Cat with 2? Lives.

Yea, so.. another year has passed.. but what's special about this time of year, is that I was reborn.  Kicked the bucket, dumped the pail, made a sand castle out of it. Yep!  You folks all get to endure my hippie-peace flags waving & beach pics & fruitcake-jumping-for-life pics because why?  I was reborn 21 years ago about this time.  I'm officially legal all over again!  Prost!  I think that's cause for a celebration, don't you?  =)  Happy 21st Birthday to ME! Yes, I feel young, happy, blessed & grateful for everything.  Amazing that one small incident can alter a state of being in a second.....& another can make it OK...or take it away.. I was lucky.  So tell the people you care about how much you do, & love them with all your heart.  Because maybe someone loved me, & wouldn't have been able to tell me; like my Kids who came some years later. =)  Life is so short, respect it. Respect people.  Put differences aside. Forget the stupid stuff.  Nothing is more important than your loved ones.  Time is short & time is all we have. Always leave on a good note.  You never know which day your last words will be said.  

Make a statement!  Make it love.

Peace. ~hYdE 

RE: January 1992
[art by ____?  but thanks.]

There is a beginning & an end to everything......
It's simply a personal choice to take & make the best of both.

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Precious are these times, to appreciate the small things in Life 

& the big people in our Lives... our Children. ~ Hyde Rock. 

[Nov 11, 2012 - Smith Point Beach, Post Hurricane Sandy]
Photo by hYdE rOcK ©
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Go Bigger

Perhaps many people are afraid of getting what they truly want, 

taking the dive into something bigger, something better... 

challenging themselves; because there's much more to lose if they did. 

But the secret is: If you haven't tried, you've already lost a lot.

Dad

Growin' up we didn't have a lot of money, my dad took us on a lot of explorations around Long Island (& of course off as well), we camped on LI (which felt like we were off it), & dad showed me all the secret spots he found through his travels - when I was a child/teen. His lessons & explorations taught me to appreciate the beauties of the places in which we live &/or surround us, & inspired me to do the same with my own children, & showed me what it really means to be rich. I love you dad, with all my Heart. There is no better gentleman, no better guy than you on this entire Earth. Thank you for showing me the way, so I can carry this torch for the role I now must portray. Happy Father's Day. ♥ And Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there who inspire, love, teach, respect, protect; who set a great example & set high standards with the huge responsibility of being a great parent~!!

Wishing you all things Beautiful; Warm, Happy, Pleasant Days, & lots of Sun & Sand at the Beach. ♥

Happiness

Some pursue happiness. Others create it.

I Am

I am stronger.  

I am wiser.    

I am happier.  

I am beautiful. 

I am free.  

I am better.  

I am.

`hYdE

HR Photography

> LIBR <

Many Stars Apart ~ [The Mermaid Song]

Many Stars Apart  <------------- Video (Please Click to Listen to Song)

Original song by Hyde Rock ©2005-6
Words & Music by Hyde Rock
Music & Arrangements by Seven Thousand Miles




Many Stars Apart
I woke up this morning feeling I had nothing to lose. Sometimes life can awaken you based on the paths we choose. The one came into my life so quickly he set me free. A piece of my soul that never before now escapes me.
Like a mermaid to your oceans I swim forevermore; I cannot grace the sands where the ocean meets the shore.Beneath the moon's glow I wonder and believe in you with all my heart; Among the many stars that keep us apart.
There's fire in your eyes it transcends through me. Like the flight of a thousand doves finding peace and tranquility.The one came into my life so quickly he set me free. A piece of my soul that never before now escapes me.
Like a mermaid to your oceans I swim forevermore; I cannot grace the sands where the ocean meets the shore.Beneath the stars I wonder and believe in you with all my heart. Among the many suns that keep us apart. 
©Hyde Rock

Silhouette

...And the Gull extended its Wings

Acclimate for Flight

Effortless as the Air one breathes

The Wind swept beneath her Feathers

Raising her up, weightless

Cast against the Sun in Silhouette

A Shadow of Elegance

Amen

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BLANKET

As the Bay merges with the great Sea

My bare toes sink into her Sands

Swept away into the Sunlight

Eyes squinting through weak Sunglasses

The tide threatens to reach my blanket

I freeze as one often does

Hoping she doesn't reach my belongings and I

Nonetheless, the outcome is the same... nervous laughter

With relief I'm spared

Noticing others were not

But it's her warning if I selectly remain

We ante up, she wears a charming poker face

I withdraw only somewhat, allowing myself to tarry near her Shore

Children rolling off the lifeguard's sandhills

Collecting Sand Crabs in their Pails..

Creating a barrier to defer the waters

Deflected I am, by the glorious Sun and happy People

She must've noticed my guard had been lowered

As the Shark stalks his prey

Briskly, she swept across me, and soused my blanket

I fold...

©Hyde Rock

The Snow had fallen so gracefully last Night

Emulating a million Stars in the Sky

In its Silence I hear your Voice

Reminiscent of your Heart

For even this frosty Eve

Cannot restrain the warmth of your Spirit

©Hyde Rock

For an Old Friend.

Emancipation

Salts congruent at Sea

Its rapids flagellate athwart the Figure

Depths of Darkness, Heart Frozen, Eyes Empty;

Rainbows transposed to Rain

Waters successively merge, fused as one

Engulfed, she delivers herself from anguish

Emancipating her spirit forevermore.

"Life is Just a Party"

Words & Music by Jimi Yamagishi
An old collaboration // Jimi & Hyde // The Caliyorka Project // 2005

Time to re-make this one, one day soon...



Lyrics:
http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/256022

Stand Tall. With a Big Cane.

Do not allow adversity to define who you are. 

Make the best of life & what it brings, 

& keep smilin' 'n laughin' with your chin held high.

Life has been quite a journey, an incredibly difficult challenge at times.  

God has given me way too much credit I often thought to myself..... 

That I'm a lot stronger than I appear.  

Well, guess what.  

He's right. 

 I'll never give up.

HYDE ROCK

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Looking Up, Looking Straight

I am thankful for this amazing technology where you can now contact the people that you truly admired, perhaps all your life & were your inspiration growing up. Musicians & Fine Artists I never dreamed 'back in the day' I'd get the chance to meet or even speak with, & here they are; it's truly an honor... Thank you for your inspiration & showing me to keep believing & never give up for that I too, can be great. 

♫ + (3

Music & Love.. it's what makes the world go 'round.

You're the Music in My Soul

Your spirit is like a song to me.

I loved you for the longest time.

You know when you hear a song, you just love it?

There are some songs that bring you fond memories,
remind you of a person, a place.. 

a special time...

And then there's the song that you connect with.

That you just fall in love with.

You don't ever really know why, you just know you love it... and that it's your favorite song in the world.

That's what you are to me. My favorite song.