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SWAN LAKE
The swans of Swan Lake, located in Yellowstone National Park, are one of my favorite creatures to view. The fall always bring great sights as the young practice their life lessons. A beautiful cygnet preens her feathers and warm in the early morning sun. Soon the call of the wild and nature will prompt her to take flight for migration. Each season this same action takes place all over the world. Next spring, Mom and Dad will have a new family to train.
Life is much like a journey, filled with various stages and choices. Sometimes the path is clear and direct, other times it winds and presents uncertainties. Amidst this journey, it's important to appreciate the present moments and take in the beauty around us. Life offers endless possibilities and an unknown future, and it's essential to embrace these opportunities with an open heart.
Moments of pause and reflection allow us to find peace and mindfulness, even in the midst of chaos. Life is a blend of movement and stillness, challenges and tranquility. It's a reminder to cherish the journey, embrace the unknown, and find solace in the moments of quiet reflection.
By recognizing the balance between movement and stillness, we can navigate life's journey with a sense of purpose and appreciation for the experiences that shape us.
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My life have had ups and downs lost loved ones but met the love off my life and made mistakes in the past but learned from it both in rl and sl but after all the struggles the future looks bright i really believe that everything happens for a reason❤️
every line on my face is a place and a memory
the mistakes that I've made... the hard lessons I carry.
Over the weekend I drove out to Fullerton and met with Dr. Frankel. I had just gotten a 0.9 Soft Edge ND Filter from LEE and was geeked to test the waters with it. Overall, I am pretty excited about the results from the mornings shoot, but I almost lost the filter to the lake. Turns out; mounting a filter is important if you want to keep it from crashing on the rocks and almost spilling into the chilly waters of Lake Michigan. Well played life lessons, well played.
There’s something magical about encountering something unfamiliar—a spark of curiosity that draws us in and makes us pause. As children, this kind of wonder is second nature. Every new sight, sound, or discovery feels like an adventure, and we explore without hesitation. But as we grow older, life’s routines often take over, and that spark can dim. We forget to stop, notice, and question.
Reclaiming that curiosity isn’t just about observing the world—it’s about reconnecting with the joy of exploration. It means letting ourselves linger when something catches our attention, allowing time to investigate and be amazed. These moments remind us that life still holds endless possibilities for wonder if we’re willing to slow down and truly look. Curiosity is a gift we never lose—it’s always waiting for us to rediscover it.
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Upside Down
Life comes at us whether we are prepared or not and sometimes teaches us if we take the time to lisson. In this case an Autumn leaf is both the same as most Maple Leaves as it goes through its inexorable seasonal change. And, at the same time it is different and somewhat unique with respect to the way it is changing.
There is a life lesson here I thought, so take the time to listen said that little voice in my head. We all try to express ourselves as individuals to be noticed and at the same time most do not want to be on the fringe and too different. Life and a big lesson is delivered to my feet in a small way.
"In life, friendships change, divorces happen, people move on, others die. Money and jobs will come and go. Live long enough and your health and body will change. It goes with the territory of being human. The fact that you are still here gives you an advantage. Don’t look back. Look straight ahead! Decide to use all of your knowledge, skills, experiences and your life lessons from your mistakes, defeats and setbacks, to start over again. Life changes. You may not have the same life as before, but you can still enjoy your life!" - Les Brown
Taken at 6:26 PM, just outside the fenced area in Humber Bay Park East, undergoing construction to prevent erosion of the shorelands and wetlands.
Best seen large by clicking on the photo. Thanks for visiting, enjoy each day.
