Jellies are one of the most fascinating animals and a popular attraction at Monterey Bay Aquarium. People seem to get lost staring at them drifting about.

He must be contemplating the big day tomorrow. Maybe there will be some generous tippers in the holiday spirit?

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Contemplating

Pateira de Fermentelos, Portugal

Etta at Lawson Dog Park

Three Ducks contemplating at Birdham Marina on the canal.

Essaouira (Morocco)

No editing done, Mamiya RZ67, Kodak Portra 160, 6x4.5 back

Just enjoying the moment before hitting city centre. Stayed in an amazing apartment an was almost reluctant to leave.

Courchevel Ski Resort, Three Valleys, Rhône-Alpes, France.

Sony A7 | Jupiter 8 2/50

Perhaps a previous wedding from years gone by.

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I thought this characterizes Will quite well, and it was easy to take since he sat like this for about 10 minutes

Contemplating

Stella trying to decide what to knock off the bathroom window sill first.

April 26, 2014 at Zoo Atlanta

Fujifilm X-Pro1 & Fujinon XF 35mm/F1.4

Hot Legs is a classic grade 17 route at a crag above Chch called the Tors. The hard bit is getting through an initial roof, which is just out of sight above my head.

Edmonton Fringe Festival 2017

So we are on our easter leave...study leave...project break and this is my flatmate Lewis who has been studying diligently...while I ahve been messing around and taking photos instead of studiously completing my coursework.

Oops!

Self Portrait.

not the image I had envisioned originally, but it isn't too bad even if I do look like a young Walter White. haha

Went on a spontaneous mini-trip with my girlfriend and my friend Jeff. I wanted to really try out my new 1.8 Lens and I'm absolutely loving it. It's a bit harder to focus in my opinion but when you do you get absolutely gorgeous shots. I hope you like the shots!

In the Swiss Alps near the Italian border is a small valley town called Lostallo. For the 5th summer in a row Shankra festival made this place its home for a goa-psytrance festival.

Video from 2017 youtu.be/sGJAhJp605k

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Day 262 of 365: a year in songs and photos

#18 in the Queens of the Stone Age Discography Thing

Song: QOTSA, Song For The Deaf

Subtitled: tuesday morning, contemplating

When I take these morning photos, I'm usually doing my own version of meditating. I relax, breathe, focus on the photo and rid my mind of everything else. I clear my head so I can better face the day.

I got lost in train of thought while I sat there in the wet grass at 5:30 am, staring at some weeds lined up against the back wall of the house.

I spend a lot of time telling myself to let things go, to be the better person and not make confrontations when those confrontations will only lead to more. I've always been known as the peacemaker, the one who will put aside her own feelings and needs if it just means making everyone happy and avoiding a battle. That's not always a good thing. Sometimes one needs to speak up instead of bowing down.

I have also spent a good deal of my thinking time the past two years or so telling myself that I would not let anyone treat me or speak to me in a manner that I do not deserve. One of my mantras of those years has been "you get what you tolerate," and I decided at some point to no longer tolerate being spoken to or treated in a way that is demeaning, demoralizing or condescending.

This morning I had to try to reconcile those two thoughts. I feel the need for confrontation. I have allowed myself to tolerate these behaviors for a few months now in order to be the better person and not make waves where too many waves already exist. So what do I do? Do I confront or do I sit back and hope that this change taking place today will alleviate some of the problem?

I actually struggled with this all night. I composed in my head what I would say to her; I was careful to speak from the "I" and to not sound mean or accusatory. I worded it in such a way that I wasn't being harsh about it, I was merely explaining why I have been harboring animosity and how the simple act yesterday of slapping me down when it was completely unecessary and, in fact, the opposite was called for, made me sad instead of the usual anger this person's antics make me feel.

So I'm sitting there this morning and 5:30 turns to almost six and I'm still staring at these weeds wondering how to frame them and it dawns on me.

A song for the deaf.

Even if I did confront, what would be the use of explaining my feelings and emotions to a person who would not even hear it? A person who has never heard a word I said and instead talks over me, and everyone else? What's the point?

Well, the point is, I said I wouldn't tolerate it anymore. So do I confront just for me, just to get it out of my system, knowing it's going to fall on deaf ears, or do I just go about my day and my life, and hope that the change in environment today will help dissipate my lingering bad feelings?

Song for the Deaf: youtube.com/watch?v=Ipe-PH6CBa0

I just realized I used this song in the QOTSA series already. Oh well, there are probably a few songs I'll do more than once. That's what's nice about having a project that is all your own. You make the rules.

And I can just say what I said about it before:

This song is brutal both lyrically and musically and I use that word in the best way possible. The vocals are done by both Mark Lanegan and Josh Homme, and at some point Nick Oliveri is in there, too.

Nobody's coming down the hall

Nobody echoes in my head

Broken reflection outta luck

Nobody ever needed it

For the deaf

The Redwoods at Muir Woods.

A cold stormy day on Whistler Peak (2182 m, 7160 ft) as young snowboarders contemplate their descent into the abyss. A frozen glacier-fed Alta Lake lies on the valley floor below in the coastal mountains of British Columbia, Canada.