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I hope everyone isn't tired of my sun worship images!! This is a sunset in Carlsbad. Love the flock of pelicans and how the lady is throwing up her arm in 'worship' to the sun. We talked with her a bit later and discovered she was quite inebriated. At least she was a happy drunk!!
I know I've been a terrible contact this past week. I'll be in and out all day, getting the house in shipshape order. I pick up my friend from the airport at 1:00 AM *yikes -- those red-eye flights* and then starting tomorrow we will be rockin' @ Lollapalooza!! I'll be catching up with all today ... in between mopping, sweeping & vacuuming!!!
Happy Thursday Everyone!! It is almost Friday!!
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"Be present. Make love. Make tea. Avoid small talk. Embrace conversation. Buy a plant, water it. Make your bed. Make someone else’s bed. Have a smart mouth, and quick wit. Run. Make art. Create. Swim in the ocean. Swim in the rain. Take chances. Ask questions. Make mistakes. Learn. Know your worth. Love fiercely. Forgive quickly. Let go of what doesn’t make you happy. Grow."
— Paulo Coelho
♫ The ocean breathes salty ... won't you carry it ... in your head, in your mouth, in your soul ♫
I spent a wonderful day with Connie {surfma} in Half Moon Day. She plotted out a course that started at sunrise on the harbor in Half Moon Bay (as you can imagine, she had me at sunrise) and ended well after sunset.
We shot the crab pots & fishing boats, then moved on the surfers ... spent a considerable amount of time shooting sunbeams filtering down through the trees at Moss Beach; then had a most excellent breakfast brunch at the 3-Zero Cafe (I highly recommend the Crab Cakes Benedict).
Our next destination took us to the Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve where we spent a few hours shooting this lovely stream meandering beneath the redwoods. At this point, Connie suggested we go to the City for sunset. I was already waiting in the car!
We arrived at Rodeo Beach {where this shot was taken} at the perfect time. After shooting up a storm, we hit a few spots along Conzelman Road, capturing the Golden Gate Bridge at night (a first for me); then headed to our final destination: the Bay Bridge. Never shot this bridge at night either.
Somewhere in there, we also shot light trails on Lombard Street (the Crookedest Street in the World). She shared shooting tips from a Night Shooting Workshop she had taken and I am so grateful for that as I've done hardly any night shooting myself.
We finally arrived home at 10:30 PM ... propping up our feet with pita chips, hummus dip and a glass of beer!! At one point, I curled up in front of the fire with her amiable pooch, Kirra ... then finally wandered to my room (fabulously decorated in true surfer-boy style)!! Whew! What a day, huh?
I dedicate this image to Connie & her husband Tom; for putting me up for a couple of days in their 5-Star accommodations; but most of all, I thank Connie for her energy, her smile, her A-1 tour guide services, and for sharing tidbits of photographic knowledge!! I don't think she realizes that she has a new family member!! :-)
I know this shot is cliché (mine doesn't look so different from all the others I found here on Flickr) ... but this one is special because it is 'my shot!'
Happy Cliché Saturday!!
September is perfect for new beginnings. Typically January is the beginning of the year, but for me September always feels like New Year.
☾ “I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives.
Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives. They speak subjectively, they argue less, there are longer pauses.
To sit alone without any electric light is curiously creative. I have my best ideas at dawn or at nightfall, but not if I switch on the lights – then I start thinking about projects, deadlines, demands, and the shadows and shapes of the house become objects, not suggestions, things that need to done, not a background to thought.”
— Why I Adore the Night ☾ (Jeanette Winterson)
Recently, I met up in Encinitas with one of my dear Flickr friends, Bobbi, and her daughter. I introduced her to Sammy and much fun was had at the park.
On our way home, Sam and I stopped by another park in Del Mar to watch the sunset. We enjoyed the green grass, the gorgeous view ... and the whimsical array of spectators lining the bluff! I'm not sure if my favorite is the lady with the hat, or the perfectly coiffed poodle! Which one is your favorite?
Happy Monday Folks!!
I recall this morning vividly. How breathtakingly beautiful the sky was, all lit up with the morning sun coming up behind me. When I opened up the images at home ... I was a bit underwhelmed to say the least. See the SOOC in comments.
Instead of tossing the images, I pulled out my digital paint palette and set to work painting a dream ... painting what I 'thought' I saw!!
Happy Sliders Sunday Everyone!!
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P.S. Going offline in 5 minutes! Doing a big move today! Will catch up tonight at the new place!
A FULL FRAME FISH in HK
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Something to remember HK by....I have been here so many times but never tried shooting the place...I mean really shoot it the way I wanted. Borrowing my partner's terminology for a full frame camera with a 15mm fisheye (thanks to Raymond Cruz for the lens), I tried to bend matter and light.
The distortion is to taste and i love it.
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Thursday • April 22, 2010
In honor of Earth Day 2010: "Think globally, act locally!" I spent 3 1/2 hours in my spice garden yesterday to do my part in reducing CO2! And getting back out there today to start planting my tomatoes! :D
"Earth Day is Every Day!"
"Autumn arrives, array'd in splendid mein;
Vines, cluster'd full, add to the beauteous scene,
And fruit-trees cloth'd profusely laden, nod,
Complaint bowing to the fertile sod."
― Farmer's Almanac, 1818
Another glorious sunrise over Padre Island. Press "L" and let the light shine down on you!!
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Happy Sunrise Wednesday!
ETA: Two of my very sweet Flickr friends need some light from heaven above so this is dedicated to the both of them. ♥
This is our sweet Shani. She doesn't have the best relationship with the camera for some reason. She scoots away or turns quickly when she sees anything pointed at her. I got lucky on this day.
...is actually a repeated pattern as it takes place much more often than just this lovely season.
Living with white requires some attention - not having pets and children at the moment helps - and of course frequent cleaning procedures.
The covers of these fairly old Ikea sofas have survived a few dosins of washes, as they are being washed almost every second month!
Here, as being put on fresh, no previous ironing required ( chosing the "light ironing" programm in the washing mashine helps a bit though)
Picture taken late inthe afternoon...
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time." —John Lubbock, The Use Of Life
Another storm cloud image. Used an infrared preset and boosted the red, orange, yellow, and green colors. Removed the pole that the hummingbird is on and used the marquee tool to make the overlays.
I'm really missing Rachel today. On our last evening together, we went to the park.
To talk.
To swing.
To watch the sunset.
I miss you already... I miss you always
I miss you already... I miss you all day
This is how I feel...
“In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad gita, since whose composition years of the gods have elapsed, and in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial; and I doubt if that philosophy is not to be referred to a previous state of existence, so remote is its sublimity from our conceptions.
I lay down the book and go to my well for water, and lo! there I meet the servant of the Bramin, priest of Brahma and Vishnu and Indra, who still sits in his temple on the Ganges reading the Vedas, or dwells at the root of a tree with his crust and water jug. I meet his servant come to draw water for his master, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well. The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
It has been a year of many changes. I'm not sure what the future holds, but I am very much looking forward to 2013.
Thanks to everyone for your support and friendship, and for sticking around with me. I appreciate it very, very much.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. I wish all of you the best for 2013!