I've always loved the shape of this tree on the path inside a local park. I've captured it from just about every angle but the head on framing is it's best side. The downside is that I rarely get a picture I'm happy with even though in person it just makes me stop and admire it. It wasn't until this night this summer that the light was behind it and hitting it from angles I haven't seen before and the whole scene was transformed like I personally haven't seen it before. So I wonder if this is a life lesson of sorts? The patience that is required of us. How we want things on our time. I hate to admit it but I wish for things that could be different. I miss my youngest daughter. I just want her to walk back through our front door. Putting these words on the page are therapeutic for me. I hope it's not too heavy for those reading this. I'm practicing patience, giving it time, but I am not sure if there will be a solution in the end. I hope and pray for it. I thank God for photography because without it I am not sure how I could cope somedays. My wife and I struggle with this missing piece in our lives. If your still with me can I ask you for a moment of your time to say I quick prayer for her return? Thank you Flickr family.
And the Sunday will always come
And there will always tomorrow
And the past was only a life lesson
And i'm ready to walk together with you
Don't worry to much bout the past coz it won't come back
We have now as great present
We have future to build together
There is our bridge need to be done...let's work on it together...
Created for the Photoshop Contest Group. Many thanks to jopperbok for the starter photo. Thanks also to Tom Merton & David Goehring for their photos used to create this piece.
Thank you all so much for your kind comments, awards, and favs! I appreciate each & every one.
Life Lesson in 3...2...1...
An amazing morning out today. Saw a loon on nest not 30 feet from the highway, a bear crossing the road, and a young buck checking out a snapping turtle.
Keeping things creepy for Halloween :)
Real life crystallized on the face of a wasp. Spiders have an endless amount of life lessons for us.
Memo to self: watch out for webs.
Still one of my favorite scenes from Olympic National Park. I have returned to this location several times since, but the scene has changed irrevocably, and for the worst from an aesthetic standpoint. Therein lies an important life lesson for all of us - just as photography captures a moment in time, there are times in life when we need to seize the moment.
This is the path that leads me into the magic of our ravine. My Wolfhound, Ben and I would venture down into the ravine all throughout the year, even in the frigid cold of winter, and with much stealth, we would spend hours in silence, amongst the animal pathways - discovering even more pathways that would take us even further into the depths.
We would run into the occasional coyote, moose, deer, beaver, woodpecker, owl and of course, way too many obnoxious squirrels that took great pleasure to announce our otherwise, covert presence. There was always an adventure to be had!
The ravine used to be a place of solitude.
Since Covid has reared its ugly head, our ravine has been discovered. It is incredibly busy now. Entourages of families, walking or biking. Children hooting and hollering as they gain momentum, biking down the hill, the sweet, musky perfume of the ravine awakening their senses. Lovers, hand in hand, hiding in the bush - or so they think, stealing kisses amongst the many hiding places. I know them all. Photographers, hired to take photos of children, families, couples and wedding parties amongst the falling wardrobe of my favourite trees. Joggers. People with their dogs.
So many people! People that I have never seen before! How did they find our ravine?
My husband and I took our dogs to the ravine last night, just as we have done thousands of times before. There were so many people! We paused by the creek, away from everyone and immersed ourselves in the unfolding symphony of Autumn. I had a euphony. I told him.
“I feel like every time I come down here, I am not making
memories anymore, instead, I find myself recalling the memories.
I must be getting old…”
He didn’t say anything.
I want to covet my ravine. I want to keep it for myself. I don’t want to share it! I want to come into the cathedral of trees, and remember the years I shared with them, my husband, my children, my dogs, my family, my friends.
I know there are many life lessons to be learned in this ravine. It is a place of refuge. A place of discovery. A place to talk, to pray, to wish, to hope. It is a place where I found snippets of peace in a world gone mad.
Life is about change - I am keenly aware of that fact. I know I need to adapt. I know that I need to, in quiet resignation, share my ravine with the intruders and those that dare to walk the path into the magic. They too could benefit from the many gifts that the forest has to offer and perhaps if they learned to respect this hallowed place then the legacy of it would carry on.
