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Dad, I'm feeling blue today. My life is already half over.
"But Clancy, blue is such a lovely colour."
Everything has to be so jokey with you.
"Look, if it's any consolation, my life expectancy is two-thirds over."
But you'll probably still be around another 30 years while I'll be lucky to last another seven.
"Hey, seven is a lucky number!"
One of these days snap, right on the ankle.
"Okay, I get it. I suggest you try to stop worrying about what you can't change, and concentrate on enjoying the time you have left. It's all there is, and you shouldn't waste it."
I wasn't worried about me, I was worried about you! Who would make you feel like a whole day at work is worth it just to get the greeting I give you when you get home? Who would walk you and wrestle for a ball with you? Who would scare off the coyotes when you use the telescope? Sit beside you when you watch football? Have a bonfire?
But you know, what you said makes sense. I'm going to try and stop worrying so much about you and live the time we have left to the fullest!
Thanks, Dad, I feel better.
"You're welcome. Now move over, I'm suddenly feeling blue myself."
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(This throwback was taken in 2014 when I was almost 2. It's not appropriate for the text, but it's been sitting and begging to get out of Dad's voluminous fave file all this time, and it works well in the visual sense.)
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THROWBACK Clancy: www.flickr.com/photos/130722340@N04/albums/72157655594489275
We visited Myers Beach on the Oregon coast as the sun was going down. There is an arch in one of the huge sea stacks. Even at low tide water still flows through the hole in the rock. This spot is popular for wedding shoots as while we visited, two parties arrived for photographs. This couple and their photographer were trying to figure out how deep they needed to wade into the waves to get the shot they wanted. Knee deep would be best at this stage. The bride was hesitant.
An IR shot of the torii gate that leads to the Buddhist shrine at Avery Island in southern Louisiana.
Have a peaceful start to your week... :)
Dragonfly perhaps contemplating migration or death. A few species winter Colorado as nymphs from summer eggs deposited in ponds and lake shores. Most species migrate to warmer climates.
Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian walkway during heavy rainfall caused by the remnants of hurricane Harvey.
New York City, September 2017
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It's a dream world where a girl can enjoy her spare time reading a book in a beautiful place. She doesn't need a Smartphone!
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Lock down for a street and social documentary photographer in the vulnerable category is tough, I hope that you are enjoying my archive of unpublished shots and differing subjects. Wishing you all the very best weekend that you can in these difficult times. Enjoy!
Grand Canyon, Arizona
A visitor perched on a ledge likely contemplates the sheer vastness of the Grand Canyon. And not once did he reach for his cell phone.
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I spent the morning looking after Roxy and had lunch with Abby and Rachel. I came home earlier than usual to give Roxy's Nana a chance to play with her before Elsie comes out of school. One gran at a time is enough for any baby! I took the opportunity to go to Grovelands. I haven't been for ages. The sun shone weakly, intermittently and I enjoyed walking in the woods particularly.
I watched this man walk towards me, pass me and then took this photo as he walked away. I don't imagine he noticed me.