year be filled with an abundance of joy, laughter, and good fortune.
happy 2012!!
xx
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That quote is so true, but so hard for control freaks like me!
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This is one of my favourite quotes. And one of my dreams is to fly in a hot air balloon! Perhaps this is a sign for 2012 😉
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So true! One of my favorite quotes. And how fun it would be to be flying in that balloon!
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Beautiful capture! May 2012 be a year full of health and happiness.
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Dead on! Beautiful.
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Love your quote and pic!!!
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That reminds me, when is grouse season again?
~The Dippylomat esq
Ps Happy New Year to you, my dearest Lady Fi.
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Hi there – the bird and the balloon are a great mix – I also like the detail in the sky.
Thankfully is almost 20 degrees cooler here today than when it was ‘hot’ – you can almost hear the collective sigh of relief!
Cheers – SM
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Beautiful balloon! Looks like they’ve got quite the crowd on board
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I agree… sometimes the best results come from the plans we did not make….although that is SO hard for me to deal with. 🙂 But I am trying!!
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Beautiful shot and an amazing quote. Will keep it handy:)
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This is excellent! I absolutely love love love this post. The image, the quote, so wonderfully perfect, and they really go so well together! I really love the quote!
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