I will snicker to myself though, for there is one thing that I know that these new people will never know and it comes from walking these paths for hours, days, years. In the darkness of the evening the sentinels of the forests, our beautiful trees, clock out, and go off duty. They uproot themselves and to the lull of the wind and the music of the night they become as children, liberated, dancing, and frolicking in unabated abandonment, casting shadows throughout the forest. When the whimsy is over they take their positions - but not in the same place as the day before. They are always just a tad off. Perhaps, they too, have come to the realization that we do not live in a perfect world and that change is necessary. They don’t fool me though! I have walked the paths way too long to know better. I can see what they are up to in their quiet rebellion and you can be sure this is one secret I will not share…
Sometime life is just an illusion
Within illusion. In a blink of an eye
the plans that I was having
are all but gone. Fading as if they are
nothing but a giant soap bubble.
An Illusion.
While all this time my life has been
Someone's else soap bubble. We are all experiencing
Other people life – that reflect our own.
Reflections of my life.
And by understanding this I make these
soap bubbles to be the most valuable
life lesson.
'Life' lesson?
City of Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.
3 August 2024.
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Excited to announce that Kiara and I are starting a long term collaboration! Our collaboration will be inspired by quotes from the book: "Looking for Alaska". First quote is "we are all going".
“I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. He lived for several days after he was shot, and towards the end, his wife started crying and screaming, "I want to go too! I want to go too!" And with his last measure of strength, McKinley turned to her and spoke his last words: "We are all going.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska
It was because of Kiara and her love for the book that made me want to read it. It was the first book I had read in years willingly. It is absolutely incredible and it's underlying life lessons are beautiful. I highly recommend it to everyone.
Go check out Kiara's photo!
This is one of my favorite photos of this past summer. The photo is not really spectacular or anything like that, but this Ancient Bristlecone Pine looks like it has borne the weight of the world for millennia. I suspect it is several millennia old at least. It has taken all the abuse the earth could throw at it yet it persists, bent but not broken. In fact it seems to be quite healthy with a lot of foliage not shown here. Is there any better life lesson to learn? ________________________________________________ Low Level Lightening (LLL) used for lighting. A single Cineroid LED light panel was used, set on a 10 ft. (3 meter) light stand about 100 feet (30 meters) away, off to the left side. The light was turned all the way to low and set at a relatively neutral to slightly warm color temperature of 4200K. ________________________________________________11 light frames and one dark frame stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker. 14-24 mm lens, 20 mm, f/2.8, ISO 8000.
This juvenile is learning the valuable life lesson that photographers are not a source of food. My subject surprised me and its mother by chasing after me.
Bronte Beach Park, Oakville, Ontario
A photograph to celebrate International Glaciers Day! The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation and established 21 March as the annual World Day for Glaciers.
Glaciers hold 70% of our freshwater and regulate global climate. But they are disappearing at an alarming rate due to rising temperatures. Protecting them means protecting our future.
Glaciers also can serve to teach us about life. My recent experience spending a day on top a glacier in Iceland’s Skaftafell National Park taught me life lessons that will stay with me forever. Lessons about respect, strength, humility and of resilience in the face of adversity.
This pic represents my life lesson "you get what you get".
It doesn't seem to matter how much I plan a trip, when it comes to sunrise shots I always find myself scrambling around at the last second for a location.
We drove around frantically on this morning as every spot I found wasn't living up to what I wanted. I'm sure you guys know the feeling as the clock is ticking and any colour that you might get is rapidly approaching. And there I am, flying around in the Honda from fishing village to harbour just trying to find something that will look half decent.
At this point I gave up the fight, knowing I was out of time. I jumped from the car, scrambled down to the waterfront and quickly started setting up the tripod. And that's when one of the legs on my tripod decided it was time to disassemble itself as it came sailing out the end, sending the plastic shims that hold it in place in different directions.
Ah, whatever! Screw it! Should have stayed in bed.
Anyway, I cobbled it back together and got this shot. Sort of bittersweet actually because it was some wonderful colour and I would have preferred a better location. Ok, maybe I haven't really learned the "you get what you get" lesson afterall.
Life is a lot like being a potter. You’re going to get dirty at some point but keep going.
Sometimes you get what you want, sometimes you make a mistake. When this happens, just smoosh it and start over.
there are are some sharp borders in life you better don't cross - at least not barefoot (not a photographic highlight but a life lesson...) sunrise at La Sardinera, Puerto Rico IMG_6680-1_7Dweb
“...don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight - how to get from shore to food and back again. For most gulls it's not flying that matters but eating."
“Why is it,” Jonathan puzzled, “that the hardest thing in the world is to convince a bird that he is free, and that he can prove it for himself if he’d just spend a little time practicing? Why should that be so hard?”
~ Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Please enjoy the shoreline details in Large. Thank you so much for your visit!
Life is hard for big cats, life is hard period.
This young cheetah is being taught a life lesson by its mom. Hunting a speedy impala is a challenge. It's tough to watch a little baby impala being "played" with before being eaten. It's an important factor in the Cheetahs development, and it is incredibly important to assure that all the cheetah born have a good chance in making it. There are so few Cheetah left and so many impala is how i justify being able to capture the moment. I don't like kills, and rarely shoot them but it is part of the life process.
This went on for about 10 minutes before mom dispatched the impala and it was eaten within a few minutes. The hyena didn't get there until it was gone. Great outcome for the Cheetah, less so the impala.
Back in Kenya in a couple of weeks, cannot wait to be in the greatest wildlife experience on the planet.
But Not Forgotten
If Only We Could Turn Back Time.....
2020 has been a challenging year for everyone forcing us to face new realities and norms. Even though we continue to live with uncertainties, there are many life lessons to learn and many things to be grateful for.
We can make the conscious choice to appreciate things that we took for granted.
I hope we will take some time as the year is ending to reflect and count our blessings...all the little things that matter.
Thank you Flickr for including this image in the Flickr's Top 25 Photos of 2020
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I am humbled by the talents and inspirations from all my flickr's friends and grateful for all the encouragements.
It is my sincere hope that we will continue to inspire and lift each other with our passion in photography.
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Daily Dog Challenge: Books
Groucho Marx once said "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read." (Such a good quote deserves repeating).
David appreciating "Dogservations: Life Lessons from Experts" by Serena Hodson. Rocco, the bull mastiff, Ralph, the dachshund, and Simon, the bulldog... sometimes droll, oftentimes whimsical, and always lovable, they remind us to seize the moment, appreciate the simple things in life, and follow our hearts...
Life lessons are meant to teach you, so learn from your mistakes and flourish in your indulgences. There is after all no shame in education ♥
a special thanks for fire and ice for their support in my art and their care of my person ♥
Don Quixote’s battle with windmills is a tale that speaks to us all. He mistook simple windmills for towering giants, pouring his heart into a fight that wasn’t real, all while missing the true challenges and opportunities around him. In our lives, it’s easy to do the same—focusing on imagined slights, fears, or distractions, and letting the things that truly matter go unnoticed.
By saving our strength for meaningful battles, we create space for growth, connection, and purpose. The windmills may distract us, but we don’t have to let them define our journey.
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Cat's in the Cradle
The moon early in the morning a few days after full. I always like to try and take shots at this time as there seesm to be so much more texture that can be picked up along that boundary between light and dark - could be a life lesson in there too.
Snoqualmie River, WA.
I have a fascination for rivers and moving water. The way water moves and flows is a constant source of inspiration, and a quiet and gentle teacher of life philosophy. Although I am not a fisherman, I understand the joy that fishermen find in being close to water streams for hours and hours. I find photography a fantastic excuse to be near water and enjoying its company and life lessons.
"Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from." ~ Al Franken
I was in Amsterdam and saw this game of Draughts in a Hotel and it reminded me of playing board games as a Child. A lot of life lessons can be learned from board games.
Planning ahead
Strategy
Do you move forward, jump over the opponent or go sideways
Play by the rules
Patience
Sharpen Focus
See the big picture
You have to make a move
Digital download and sharing a game with another- teamwork
Winning and losing